Manna’s Internship Programs
Manna Treatment has a heart for teaching and education. Manna accepts applications for clinical interns from the following disciplines: Master's level and Doctoral level clinical therapists, APRNs, and Dietitians. Manna accepts applications for high school and college interns for administrative work and will be placed in the front office, with the marketing team, or independently for IT.
Manna's Master's and Doctoral level therapist program lasts a minimum of 1 year. For other disciplines, Manna will not accept any student for less than 3 months. Students are expected to be present (we are meeting in person for all programs and prefer that interns are onsite) for 16 hours each week. Our primary training day for interns is on Mondays from 10AM-2PM.
- Must be in a Master's-level or Doctoral-level, accredited program
- Must have an interest in working with clients with eating disorders and/or trauma
- Must be comfortable working in a Christian environment. This means:
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- Manna staff will pray and have devotions once per week in our staff meetings
- There are scriptures and a cross on the walls
- Be comfortable exploring faith and/or supporting clients if they are Christian. At Manna, we do not force our beliefs on anyone; we are available to help provide this to clients when they are interested in it.
- Volunteer/work at Manna Fund's fundraising event(s)
- Must submit a brief video telling us about yourself, why you chose to apply to Manna, and what your goals are during your internship (2-5mins) - submit video/link to internship@mannatreatment.com
- If selected, you will be invited to an initial interview with the Internship Director (email above)
- If offered the position, the Internship Director will provide a brief assessment for you to complete. This is required of all interns (as well as all staff members).
- Read employee handbook and other CARF materials
- Read literature on assessment and treatment of eating disorders. Reading list:
- DSM-V: Learn APA criteria for ALL eating disorders and trauma-based disorders
- At Personal Risk, Marilyn Peterson (therapeutic boundaries)
- Don't Shoot the Dog, Karen Pryor (behavioral training)
- Anatomy of Anorexia, Steven Levenkron
- Marketing (ongoing) -
- make 8-10 calls per week,
- schedule appointments for available staff to talk about Manna and/or Eating disorders/Trauma
- Marketing of IOP/PHP for ED as well as Trauma IOP - you will be helping to co-lead at least 4-6 groups during the supervision year
- Sit in on multiple groups and with each therapist during individual and family therapy sessions each week
- Based on level of experience prior to internship, take 1-2 individual clients
- Take test on ED criteria - must pass with 75% accuracy in order to proceed to doing assessments
- Conduct intakes with ED clients - Help determine level of care
- Administer and score assessments (PAI, EDI3, BDI, BAI, URICA)
- Watch videos of previous therapy clients (individual, family, etc)
- Take up to 6 individual clients, co-lead 2 groups
- Individual & Family counseling
- Co-leading group counseling; when ready (determined by attending clinician), lead groups
- Weekly summaries of each client session, with highlighted questions about particular cases at top of each list (See Addendum)
- Weekly supervision: Must be prepared to bring taped (audio or video) sessions, weekly
- Attend weekly Manna meetings, which will include both administrative and clinical case consultations, including eating disorder and trauma training twice a month
- Work with our dietitians, psychiatrist, and other therapists when needed, concerning shared clients