Opportunities for Professionals

The Child Mind Institute’s Youth Mental Health Academy (YMHA) supports highly talented students from structurally marginalized communities by giving them paid internships in mental health-related workplaces.

The Youth Mental Health Academy is designed to cultivate the next generation of diverse mental health professionals, but we can’t do it alone. We need people like you — successful career professionals — to provide internships for students next summer.

We’re looking for opportunities for groups of five students to learn about the mental health field through direct work experiences in mental health-related research, practice, or communications organizations. Internships will run from 9am to 4pm, three days per week, over six weeks during the summer of 2024. Remote, in-person, and hybrid work settings are all suitable for this program. If taking on a group of five students doesn’t work for your organization but you’re interested in hosting internships for a smaller number of students, please indicate that in the questionnaire below.