Joining, Training, and Consultation
Seeking A Full-Time Associate Therapist
Lakeview Center for Psychotherapy has an opening for a full-time associate therapist in our collaborative practice. If you are a psychoanalytically, psychodynamically, or psychodynamic integrative oriented therapist who is fully licensed and on at least one insurance panel, we encourage you to contact us. We seek a culturally responsive therapist with varied life experiences and a familiarity with how the are influenced by their own cultural background.
Our Group Structure
The Center does not take a percentage of fees collected by associates; associates pay a flat monthly fee for rent, CEUs, marketing, and all shared expenses. We offer the opportunity to build your practice, receive all CEUS needed, collaborate on cases in multiple modalities, and work in a supportive collegial atmosphere. Applicants need to be fully licensed and familiar with or interested in a psychodynamic integrative approach to therapy. Please email info@lakeviewtherapy.com with questions.
To Apply:
Please email a cover letter, and CV, to info@lakeviewtherapy.com. In your letter please discuss how your background informs your therapeutic approach, a description of your orientation, and what types of clients you work with best.
Virtual Interpersonal Process Training Group For Therapists
This interpersonal training group is open to all mental health professionals interested in deepening their work and learning about group dynamics. We will use the group process to explore intrapersonal and interpersonal dynamics. The group will enable participants to receive feedback about interactions, explore transference reactions and group roles, and attain greater levels of intimacy and self-awareness. We will also meet in person 1 time per year. This forum will allow you to connect with other therapists and gain support in doing this challenging work.
Fridays 2-3:20 CST
$75 per session, sliding scale for student and bipoc therapists
Please contact Niquie Dworkin
Virtual Couples Consultation Group
This group is open to newer, post-graduate therapists as well as seasoned therapists who wish to deepen their understanding of couples work. We will focus on teaching communication skills, working on family on origin issues, and understanding enactments. We will discuss cases from a relational psychodynamic perspective and how to work with high conflict couples. Since it is virtual, therapists anywhere are welcome.
Tuesdays, 3:00-4:00PM CST, Monthly
$75, sliding scale available for unlicensed and BIPOC therapists.
Contact: Niquie Dworkin, PhD
Training Opportunities
Our Training Mission
Our aim is to train psychodynamic therapists who are self-aware, flexible and curious. We provide a foundation of practice and theory that prepares our trainees to continue to develop their knowledge and expand their clinical skills. We hope to teach the main ideas of contemporary psychodynamic theory so that they are accessible and applicable. We encourage questions, lively debate and a diversity of perspectives. We want our trainees to be informed by a psychodynamic sensibility. It is the overarching mission of the members of Lakeview Center to promote the value of open minded listening and empathic immersion that is equally applicable in therapy, supervision and case discussion.
Two-Year Contemporary Psychodynamic Postgraduate Fellowship
Status: Currently filled. The next application period will be from November 1st, 2026–November 30th, 2026. These will be for the training cohort that runs from the summer of 2027–2029.
Description: The Lakeview Center Postgraduate Fellowship Program is designed for independent and motivated pre-licensed or newly licensed psychotherapists. We accept new graduates from counseling, social work, and psychology programs.
Fellows will learn the theory and practice of contemporary psychodynamic therapy, along with opportunities to learn about integrating several non-dynamic approaches, including third wave behavioral therapies, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, mind-body focused therapies, trauma-informed therapy, and/or Modern Analytic group therapy. They will be mentored in the business and professional aspects of developing a practice. Applicants should have a strong interest and/or experience in contemporary psychodynamic therapy.
The Lakeview Center Postgraduate Fellowship can include the opportunity to receive referrals for licensed therapists or to work under Niquie Dworkin, PhD SC for unlicensed therapists.
To Apply:
Please submit your cover letter, CV, and 2-3 letters of recommendation that address your clinical work via email to info@lakeviewtherapy.com. In your cover letter please discuss:
- What draws you to an integrative psychodynamic approach
- A description of your current therapeutic orientation
- What types of clients and problems you enjoy working with and which you find most challenging
- What psychotherapy theorists and experiences have influenced you most.
