2nd Year MSW Internship

Advanced Year Practicum

The Albert and Jessie Danielsen Institute at Boston University provides an opportunity for second year MSW students at Boston University’s School of Social Work seeking an advanced field education placement in mental health.  The mission of the Danielsen Institute is to alleviate suffering and to promote healing, growth, and change in the persons, communities, and institutions that we serve through research, training, and direct clinical service.  The Danielsen Institute Clinic is a multidisciplinary outpatient mental health clinic licensed by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.  Our clinical services, including individual, group, and couples psychotherapy, attend to all dimensions of a client’s personhood including spirituality and religious faith should the client so desire.

Our clinical staff is skilled in providing psychotherapeutic care for issues including, but not limited to, depression, anxiety, relationships, work-related problems, trauma, abuse, grief, and religious or spiritual concerns.

For general description of our clinic and training program, please see our opening web page HERE.

Applications for the 2026 – 2027 Second Year MSW Field Education Placement are open.

Sept. 1, 2026-May 1, 2027                         24 hour/week internship

The ideal candidate for our fellowship would have demonstrated interests and readiness for engaging in psychodynamic psychotherapy and in working with existential/spiritual/religious issues in psychotherapy.

Requirements for Prospective Candidates:

Please complete application found HERE, and be sure to include the following information:

1)   A cover letter. In your letter, please include some comments on your interests and readiness for (a) training in outpatient psychotherapy utilizing relational, psychodynamic, and systemic approaches, and (b) training on attending to spiritual/religious/existential issues in psychotherapy.

2)   Your CV or resume.

3)   Two letters of recommendation including one from a clinical or social work supervisor if possible. Please ask your references to include an email and/or phone number so we can contact them with any questions.

4)  A copy of your Mid-term evaluation from your current SW Field Placement. Please note that we recognize this is the first semester evaluation in your first field placement.

Due Date of Application: January 5, 2026

Interviews will be held in late January 2026

Please send application materials to:

Makena Anise Shaughnessy 

Education Coordinator 

makanise@bu.edu

617-353-3047