OH Wellness Center Practicum Details

The Olive-Harvey College Wellness Center Team welcomes master’s graduate students in clinical/counseling psychology or social work seeking a Therapy practicum placement. 

Practicum Details:  

Olive-Harvey College is located on Chicago’s southeast side. The Olive-Harvey College (OHC) Wellness Center provides a range of mental health services to students, faculty, and staff throughout the OHC community. This includes direct clinical services to credit/degree-seeking students, adult education students, students pursuing certificates, as well as limited faculty and staff. Direct clinical services are defined as clinical counseling, clinical case management, and psychological testing. Other than direct clinical services, we host workshops and outreach events to raise awareness on various wellness related topics. There will be limited group work with specialized populations. Olive-Harvey College is a Predominantly Black Institution (PBI) & primarily services Black and Latine students, traditional college-aged to older adults.

Ideal Applicants:  

Applicants should:

  • Be compassionate, empathic and able to work with diverse populations
  • Have a basic understanding of the helping profession
  • Be open to providing services within an urban setting 
  • Be cooperative and willing to work within a team setting 
  • Bring their unique individual skills and personality.
  • Be open to instruction and constructive feedback that will promote their own personal and professional development

Supervision Philosophy of the Site: 

Supervision is an important time for personal and professional growth. Interns receive 1 hour of individual and 2 hours of group supervision per week.  Group supervision is collaborative and didactic in that it allows for interns to learn about specific theories and interventions. Group supervision allows time for training, case consultations and sharing of knowledge from multiple levels and perspectives. 

Tia utilizes a strengths-based and interpersonal approach, which helps clients utilize internal strengths and resources to build resilience. She understands the importance of relationship building and developing nurturing relationships in client growth. Her training style mirrors this with a focus on promoting both professional and personal growth.

Chastity takes an interpersonal approach to therapy as she plays an active and intentional role in creating a safe and trusting environment, serving as a secure base and providing reparative relational experiences. This environment is the foundation upon which she builds to provide culturally responsive evidence-based interventions.  As a supervisor, she hopes to provide trainees with the skills to create a sense of preparedness and confidence as they enter into clinical practice.

Clinical Director
LaTia (Tia) Lane is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW). Tia is also a trained circle keeper and restorative justice practitioner. Tia received her MSW from University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). She has years of experience working with children, adolescents, young adults, and families. Most of her work has been done with survivors of trauma providing individual and group therapy. Previous experience includes work in school, church, community center, homeless shelter, and juvenile court settings. Tia has also done some work in Kenya and Ghana with families impacted by poverty and homelessness. 

Clinical Counselor
Chastity Saucer, Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW).  Chastity has over 15 years of experience as a licensed social worker and a master’s in school psychology to understand and enhance the development of children, adolescents, young adults, and families. She has served as a member of interdisciplinary, collaborative teams in determining eligibility, intervention and goals for students with concerns related to learning and misbehavior. Furthermore, she has provided clinical assessment, diagnostics, and treatment services in schools, healthcare settings, a church and community organizations.

Clinical Case Manager
Jovan Rivera-Lovato, MA, LSW, Clinical Case Manager (They/them/their) was born and raised in Chyenne, Arapahoe, and Ute homelands (currently occupied by the state of Colorado). I found the urgency for investigating social problems while working in sexual violence prevention education in high school. Jovan pursued Bachelor’s degrees from Colorado State University in Women’s Studies and Ethnic Studies. During that time, Jovan was taught the tools used in Women of Color feminisms and developed a political commitment to decolonization. Since moving to Chicago in 2019, Jovan has worked in various roles and began to experience the ways mental health and community care struggle to address oppression at interpersonal and structural levels. Jovan pursued Master’s degrees from DePaul in Women’s and Gender Studies and Social Work to help address this problem. I’m extremely excited to be working with the Wellness Center team at Olive-Harvey and hope to build community with folks on and off campus.