Professional Training
Graduate School Internships and Externships | Conferences | Clinical Seminars | Sunday Brunch Seminars
Postgraduate Training Programs

Graduate School Internships and Externships
ihi offers a fully rounded program of internships and externships for second year social work students (MSW), second year mental health counseling students (MHC) and second, third or fourth year psychology and counseling students (PhD, PsyD).

Our university affiliations include Columbia, Fordham, Hunter, John Jay College- CUNY, Long Island University, NYU, Yeshiva, among other graduate social work, psychology, mental health and counseling programs.

The internship/externship program includes experience in providing psychotherapy, individual and group supervision, a weekly seminar program with guest lecturers, and experience in counseling and community outreach. If interested please consult your school and ask for our Student Program Coordinator.

Conferences
ihi periodically conducts conferences on mental health issues that include workshops, forums, and plenary sessions. Previous conferences have addressed such issues as

• Confronting Religious Beliefs of Clients and Therapists
• Attitudes to S & M and Other Sexual Practices,
• Treatment of Self-Injurious Behaviors
• LGBTQ Families: Issues and Psychotherapy
• Psychotherapy Perspectives on Gender, Transgender and Beyond
• Critical Issues in Transgender Therapies

Among conference co-sponsors have been the International School for Mental Health Practitioners, John Jay College - CUNY, GMHC, and other organizations. CE credits are usually available for conference attendees.

Call or email us to be placed on our mailing list for announcements of upcoming programs and calls for papers.

Clinical Seminars
Clinical seminars for mental health professionals are offered on topics such as gender issues, and new therapy techniques among others. Past series have included:

• Sex Therapy with Lesbian Couples
• Hidden Manifestations of Homophobia in Working with Gay Men
• Eroticized Transference and Countertransference
• Bisexual Women and Men in Families
• Gender Performance: Aggression, Admiration or Satire

Sunday Brunch Seminars
Every spring ihi offers a series of free brunch seminars for staff and professional friends/associates of ihi on topics related to mental health. Recent seminars included a

• Motivational Interviewing,
• Life Coaching.
• The When How and Why of LGBTQ Relationship Agreements
• Maintaining Professional Boundaries in the LGBT Community

We welcome both those who wish to attend and to present.

Postgraduate Training Programs

IN REVISION
ihi, in cooperation with the International School for Mental Health Professionals (ISMHP) provides advanced postgraduate training for mental health professionals leading to certification in selected specialties. Completion of training leads to certificates from ISMHP and ihi. Courses carry credit towards the doctorate in Mental Health Studies offered by the joint program of Ignatius University and Sofia University for matriculated students.

Certificate Program in Psychotherapy