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Psychotherapy Practicum Placement
At Heal Through Connection, we offer a Psychotherapy Practicum site for Yorkville and CREATE Institute students. We're dedicated to guiding psychotherapy students in building a successful, sustainable private practice. Our practicum combines clinical and business training, emphasizing a psychodynamic, trauma-informed, and body-oriented approach under the compassionate mentorship of our clinical supervisors.
Alongside developing clinical skills, students gain practical tools for managing the business side of practice - such as profile optimization and scheduling - while participating in workshops on self-care and resilience. We're currently accepting practicum students for 2026 and look forward to supporting the next generation of confident, balanced practitioners.
"Heal Through Connection is a philosophy rooted in guiding clients back to their true selves and helping them rediscover their innate ability to heal. As their psychotherapist, you support them in developing a strong connection to themselves and assist them in navigating their healing journey with trust and confidence."
Our Site Director
Tabitha, Site Director at Heal Through Connection Psychotherapy, is dedicated to supporting practicum students throughout their journey, offering guidance in third-party profile optimization, business practices, and scheduling software.
With experience in practicum support, Tabitha is passionate about preparing students for successful careers in private practice.
As a Certified Meditation Facilitator and Hypnotist, she brings a holistic approach that emphasizes the mind-body connection, empowering students to care for themselves while navigating a client-facing career. She also provides wellness workshops, fostering resilience and self-awareness as essential tools for emerging practitioners.
If you think our practicum site would be a good fit for you, please get in touch!
Our Supervisor
Tala El-Achkar is an approved clinical supervisor, who brings a psychodynamic, trauma-informed, and body-oriented approach to her work, offering comprehensive supervision.
In her practice as an integrative psychotherapist, she is passionate about providing client-centered and anti-oppressive care, particularly for individuals navigating the complexities of diaspora, identity, ambiguous loss, and intergenerational trauma. She focuses on the ways early life shapes present-day experiences, viewing relationships as central to healing.​
Rooted in her academic background, Lebanese-Palestinian heritage, and lived diasporic experience, her approach is sensitive to systemic, intergenerational, and collective influences.
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