Practicum Application
Submit the form below to be considered. We review applications on a rolling basis and respond within two weeks. After initial review, we invite finalists to an interview with our training director and a senior clinician.
Practicum & career
Train where the work is honest, the supervision is hands-on, and the populations are real.
We accept doctoral practicum trainees (PsyD and PhD) for placements that run alongside our adult substance use group, individual, couples, family, and IOP work. Trainees see clients across the Los Angeles metro, learn group facilitation by co-leading with senior clinicians, and receive weekly individual and group supervision.
Training philosophy
Real cases, slow growth, no shortcuts.
Practicum at a community-facing outpatient practice is structurally different from a research-protocol-heavy university clinic. You will see complexity early — co-occurring substance use with anxiety, trauma, depression, family-of-origin work, couples in crisis, IOP patients in their first month of sobriety. Our supervisors expect you to make mistakes, name them, and grow.
We train across modalities — Motivational Interviewing as a baseline, CBT and DBT skills, ACT, IFS, and trauma-informed approaches including EMDR (with appropriate certification path). Group co-facilitation begins in your first quarter, paired with a senior clinician, and gradually shifts to primary facilitation by mid-year.
What trainees can expect
- Weekly individual supervision (1 hr) with a licensed psychologist
- Weekly group case conference (1.5 hr)
- Group co-facilitation training arc
- Mixed caseload — substance use focus with co-occurring conditions
- Documentation training in our clinical record system
- Cultural responsiveness and language-of-origin matching where possible
Logistics
- Hours per week: typically 12–24, negotiable
- Quarterly or annual placements
- In-person at our Pasadena office, with telehealth as caseload allows
- Compatible with most LA-area doctoral programs
Who we're looking for
- Years 2–5 in a PsyD or PhD program in clinical or counseling psychology
- Genuine interest in substance use and co-occurring work
- Bilingual applicants particularly welcome (Spanish, Mandarin, Vietnamese, Hindi, Italian, Arabic, Armenian)
- Comfort or curiosity with group facilitation
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