Community Internships

Southwestern College students benefit from gaining direct clinical experience in both a practicum and an internship in year two of their graduate programs. Students enroll in the practicum in the first two quarters of the second year, and complete it at the Southwestern College Counseling Center located in the community of Santa Fe. The internship experience is in the last two quarters of the second year for students.

Southwestern College student interns provide over 40,000 hours of counseling and art therapy services to New Mexico residents each year through a network of 90 mental health agencies. This represents an annual contribution valued at $2.3 million of free counseling services to the community at large. Since the majority of Southwestern College students come to the college from out-of-state, some choose to return to their home state for their internship experience.

Read about various SWC student internship experiences from the student's themselves.

Internship EXPERIENCES

Internship with Survivors of Torture

Internship in Grief, Loss & Trauma

Internship in Elementary Schools

Internship at the Santa Fe Rape Crisis Center