Fundamentals of Contemporary Psychodynamic: Psychotherapy One Year Fellowship
Status: Currently Full. Please check back in the fall of 2026, or contact us about future openings.
Description:
This part-time one-year fellowship is aimed at licensed or pre-license clinicians who have not had access to psychodynamic psychotherapy training. The Lakeview Center group developed this position to provide opportunities for therapists from groups that are underrepresented in the psychodynamic and psychoanalytic communities. For new unlicensed therapists, this introduction to psychodynamic work prepares you to apply for our 2 year integrative psychodynamic fellowship and/or to get an overview of psychodynamic treatment. For licensed therapists, the fellowship allows the clinician to learn the theory and practice of psychodynamic psychotherapy and/or to make the transition to private practice. This fellowship may include the opportunity to receive referrals if licensed, or to see clients under Niquie Dworkin if unlicensed.
To Apply:
Applications should include a cover letter, resume, and two to three letters of recommendation from people who can discuss your psychotherapy skills and personality strengths.
In your cover letter please include:
- What draws you to a contemporary psychodynamic approach
- A description of your current therapeutic orientation
- What types of clients and problems you enjoy working with and which you find most challenging
- What psychotherapy theorists and experiences have influenced you most.
- How will a fellowship aimed at increasing access to psychodynamic training for groups who are underrepresented benefit you?
Please email all materials to info@lakeviewtherapy.com. Please contact Dr. Dworkin at info@lakeviewtherapy.com with questions.
Psychotherapy Externship
We will begin accepting applications for applications for the 2026-27 training year in from January 1 to January 31, 2026. Our training year starts August 1 and ends July 31st. We accept 1-2 doctoral or masters level graduate student externs per year for a practicum in psychology, counseling, or social work. Externs must have had some prior experience providing psychotherapy, counseling, ore related clinical work, ideally using a psychodynamic or integrative approach. Candidates should be self-motivated and independent because Lakeview Center is a private practice setting.
Externs will learn though weekly individual clinical supervision with two senior Lakeview Center therapists, peer consultation groups, seminars and clinical training meetings. They will have the opportunity to work with a variety of clients of all ages in individual, couple and family psychotherapy. They may have the opportunity to observe a group. Typical client presenting problems include anxiety, mood disorders, trauma, and relationship issues. The externship includes training in contemporary psychodynamic psychotherapy, and may include opportunities to learn about integrating third wave behavior therapy, somatic therapy and other modalities. Externs should have experience and/or interest in contemporary psychodynamic therapy.
The externship is a full year long and begins August 1.
For Masters Students: We accept practicum applications from January 1 to January 31.
For Doctoral Students: Lakeview Center follows the ACEPT guidelines and schedule for doctoral programs that strictly follow ACEPT, but we encourage doctoral student to submit applications early for programs that allow this.
To Apply:
Applications should include a cover letter, resume, academic transcript, and two to three letters of recommendation from people who can discuss your psychotherapy skills and personality strengths.
In your cover letter please include:
- What draws you to an contemporary psychodynamic approach
- A description of your current therapeutic orientation
- What types of clients and problems you enjoy working with and which you find most challenging
- What psychotherapy theorists and experiences have influenced you most.
Please email all materials to info@lakeviewtherapy.com. Please contact Dr. Dworkin with questions.
About Niquie Dworkin, PhD,
Director of Clinical Training, Fellow Employer, and Supervisor
I have a doctorate in clinical psychology from the Northwestern University. I completed 3 years of psychoanalytic training and advanced training in DBT and Gottman Method couples treatment. My general areas of clinical interest and competence include integrative psychotherapy, addiction and compulsions, eating disorders, personality disorders, anxiety and depression, grief and loss, family and relationship conflict, couples therapy, trauma, and alternative relationship and sexual lifestyles.
