Are you a student enrolled in a Counseling or Social Work program and looking for a practice to complete your internship?


Hope Roots is a nonprofit therapy practice focused on providing trauma therapy services to individuals and groups in Fort Collins, Colorado. If you are interested in body-centered, holistic healing, Hope Roots may be a fit for your internship. Due to our small staff, we are most interested in connecting with individuals who would want to complete their terminal internship with Hope Roots to ensure continuity of intentional care of clients we serve. Clinical internships are only available to students enrolled in Master’s level Social Work (preferred) or Counseling program. We have staff that can provide supervision for social work students (pursuing LSW or LCSW) or counseling students (pursuing LPCC/LPC) in the State of Colorado.

* For 2025, Hope Roots does not currently have office space for more clinical interns, but will consider social work interns looking for experience with development and other non-clinical work.*

To be considered for an interview, you’re invited to email info@hoperoots.org with answers to the following:

  1. Why do you want to work with a practice that only treats trauma specifically?

  2. ) Which particular populations are you most interested in serving? If you are a social work student, are you open to a non-clinical internship position?

  3. ) After reading the Guiding Principles of Hope Roots: What stands out to you? Which principles do you feel most passionate about?

  4. ) What certifications and/or trainings have you completed?

  5. ) For a clinical internship position, are you willing to complete the EMDR Basic Training during or prior to your first month at Hope Roots? Are there other training programs you hope to pursue?

We look forward to hearing from you and truly appreciate your interest!