Clinical Intern

Creative Spirit Counseling • Fargo, ND

6d

About The Position

Creative Spirit Counseling is a private practice in Fargo serving clients across North Dakota and Minnesota. Clinical interns join a holistically minded team and develop clinical skills in trauma, anxiety, and attachment-informed care, with opportunities to explore creative interventions. Interns receive weekly individual supervision with an Approved Clinical Supervisor, take on direct client work matched to their readiness with a caseload that grows over the placement, and receive hands-on training in diagnostic assessment, treatment planning, and documentation. The placement also includes team meetings and case consultation. Interns who complete their placement in good standing may have the opportunity to continue with Creative Spirit Counseling as pre-licensed clinicians while pursuing licensure.

The practice's mission is to bring health, hope, and healing to the community by offering a space where people can show up as they are. Its approach is individualized, and values dignity, worth, thought, care, creativity, humor, and relationship-centered work.

Requirements

• Be enrolled in a CSWE-accredited social work program or a CACREP-accredited counseling program.
• Have an affiliation agreement between the academic program and Creative Spirit Counseling for placement.
• Be grounded in the ethics and values of the profession.
• Be willing to seek supervision, welcome feedback, and reflect on how personal experiences may show up in clinical work.

Nice To Haves

• Curiosity about trauma, anxiety, and attachment, and eagerness to deepen skills in these areas.
• Ability to work independently between supervision sessions and invest in the team.
• Interest in exploring creative interventions.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct client work appropriate to the intern’s readiness, with a caseload that grows over the placement.
• Participate in weekly individual supervision with an Approved Clinical Supervisor.
• Develop skills in diagnostic assessment, treatment planning, and documentation.
• Participate in team meetings and case consultation.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: No Education Listed