Applications are currently closed. We begin accepting applications in January each year on a rolling basis until all positions are filled. If you have any questions, please contact our director.
Every year, the Stonewall Project provides clinical education and training to seven to eight clinical interns in its counseling program. We provide harm reduction–based treatment that integrates substance use, mental health, and sexual health education. Our services center queer, gay, bisexual, and same-gender-loving men; masculine-identified trans and nonbinary folks; and other men who have sex with men.
The internship requires 20 hours per week, and a one-year commitment is required. We accept candidates from students enrolled in master’s programs in counseling, psychology, or social work (MA, MS, MSW, MEd); post-master’s Associate MFTs, Associate PCCs, and ASWs; and alcohol and drug counselors seeking California certification.
CLINICAL INTERNS RECEIVE:
- Experience providing individual counseling, group counseling, intakes, and prevention and health education using harm reduction, cognitive-behavioral and relational approaches
- Exposure to contingency management, syringe access services, and other low-threshold interventions supporting our most vulnerable participants
- Individual and group supervision with knowledgeable, supportive LMFT, LCSW, and LPCC clinicians
- Monthly didactic and experiential training in motivational interviewing techniques
- 5 to 7 interactive training sessions on diversity, inclusion and cultural humility, focusing on the specific communities we serve
- Additional training sessions addressing important substance use, mental health, and HIV counseling topics within the communities we serve
HOW TO APPLY
Applications are currently closed. We begin accepting applications in January each year on a rolling basis until all positions are filled. If you have any questions, please contact our director.
Robert Holum, LMFT, has been the director of the Stonewall Project clinical internship program since 2013. A graduate of New College of California and a licensed marriage and family therapist since 2004, Robert has worked as a clinical supervisor for the Bayview Hunters Point Foundation in San Francisco and the Pacific Center in Berkeley. He has also served as an adjunct faculty instructor for the University of San Francisco’s master’s program in counseling psychology, and a research counselor for the UCSF Alliance Health Project’s RED+ Study. Robert maintained a private practice for 10 years, providing psychotherapy and consultation with a specialization in HIV behavioral health.
Robert is currently a member of the Community Advisory Board of City College of San Francisco’s Addiction and Recovery Studies program. He has served as an evaluator for the MFT Consortium of California’s Educational Stipend Program, which encourages graduate students from underserved communities to embark on careers in public behavioral health.
Robert is passionate about clinical education as a tool to help aspiring counselors find their unique voices and bring out the best in themselves.