Residency Program
Our residency program provides a supportive, empowering environment
for Master's level
therapists-in-training
to develop their clinical mind, deepen capacity,
sharpen tools, and
hone their niché.
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Experience
Receive direct clinical experience with a caseload of 12-14 individuals, couples, or groups
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Mentorship
Weekly individual supervision with a seasoned, WA state approved supervisor; monthly peer consultation and trainings.
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Community
Become a part of a robust collective of healers where you’ll be a part of community, networking, learning, and co-resourcing.
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Launch
Receive business development training and a wholehearted blessing to transition clients into your private practice.
As a Clinical Resident
you are responsible to:
Provide culturally-competent and social justice minded short- and long-term individual and group counseling.
Co-create a collaborative learning environment with other residents by participating in group-learning activities, including: monthly peer consultation, monthly intentional conversation series, and occasional trainings.
Participate in co-creating and stewarding a relational working environment that values diversity, equity, and inclusion without regard to race, ethnicity, national origin, citizenship, gender, sexual orientation, relationship status, religion, creed, or ability.
Facilitate intake assessments, treatment planning, and referrals.
Maintain documentation in a timely, thorough, and accurate manner.
Consistently exhibit integrity, promptness, and reliability.
Uphold contract requirements and program outcomes while providing ethical services.
Follow collective policies and procedures, RCWs, WACs, and other professional standards and regulations.
Perform other appropriate and relevant duties as needed.
Application Process
We are honored that you'd like to learn with us. Our Clinical Residency Program is oriented around a fall start every year, and we receive applications once a year for selecting the Residency Cohort to begin the following fall.
Although our 2024 Residency Cohort is now full, we would love to stay connected. To join the waitlist for our 2025 Residency Cohort, click the “I’m Interested!” button below. We also offer continued learning experiences to our Collective throughout the year that are open to our greater community. Pin our Events page to your browser to stay connected.
We’re mindful of you as you pursue this next phase of your clinical development!
Fall 2025 Residency Program Application Timeline (2024 Submissions Are Now Closed)
Applications Open: December 15
Application Deadline: January 15
Notification/Invitation to Interview: January 24
Applicant Group Interview: January 30
Applicant 1:1 Interview: February 3-7
Final Notification to Candidates: February 15
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Residency candidates must meet the following qualifications:
Enrollment in an accredited graduate-level program in Counseling; Counseling Psychology; Clinical Psychology; Social Work, or related field.
Openness to learning and adaptivity to change.
Willingness to receive and integrate feedback.
Exceptional interpersonal communication skills and an ability to work effectively and collaboratively with diverse teams and diverse populations.
Technologically savvy with experience in Google Apps and cloud-based client-management applications preferred.
Effective oral and written communication skills.
Capacity to commit to a 10-12 month experience* working a minimum of 12-15 hours per week. Counseling residents are expected to maintain a caseload of 12 clients. Evening and/or weekend hours may be required.
*We understand that each school's academic calendar varies a bit and we can accommodate a fall start between August and October and an ending between June and September. We are unable to accommodate residents who may be graduating prior to June 2024.
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To initiate the application process for candidacy please click the “I’m Interested!” button above.
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A select group of applicants will be invited to interview. Interviews will include individual and small group discussion spaces.
