Adolescent Counseling Services provides high-quality, professional supervision and training to the clinical interns working in our three programs:

• On-Campus Counseling Program – individual, family and group counseling on eight secondary school campuses
• Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment Program – professional assessment, intensive outpatient treatment and prevention education in the community
• After-School Counseling Program - offers affordable counseling and psychotherapy during the evening hours to teens and their families

Clinical Supervision
As a clinical intern with Adolescent Counseling Services, you will be receiving weekly at a minimum:

• One (1) hour of Individual Supervision with a Licensed Professional.
• Two (2) hours of Group Supervision lead by a Licensed Professional.
• Additional supervision can be provided when needed

Clinical Training
Clinical Interns are to attend weekly training courses offered at ACS. A list of courses previously offered is printed below. These courses are between one and a half to two hours in duration.

• Intern Manual and Statistics
• Psychopharmacology
• Overview of How Schools Work
• Assessment and Treatment Planning
• Oppositional Defiant Disorder
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
• Sexual Abuse
• Practical / Clinical Skills
• Substance Abuse Treatment
• Diversity / Cultural Sensitivity
• Video: "Prison: The New Asylums"
• Social Learning
• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
• Working with LGBTQQ Youth
• Grief and Loss (2 Sessions)
• Working with Families
• Mediation in Family Therapy (2 Sessions)
• Self Care
• Art Therapy
• Domestic Violence
• Termination
• Doing School Guest: Author Denise C. Pope
• Cutting

Interested in an Internship at ACS? Visit our Volunteer Opportunities page.