Applications for the 2023 cohort will be accepted until October 15, 2022 at 5pm. Interviews will happen on a rolling basis.

No, there is no fee to apply or tuition fee. Instead, the program pays you $30 per clinical session. If you are offered a position and accept, you will be hired as a W–2 employee, not an independent contractor (1099).

You are expected to complete 240 clinical hours over the course of the year. This is an average of 5 to 6 clinical hours (individual or relationship therapy) per week. To maintain these weekly clinical hours, your caseload may include 6–10 cases. We expect it to take 3–4 months to build your caseload to that level. You may be assigned new clients for you to maintain that number of weekly clients consistently.

Yes. Of course, clinical experience is relevant and desirable, and we have had cohort members without much direct clinical experience. Before you apply, you should consider all of the experiences that you have had that are applicable to the clinical setting to assess how you know you would like to become a clinician (such as your own personal therapy; the role you may take in your community, friends and family; how important or enlivening your internship(s) experiences have been, etc. and address this in your application and interview.

According to participants, the difference lies in the program’s emphasis on creativity and individualized attention, as well as the fact that Green House clinicians engage in real, paid work with clients.

• There is no tuition.
• You are paid for your clinical hours at a rate of $30 per session.
• The clients who you are likely to see, and learn about, include folks in these communities: LGBTQ+, erotic orientations (such as kink, leather, BDSM), consensual non–monogamous relationships (such as polyamorous, open, swinging, etc.) and sex work/erotic labor.
• This training includes a focus on development of your identity as a therapist and  deepening your clinical skills and understanding from a depth perspective as well as learning to use your unique strengths as a therapist.

Not at all. We expect that cohort members will not have extensive clinical experience working with these marginalized populations, but rather have a strong interest in gaining that experience.

It may be. Before you apply to the Green House you should consider how it is that you know you want to work on a deeper level with your clients—perhaps your own therapy experience has shown you the benefit of deeper work, or other personal growth experiences or books you have read resonated with you. Examine your own motives and be ready to share about what is moving you in the direction of depth psychotherapy.

*Depth psychotherapy (including psychodynamic, psychoanalytic, Jungian or analytical psychology and process-oriented psychology or process work) is based on two key propositions: 1. that the unknown or less familiar aspects of ourselves often hold the keys to healing; and 2. that the problems or conflicts that bring us into therapy are pointing us towards our own growth and wholeness.

• Payment for clinical hours
• 4-6 clinical sessions per week, the equivalent of 240 clinical hours during the program year
• 40 hours of individual supervision
• Weekly in-service training topics such as:
  • Clients, Communities & Cultures: LGB, trans, gender queer, kink & poly, sex work
  • Depth Psychotherapy: The Purpose of Problems
  • Therapist Identity Development: Finding your Unique Strengths
  • Using Therapist Bias: A lifelong process
  • Professional & Personal Roles & Boundaries in Small Communities
  • Working with Clients who Identify as Non-normative

• Attend a one day program Kick Off meeting in December of 2022 – preceding the start of the 2023 training year.
• Attend Administrative Training sessions in January.
• Hold a steady caseload of 6-8 weekly clients and complete 240 clinical hours during your training year.
• Attend 40 weekly individual supervision sessions during your training year.
• Attend and participate in weekly Green House in-service training (Thursdays, 12 – 2 pm).
• Attend and participate in monthly cohort learning pod (first Thursdays 11-2 pm).
• Attend and participate in weekly staff in-services meetings (Thursdays 2:30-4:20 pm).
• Attend and participate in monthly team meetings (first Thursday of each month, 2:30 -4:20 pm).
• Attend and participate in other relevant learning opportunities within the practice.
• Invest in learning, growth and development through all aspects of the program.