Masters Level Treatment Intern (56171)

YSS is seeking a Master's Level Therapy Intern to join our team in Ames, Cambridge, Boone, Des Moines, Mason City, or Webster City.

Work alongside licensed therapists, gain hands-on clinical experience, and apply your classroom learning in a supportive, trauma-informed environment. Through quality supervision, meaningful client interactions, and collaboration with experienced professionals, you'll build the skills and confidence needed for a successful career in behavioral health—all while making a lasting difference in the lives of youth, adults, and families.

Learning Outcomes - By the end of this internship, you will:

• Conduct behavioral health assessments and develop individualized treatment plans.
• Gain experience providing trauma-informed therapy to children, adolescents, adults, and families under clinical supervision.
• Apply evidence-based therapeutic approaches to meet diverse client needs.
• Strengthen clinical interviewing, case conceptualization, and treatment planning skills.
• Develop confidence in crisis intervention, safety planning, and ethical decision-making.
• Learn to document services accurately using an electronic health record.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams while gaining insight into community behavioral health services.
• Build a strong foundation for a career in counseling, social work, marriage and family therapy, or related behavioral health professions.

Job Duties - Responsibilities for this internship include:

• Observe and provide individual, family, and group therapy under clinical supervision.
• Complete clinical assessments, treatment plans, progress notes, and other required documentation.
• Utilize trauma-informed, strengths-based, and evidence-based therapeutic approaches.
• Participate in crisis intervention and safety planning as appropriate.
• Collaborate with therapists, case managers, psychiatrists, schools, families, and other community partners.
• Participate in clinical supervision, case consultation, treatment team meetings, and agency trainings.
• Learn and utilize electronic health record (EHR) systems and documentation standards.
• Complete orientation and all required agency trainings.
• Meet regularly with your supervisor for guidance, coaching, and professional development.
• ​Assist with office administration, including filing and data entry.

Who You Are

You're ready to take your clinical skills beyond the classroom and into practice. You're compassionate, curious, and eager to learn from experienced clinicians while making a meaningful difference in the lives of children, adolescents, adults, and families. You value collaboration, welcome feedback, communicate professionally, and are committed to providing ethical, culturally responsive, and trauma-informed care.

Schedule / Time Commitment

• Schedule is flexible to meet internship and academic requirements. Interns are responsible for coordinating required practicum or internship hours with their educational program.
• Availability may include daytime, evening, or limited weekend hours depending on program needs and clinical placement.