At Lake Forest, both quality academic programs and internship experiences help students prepare for the working world. Our proximity to Chicago offers access not only to extensive internship options, but also to a network of powerful alumni and friends.
Psychology Internships
Our psychology department has one of the most extensive internship programs at the College.
We have partnered with more than 70 institutions in the Chicago area to provide practical and relevant field experiences for our majors in social service agencies, hospitals, and other applied educational, organizational, or legal settings. These experiences allow counseling, teaching, research, and other skills to be cultivated in preparation for later professional training and/or employment.
Lake Forest students can pursue up to three for-credit internships. Our location in the Chicago metropolitan region offers a wide variety of internship possibilities
Types of Internship Settings Include:
- adolescent and adult inpatient and outpatient therapy
- alcohol and drug treatment
- therapies for autism spectrum and other conditions
- rehabilitation psychology
- forensic psychology and social work
- states attorney’s offices and probation units
- local and state police departments
- rape crisis and sexual assault
- domestic violence
- enrichment and intervention programs
- children’s hospitals
- Alzheimer’s and dementia facilities
- school psychology and social work
- teen outreach
- Montessori schools
- athletic and adaptive sports programs
- human resources
- data analysis
• academic and policy institutions in the Chicago region
Psychology internships are for academic credit only and are available to juniors and seniors. Students interested in a psychology internship should email Professor Kathryn Dohrmann, faculty supervisor of psychology internships.
Internships that pay off
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Contact Information
Kathryn Dohrmann
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Supervisor, Psychology Internships
Lillard 156
847-735-5245
dohrmann@lakeforest.edu
Where Can You Go With Internships?
Did You Know?
The Department of Psychology offers internships in more than 70 institutions across the Chicago region.