My Approach to Supervision
I view supervision as a process in which I engage a clinician-in-training in professional growth and development using the supervisory relationship. I focus on expanding the supervisee’s experiential clinical knowledge, application of theory, and self-awareness. My supervision style is psychoanalytically and relationally informed, developmental, and integrative. Supervisees will learn theories, skills, techniques, and interventions that will allow you to work flexibly with clients. We will discuss the therapy process and explore ways to conceptualize the client’s inner world. I try to help my supervisees use their unique identity, personality and history and develop their own therapy style. Supervision will examine emotional experiences with clients, the relationships that emerge, and the enactments that happen within them. Developing as a psychotherapist requires honest reflection, taking risks, openness to feedback and immersion in the role. I try to facilitate experiential learning, to be honest and supportive, to bring my own openness and vulnerability to our relationship, and to find creative ways to share what I know about this work. In the words of Phillip Bromberg, I try to foster “a relationship in which ‘learning about‘ becomes a spontaneous outcome of what is being co-created experientially.”
Consultation Services
Individual Consultation
The experienced psychotherapists of Lakeview Center for Psychotherapy provide clinical consultation and supervision to other mental health professionals, individually, or in groups. We provide consultation via phone or video worldwide. Fees are set on a sliding scale basis.
Our consultants have expertise in working with clients with eating disorders, substance abuse and other addictions, compulsive self-injury, and personality disorders. We offer consultation on individual, couples, and group therapy. Read more about a relational approach to supervision and consultation here.
Please check our therapists’ individual bios for information on their consultation specialties and feel free to reach out to the person who interests you. If you want us match you with the best consultant for you, contact us today.
Virtual Relational Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Consultation Group
This group is open to newer, post-graduate therapists as well as therapists who wish to deepen their understanding of the relational psychodynamic approach. We will focus on using countertransference to guide interventions, working with the client’s transference, and understanding enactments. We will discuss cases from a relational psychodynamic perspective and how to work in an intensive psychodynamic frame. Since it is virtual, therapists anywhere are welcome. Monthly, date and time TBA. Fee: $75, sliding scale available for unlicensed and BIPOC therapists.
Tuesdays, 3:00-4:00PM CST, Monthly
Contact: Niquie Dworkin, PhD
Virtual Integrative Psychotherapy Consultation Group
This group is open to newer, post-graduate therapists as well as therapists who wish to integrate new orientations and interventions into their repertoire. We will focus on combining symptom-focused and insight-oriented interventions from psychodynamic, cognitive/behavioral, and experiential traditions, and will discuss cases from an integrative relational perspective. Since it is virtual, therapists anywhere are welcome. Fee: $75, sliding scale available for unlicensed and BIPOC therapists.
Sundays, monthly, noon.
Contact: Niquie Dworkin, PhD
Starting a Private Practice, Marketing, and Branding Consultation
If you are making the jump to private practice for the first time, you may need some guidance in the details of the business, as well as the creative work of designing a brand, website, and newsletter. if you are planning to start a group practice you may have questions about how to structure your group, as well as fielding complex group dynamics. Niquie Dworkin has over sixteen years of experience in the marketing and administration of Lakeview Center and enjoys consulting on the marketing and business aspects of psychotherapy practice.
Contact: Niquie Dworkin, PhD
Intro to Integrative Psychotherapy Workshop-CEUS Available
A Relational Experiential Model of Integrative Therapy
Using readings, lectures, and case discussions, this workshop presents a theoretically integrative model of relational psychotherapy. Topics to be covered include: innate psychological needs, development, case conceptualization, the ethics of psychotherapy integration, the therapeutic relationship, choosing interventions, transference and countertransference, and other topics tbd by the needs of the individuals in the class. CEUs, including one hour of ethics will be provided. Time and dates to be determined by participants’ schedules. This class or worksop can be arranged as an independent study, a small group, or for staff training.
Contact: Niquie Dworkin, PhD
Networking
The therapists at Lakeview love to collaborate with and cross refer to other like-minded practices and solo practitioners. To set up a networking visit, videochat, or call, please email us by clicking here.
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