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 may submit their packets beginning 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 Center starting in February of 2025. One application qualifies you to be considered by all locations.

                     

Applications, interviews and notifications will follow ACEPT deadlines.  One application qualifies you to be considered by all locations.      

           

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:                                 

   

Masters ​Counseling	Masters Social Work	Doctoral Adv.	Doctoral        ​                      Diagnostic
MA	MSW	DADV	DDX

                                  

• Attach all the listed documents in one (1) e-mail.  No Zip Files. If letters of recommendation must be sent separately, please note that in your e-mail message.               

    

 

Document​	Title of Document First Inital.Last Name​
CCC Wellness Center Training Application​ (download, complete, and submit)​	​J.Smith App​
Resume/CV​​	​J.Smith CV​
Cover Letter​  ​	​J.Smit​h CL
Three (3) Letters of Recommendation​	​J.Smith LOR 1
Unofficial Graduate School Transcript​​	​J.Smith TS​
Doctoral Students Only: Writing​ sample of case conceptualization or testing report​	​J.Smith WS ​

            

You will receive a receipt upon successful submission. If selected for an interview, a member of our team will contact you directly. 
        
Thank you for considering City Colleges of Chicago – Wellness Centers Training Sites!    

 

    
   

The Wellness Centers Director Team

  

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