Clinical work occupies a unique place in our current society. Therapists must both learn how the human mind works in an academic sense and understand how that abstract knowledge translates into the lives of real people dealing with the everyday struggles of life. Most importantly though, therapists must do both of these and still be able to build trusting, comfortable relationships with their clients. In order to build the diverse skill set required by clinicians, programs training new therapists typically require them to engage in a certain amount of clinical experiences to complement their academic preparation. A second-year clinical internship is almost always the first of these required experiences, and as such the Training Institute for Mental Health has placed the utmost importance on constructing its internship program.

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