Have you considered working with interns? Can hiring and training interns be the key to growing your practice? Why should you offer a teaching component?

In this podcast episode, LaToya Smith speaks about hiring and training interns in your group practice with Valarie Harris.

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Meet Valarie Harris

Valarie owns a growing group practice called Trauma & Therapy Center of TN., PLLC, located in Clarksville, TN. She started her group practice in 2019 and just purchased her second commercial property (only 13 months after the first) to expand services. Valarie also provides consulting services on growing a group practice using interns and working with complex trauma cases, such as Dissociative Identity Disorder.

Visit Trauma & Therapy Center and connect with them on Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn.

In This Podcast



* How to find interns

* Bringing them on board

* Offer a teaching component



How to find interns



* Connect with a local university.

* Send emails to their counseling department and see if you can schedule a phone call or meeting.



Once you get on their site list it’s pretty easy because they just hand those out to students when it’s time for students to start looking for their site. (Valarie Harris)



* Put something up on your website saying that you accept interns and student interns.



Develop the groundwork first by building relationships with local universities as that will be one of the best ways to connect with new student interns.

Bringing them on board

Before you hire a few interns into your solo or group practice, check with your client base. Would they be willing to have observation within sessions?

It would be good for you all to sit together and look at how open your clients [are] to observation. (Valarie Harris)



* To interview your interns, look at the things you need them to already have.



Do they have some level of clinical experience? Volunteer experience?