PRE-GRADUATE MENTAL HEALTH PRACTICUMS

D E S C R I P T I O N O F P R A C T I C E

Core Psychotherapy provides insight-oriented, individual counseling services to adolescents and adults. The emphasis is on creating a safe, supportive environment in which to explore and develop insights into underlying feelings and thoughts, and to help clients find new ways of addressing the long-standing issues in their lives.

Our approach is informed primarily by psychoanalytic principles. What this means, in brief, is that we assume that our patients are complex; we avoid manualized one-size-fits-all treatments; we are able to talk about internal conflicts and contradictions in our patients and ourselves; and we consider (counter)transference as useful and important information. Primarily we are interested in helping clinicians to become well-rounded, clear-headed, dynamic, and creative.

We provide on-site and teletherapy options from the warmth of a beautifully restored Victorian building. Great care has been taken to maintain a HIPAA compliant collaborative team when we have to work virtually. Our brick and mortar practice is conveniently located near the intersection of Uptown and Downtown Minneapolis—on major bus routes, easily accessible to multiple highways, and near the greenway. Our team of therapists work in English, and Mandarin, and we are working towards including Japanese and Spanish.

D E S C R I P T I O N O F M E N T A L H E A L T H C O U N S E L I N G P R A C T I C U M

Matthew Paymar, MA, LPCC is a designated supervisor for the Board of Behavioral Health and Therapy (BBHT). We offer practicum / internship programs for pre-graduate counselors seeking supervision for LPC and LPCC credentialing. The position is a paid position. Most practicum students have chosen to stay on as post-graduate fellows as well. Compensation for that position is competitive and you would already have a jumpstart in building a private practice caseload. Our training programs accept applications on a rolling basis and provide the following unique opportunities to learn and grow:

● Rigorous engagement with psychodynamic and psychoanalytic principles, but openness to other modalities
● Affirmative individual and group supervision with a keen interest in the personal and professional development of supervisees
● A multi-lingual, interdisciplinary community of therapists to learn from and engage with
● Possibilities to grow your career in the same setting after supervision
● Training in how to run a successful individual or group private practice
● Assistance in professional development
● Flexible start and end dates (although, for the sake of the clients, the expectation is that one would commit to the team for a minimum of 9 months)
● A steady stream of intake queries
● Demographically, we see a lot of people who live in the immediate area, which is fairly diverse ethnically and economically. We have many college students, and graduate students, professors, artists, young professionals, working poor and service workers. Many identify as queer. Since we have a sliding scale and also take Medicaid, the demographic sometimes skews to the less affluent.

R E Q U I R E M E N T S O F P R E - G R A D U A T E C A N D I D A T E S

● Ideal candidate is a mature student who is able to work independently.
● Supervisees are required to book their own clients, though we receive a steady stream of inquiries.
● Committed to working up to a caseload of at least ten sessions per week at a reasonably paced speed, depending upon the supervisee’s experience level.
● Post Covid, when doing on-site appointments, schedule appointments between 8am and 7pm Monday through Friday.
● Attend supervision with questions about handling complex cases and new techniques.

A P P L I C A T I O N P R O C E S S

If you believe you are a good fit for our clinic, please download the application and return it to us at
info (at) core-psychotherapy (dot) com. If you have any questions, please let us know.

We screen all applicants on a first-come first-serve basis. If we believe working together would be mutually beneficial, we will set up an interview.

**** Please Note: Our Application Process for practicum positions starting in the Summer of 2024 is Now Open.