{"id":1347,"date":"2011-01-18T11:36:55","date_gmt":"2011-01-18T16:36:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/danielsen\/?page_id=1347"},"modified":"2026-08-14T10:58:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T14:58:26","slug":"social-work-field-placement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/danielsen\/training\/social-work-field-placement\/","title":{"rendered":"2nd Year MSW Internship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Advanced Year Practicum<\/p>\n<p>The Albert and Jessie Danielsen Institute at Boston University provides an opportunity for second year MSW students at Boston University&#8217;s School of Social Work seeking an advanced field education placement in mental health.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 The Danielsen Institute Clinic is a multidisciplinary outpatient mental health clinic licensed by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.\u00a0 Our clinical services, including individual, group, and couples psychotherapy, attend to all dimensions of a client\u2019s personhood including spirituality and religious faith should the client so desire.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>For general description of our clinic and training program, please see our opening web page <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/danielsen\/training\/\">HERE.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>2027-28 Advanced Practicum Field Placement<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sept. 1, 2027-May 1, 2028\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a024 hour\/week internship<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Requirements for Prospective Candidates:<\/p>\n<p>Please complete application found <a href=\"\/danielsen\/files\/2025\/11\/SW-Intern-Application-26-26-rev.docx\">HERE<\/a>, and be sure to include the following information:<\/p>\n<p>1)\u00a0 \u00a0A 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.<\/p>\n<p>2)\u00a0 \u00a0<span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Your CV or resume.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>3)\u00a0 \u00a0Two 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.<\/p>\n<p>4)\u00a0 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.<\/p>\n<div data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">5)\u00a0 A completed brief Application form (a link to the form can be found at <a data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/danielsen\/training\/social-work-field-placement\/)\" data-linkindex=\"0\" title=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/danielsen\/training\/social-work-field-placement\/)\">https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/danielsen\/training\/social-work-field-placement\/)<\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Due Date of Application: January 6, 2027<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Interviews will be held in late January 2027<\/p>\n<p>Please send application materials to:<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Makena Anise Shaughnessy<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Education Coordinator<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>makanise@bu.edu<\/p>\n<p>617-353-3047<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Advanced Year Practicum The Albert and Jessie Danielsen Institute at Boston University provides an opportunity for second year MSW students at Boston University&#8217;s School of Social Work seeking an advanced field education placement in mental health.\u00a0 The mission of the Danielsen Institute is to alleviate suffering and to promote healing, growth, and change in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1826,"featured_media":0,"parent":22,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/danielsen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1347"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/danielsen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/danielsen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/danielsen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1826"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/danielsen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1347"}],"version-history":[{"count":50,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/danielsen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1347\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6085,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/danielsen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1347\/revisions\/6085"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/danielsen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/danielsen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}