Clinical Training Programs

The Danielsen Institute offers the following training programs:

• Two-year Post-Graduate Social Work Fellowship
• Nine month MSW field placement from Boston University
• Doctoral internship training (APA-accredited) for doctoral-level students in psychology

The Danielsen Institute Clinic is not currently accepting applications for Postdoctoral Fellows in Psychology or any other training position besides those listed above, including Master’s level internships.

General Description
The training program at the Danielsen Institute focuses on clinical skills and clinical practice in an outpatient setting. The program integrates relational approaches to psychotherapy, religious/spiritual/existential concerns and resources, cultural humility and multicultural competence, therapist formation, and salient research. Our clinical approach emphasizes developmental theory and research (attachment, differentiation, intersubjectivity), psychodynamic perspectives, and systems theory. Our approach to spirituality and religion is pluralistic and includes attention to diverse traditions, spiritual dwelling and seeking, spiritual struggles, positive and negative impacts of religion, dialectics, and flourishing. The program seeks to provide formative training which attends to the fellow’s personal growth, self-awareness, individual qualities, and available resources, as well as the acquisition of professional knowledge and skills. Training fellows are asked to reflect on their identities and background as relevant for working with identity and diversity in clinical practice. Supervisory staff remain committed to their own on-going formation and growth and seek to build sturdy and supportive professional relationships with training fellows. We value the research-practice interface and collaborating with professional and community leaders. 

Statement on non-discrimination and diversity

The Danielsen Institute does not discriminate in selection, training, retention, or evaluation on the basis of any individual characteristics that are not relevant to professional training such as age, ethnicity, race, sex, gender, sexual orientation, religious or philosophical affiliation, class, disability, nationality, citizenship, language, etc. Danielsen programs value diversity among staff, interns, and clients, and seek to promote a high level of cultural humility and intercultural competence in all training and service activities.

The Doctoral Psychology Internship program has been accredited by the American Psychological Association since 1998. Accreditation can be verified at the APA Office of Program Consultation and Accreditation, 750 First Street, NE, Washington, DC, 20002-4242 (phone: 202-336-5979 or 202-336-6123 TDD.)