Internships: Department of Psychology

The Psychology Department has one of the most extensive internship programs at the College.

We have partnered with over 50 off-campus institutions to provide practical and relevant field experiences for our majors in social service agencies, hospitals, and other applied educational, organizational, or legal settings. These experiences allow counseling, teaching, research, and other skills to be cultivated in preparation for later professional training and/or employment.

Students’ practical experiences are put into perspective in weekly seminar discussions on campus with a faculty member and other students who are completing internships that semester. All such internships in psychology are done within the framework of the practicum course, Psychology 380, which is offered every semester. 

Psychology internships are for academic credit only and are available to juniors and seniors. Students interested in a psychology internship should contact Kathryn Dohrmann, Supervisor of Psychology internships. (Students should not contact an internship site without permission of Professor Dohrmann.) 

Past internships include:
  • A Safe Place Crisis Center
  • Addiction Treatment Program (Lake County Health Department) 
  • Adult Probation Services (19th Judicial Circuit Court)
  • ANAD (National Association of Anorexia Nervosa & Associated Disorders)
  • Arden Shore Family Services
  • Autism Treatment at Mason Intervention and at KGH Consultation and Treatment
  • Children’s Advocacy Center (Lake County State's Attorney's Office)
  • Highland Park Community Nursery and Day Care
  • CROYA (Teen Outreach Center)
  • Deerpath Middle School Gifted Counseling Program
  • Forest Bluff Montessori School
  • Great Lakes Naval Base: Human Performance Center
  • Hotline & Medical Advocacy at LaCASA
  • The Josselyn Center
  • Lake Forest Department of Public Safety
  • Lake Forest Hospital (Deerhaven Child Care Center)
  • Lambs Farm
  • Laremont School (Special Education District of Lake County)
  • LEAD (Linking Efforts Against Drugs)
  • Montessori School of Lake Forest
  • Mothers Trust Foundation
  • New Vision Athletics
  • North Chicago Community Partners
  • On Your Feet Foundation
  • Ronald McDonald Children’s Hospital
  • Rush University Medical Center (Public Health Program)
  • Synovate
  • The Harbor Safe House for Teenagers
  • VISTA Medical Center Inpatient and Outpatient Psychiatry Programs
  • Women’s Residential Treatment Service  (Lake County Health Department)
  • Youth Resource Center at Warming House

 

For more information about internships at Lake Forest College, please visit the Internships page.