Samaritan Counseling’s 2-year Spiritually Integrated Therapy (SIT) intern program allows master’s graduate mental health clinicians to fulfill their 1500 hours of counseling required to gain full licensure with the state of Florida. Our interns play a vital role in our ability to provide excellent, professional spiritually integrated counseling services for our community. ​We’re searching for candidates residing in Manatee and Sarasota counties from diverse backgrounds who are passionate about working with the vulnerable and underserved. Cultural humility and engagement along with spiritual assessment and integration are the key focal points of our two-year training course, with the ultimate goal of logging the qualifying hours necessary for Florida licensure in your discipline. The program also includes in-house supervision with a fully-licensed clinician at no cost to you.

We accept all mental health practitioners including clinical social workers, marriage and family therapists, and mental health counselors. If you are interested in learning more ​about our program, please fill out the contact form.

Entry into the program starts either in September or January.  Practicum students are also welcomed to apply.  Applications for the spring semester are closed; the deadline for applications for the 2025 fall semester is April 1st.

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What Do Our Interns Say About The SIT Program?

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The SIT internship program allows us to create partnerships with the community in providing affordable mental healthcare services to those who need it most. The instructors of the program have been incredible to work with.

Kelly Tse, MSW

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The instructors of the program have been instrumental in my growth and progress as a therapist, not only did they feed me with helpful information and growth to integrate clients’ spirituality into therapy, they have also been a great support and helped lessen the stress of being a new counselor.

Griselle M. Feisthammel, MA, LMHC, CRC.

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The opportunity to do my registered internship and training offered at Samaritan is a major blessing in my life The SIT training, training and opportunity to work with and do case studies with seasoned professionals are setting me up for success as I work toward my licensure.

Connie Valenti, MSW