Partial Hospitalization Intern

Responsibilities

DECEMBER 2026 PARTIAL HOSPITALIZATION INTERNSHIP

**This is a great opportunity to learn & grow in the mental health field!**

Pay: Unpaid 

Schedule/Location: On-Site

About the Role:

Our Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP) Clinic is excited to offer Clinical Internship opportunities beginning in December 2026! The mission of the Clinical Internship program at Arbour is to provide high quality training and supervision to students with regard to the role and responsibilities of a counselor/therapist while functioning in a multi-leveled, multi-faceted and multidisciplinary Behavioral Healthcare System. We aim to provide student interns with clinical experience in a clinical setting in which quality care and documentation are offered. The hope is that interns, having benefited from their experiences at Arbour, will move on to positions within and outside of Arbour in which they will provide meaningful and quality care to those in need.

What our PHPs have to offer you:

• Experience with groups, intakes, case management, and crisis management

• By the time you leave our full year program, you will successfully be able to lead a group, conduct an intake, manage a case and deal with a variety of crisis situations

• In-services on a regular basis discussing various topics including; legal issues within a mental health setting, the ins & outs of the various systems we work with, ethics in mental health, resume writing, job search, and more

• Lots of supervision! Weekly supervision with an independently licensed behavioral health provider (LICSW or LMHC) as required for graduation and licensure. In addition, you will have easy access to additional on the spot supervision by supervisor as well as other clinicians

• Professional Development including your development as a clinician as well as support with work/life/school balance during your placement and beyond

Clinical Skills you’ll obtain:

• Conducting clinical assessments and diagnosing a variety of mental health and substance use disorders

• Individualized treatment planning

• Group Therapy: Psychotherapy, Expressive Therapy, and Psychoeducation, including Stress-Management, Anger Management, DBT, Relationship Issues, Self Esteem, and more

• Individual therapy interventions

• Case management and aftercare planning/referrals

• Administration and execution of the programmatic daily operations for a higher level of care

• Collaboration with professionals in a variety of capacities

• Working on a multidisciplinary clinical treatment team

• Insurance authorizations, level of care assessments, and medical necessity justification

• Crisis management, risk assessments and safety planning

• Presenting cases with diagnostic conversations and education

Benefits:

• Challenging and rewarding work environment

• Frequent review of the goals and objectives identified by the students on their Internship Contract

• Consistent review and feedback of their recordkeeping skills that is then documented on their supervision form

• Completion of all evaluation forms provided by Arbour and their academic program

Arbour Counseling Services, a subsidiary of Universal Health Services, provides trusted quality and experience throughout our continuum of behavioral health and substance use treatment programs. Individualized care services are offered to individuals of all ages, groups, families, and couples. Arbour Counseling Services prioritizes quality and convenience for the communities we serve while providing compassionate care for all.

Visit us online at: https://arbourhealth.com/

About Universal Health Services 

Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, Universal Health Services, Inc. (NYSE: UHS) is one of the nation’s largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services. Since our founding in 1979, UHS has grown steadily into a premier Fortune 500® corporation perennially recognized by multiple esteemed national rating entities. Through its subsidiaries, UHS operates inpatient acute care facilities, inpatient behavioral health facilities, outpatient and other facilities, nationwide virtual behavioral health services, an insurance offering, a physician network and various related services with physical locations in the U.S., Puerto Rico, Ireland and United Kingdom. www.uhs.com.

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Qualifications

• 2nd Year Master Students/2nd Internship (or equivalent)

• Available 24 Hours/week – Three days a week 8:30am-5pm.

• Dates determined by Director to assure best clinical experience

• Staff Meeting: Required day dependent on location

• Orientation Session – Date TBD 

• Agency wide intern workshops required

• PHP only closes for major holiday days – New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day. We are open days before and days after holidays. Holiday schedule is done in October. Please note that interns are not guaranteed days before and after holiday off

• Interns are able to take up to 4 weeks of vacation during the course of the year; however, all dates need to be run by the Director to assure that not all interns are taking the same days off

• Candidate must possess appropriate citizenship work documentation
• Candidate must pass a CORI and drug test, as well as other pre-employment documentation

EEO Statement 

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