Our internship positions are currently full. We anticipate having space during the 2026-2027 academic year. If you are interested in applying, please contact us in the Fall 2025 semester.
Trail Ahead Therapy regularly serves as an internship site for students who are in their final year of graduate school. We have previously worked with Highlands University, Southwestern College, Adam’s State, UNM and Prescott College. Trail Ahead serves as an immersive internship site, with students maintaining their own caseload, completing documentation, attending individual and peer supervision on a weekly basis, and are given the opportunity to attend our continuing education trainings. Students are offered $15 per clinical hour completed during their practicum.
Required Qualifications
- Be enrolled in graduate school and preparing for your final internship. We do not accept first year Masters students.
- Align with Trail Ahead Therapy’s values of trauma-informed, progressive, non-judgmental, non-pathologizing and client-centered mental health care.
- Have a genuine enthusiasm for psychotherapy as a practice & a profession.
- Ability to accept feedback and request help when needed.
- Strong writing capabilities, including clinical documentation and professional correspondence.
- Ability to collaborate with your supervisor and field instructor to complete school practicum requirements using skills such as time management & direct communication.
- Ability to handle private health information by following HIPAA and Trail Ahead Therapy’s policies & procedures.
To Apply
- Please submit an internship application.
- Your cover letter should include the date your internship would start and what specifically interests you in learning at Trail Ahead. Additionally, please include insight as to how you align with our values of providing progressive & non-pathologizing mental health care.
- In your resume, please include any work experience in which you have directly worked with others, including volunteer work, service industry jobs, and any experience outside of mental health that has informed your decision to attend graduate school.
