Internship Admissions, Support, and Initial Placement Data

 

Date Program Tables are updated: 2/27/2023

 

Internship Program Admissions

Internship at the Danielsen Institute at Boston University is a one-year full-time program focusing on the development of clinical skills (psychotherapy, assessment, case consultation) and the integration of psychological perspectives with religious/spiritual/existential perspectives. The theoretical orientation of the training program is relational/psychodynamic, and draws from theory and research on attachment, differentiation, intersubjectivity, and relational psychotherapy. Our Relational Spirituality Model also emphasizes systems dynamics, cultural humility and social justice, religious/spiritual/existential themes, traditions, and issues, neuroscience perspectives on trauma, and therapist formation. Our approach to spirituality is pluralistic and includes attention to spiritual dwelling and seeking, positive and negative impacts of religion, dialectics, and crucible processes.

The internship is based upon a reflective-practitioner model of training that seeks to integrate local knowledge, clinical wisdom, and cultural/diversity factors with current research and theory. We value research as an essential resource for learning and clinical accountability. We also value experiential learning, critical reflection, collaboration/consultation, deliberate practice, and therapist formation. Formation refers to the personal growth, development, and support of the therapist alongside the acquisition of knowledge and skills. Interns will be asked to reflect upon their personal history and identity as relevant to developing their capacity to work effectively with issues of identity and diversity.

Our interns typically extend their training at the Institute by transitioning into a second year as postdoctoral fellows. The internship program and the internship match are separate experiences/processes from the postdoctoral year.  We prefer internship applications from candidates who have interest in the option for continuing training after internship.

 
Does the program require that applicants have received a minimum number of hours of the following at time of application? If Yes, indicate how many:
Total Direct Contact Intervention Hours N Yes       XX Amount   250
Total Direct Contact Assessment Hours N Yes       XX Amount   20
 

Describe any other required minimum criteria used to screen applicants:

Readiness for training that attends to spiritual/existential issues; experience with relational/psychodynamic psychotherapy; investment in cultural competence/humility; facility with testing including Rorschach admin/scoring (R-PAS)

 

 

Financial Support for Interns

Annual salary for full-time interns $36,000
Annual salary for part-time interns n/a
Is medical insurance available Yes
What is the cost for the intern It varies by plan chosen, ranging from $151.67 – $572.90 monthly
Coverage for family members available? Yes
Coverage for legally married partner available? Yes
Coverage for domestic partner available? Yes
Hours of annual paid PTO or vacation 120
Hours of annual paid sick leave 96
In the event that medical conditions and/or family needs require extended leave, does the program allow reasonable unpaid leave to interns/residents in excess of personal time off and sick leave? Yes

 

 

Initial Post-Internship Positions
(Provide an Aggregated Tally for the Preceding 3 Cohorts)
2019-22
Total # of interns who were in the 3 cohorts 6
Total # of interns who did not seek employment because they returned to their doctoral program/are completing doctoral degree 0
PD EP
Community mental health center 0 0
Federally qualified health center 0 0
Independent primary care facility/clinic 0 0
University counseling center 0 0
Veterans Affairs medical center 0 0
Military health center 0 0
Academic health center 0 0
Other medical center or hospital 0 0
Psychiatric hospital 0 0
Academic university/department 0 0
Community college or other teaching setting 0 0
Independent research institution 0 0
Correctional facility 0 0
School district/system 0 0
Independent practice setting 0 0
Not currently employed 0 0
Changed to another field 0 0
Other: outpatient mental health clinic 6 0
Unknown 0 0
Note: “PD” = Post-doctoral residency position; “EP” = Employed Position. Each individual represented in this table should be counted only one time.  For former trainees working in more than one setting, select the setting that represents their primary position.