CCC Wellness Centers Clinical Training Sites

The Wellness Centers are student counseling centers, providing best-practices mental health and case management services for students, faculty, and staff. Core services include individual and group counseling, psychological testing, educational outreach, and linkage to community-based services.

         

The diversity of the student population at each college enriches the trainees’ experiences as they gain dynamic training in working with clients with varied presentations and from diverse backgrounds. Trainees are trained and supported in working with clients through all phases of treatment, and supervision is provided by skilled staff eager to support trainees’ development. Each location is different, and they utilize brief and long-term treatment models.  Diagnostic trainees are provided the opportunity to work with a small caseload of therapy clients in addition to conducting the required number of assessment batteries.                                      

                                              

Graduate students in training participate in all aspects of service delivery. Therapy trainees are expected to provide crisis, short-term, and some long-term counseling; case management; and community outreach. Doctoral-level diagnostic trainees, of course, focus on assessment; however, most will also enrich their experience by carrying a small caseload of therapy clients and by participating in outreach. Doctoral-level advanced trainees balance a caseload of therapy and assessment cases in addition to a focus on building supervisory skills through peer supervision.

                                             

Great question! On the right side of this webpage you will see each Wellness Center with several links.  Click on Practicum Details to see specific information about the supervisors and practicum experience at each location.  In addition, the Clinical Director’s name is there along with their contact e-mail address.

                

MA and SW applicants should submit their packets in January of 2025 to: masterspracticum@ccc.edu       
     
Doctoral students may submit their application packets beginning January 2025 to: doctoralpracticum@ccc.edu   
     
Doctoral students should follow ACEPT processes and deadlines.
  

    

    

Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis and small group or individual interviews will occur with each college’s Wellness Centers starting in February of 2025. One application qualifies you to be considered by all locations.

                     

Applications will follow ACEPT deadlines. Individual interviews will occur in March of 2025.         

           

Please follow the instructions below for formatting and submitting your application to City Colleges of Chicago Wellness Centers.        

• In the Subject line of your e-mail:  type your last name and the type of placement you are seeking.
  Example if you are John Smith applying for a master’s-level student in Counseling Psychology: Smith MA.

• Please use these codes to indicate the type of placement in your email subject heading:                                 

   

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