Are you a licensed or pre-licensed counseling professional in Florida?
Are you a graduate student looking for an internship site?
Are you looking for a place to land professionally?
Are you hoping to be in community with other Christian therapists?

If you said YES, we'd love to invite you to consider joining our tribe. 

We are hoping to expand our local network of Elbow Tree Christian Counselors to reach an even more diverse community in Jacksonville Beach and Saint Augustine. Clients travel as far as an hour to each of these two sites. That means we have a footprint in the surrounding communities like Ormond Beach, Flagler Beach, Palm Coast, Middleburg, Ponte Vedra, Saint Johns, Nocatee, and Fernandina Beach.    

What are the benefits of joining the Elbow Tree team?
  • We are a trusted brand locally and regionally. ​
  • We help you land some great local office space with affordable overhead.
  • You get to be missional and mobile serving multiple communities. For example, within our two local offices, you could effectively serve clients on Mondays in Jacksonville Beach while also seeing clients in Saint Augustine on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
  • We utilize cutting edge technologies that provide for the highest level of HIPAA compliance; SimplePractice (secure client records), OhMD (secure client & team texting), Hushmail (secure email). 
  • You are the owner of your own client records. 
  • Connect to a sea of local churches looking for competent Christian counselors in their community.
  • We grow and you grow. You grow and we grow. Like iron sharpening iron. It's not easy but its worth it. You aren't alone!

Who is the ideal Elbow Tree Counselor?
  • Missional. Every one of our team members views their work as a high stakes investment. We each know we are being invited into ground zero moments of people's lives and we walk on holy ground. Every client is of inestimable worth so we count it the highest privilege to intentionally join with our clients in this work.  
  • Mindful. Every one of our team members possess a high level of emotional intelligence. We are each committed to our own practice of self care as not to add any additional burden onto our clients. We seek out spiritual directors and therapists and routinely place ourselves in the posture as clients to care well for that which we have been given. We are not experts as much as we are students. 
  • Masterful. Every one of our team members is committed to the ongoing mastery of their craft as a competent trauma informed clinician. Lived out, that looks like seeking professional training in the most effective research based interventions and incorporating these new skills and strengths into our practice. 
  • Motivated. Every one of our team members takes great ownership of their own individual practice by cultivating a referral network. Growing a private practice demands an entrepreneurial and innovative spirit. More than going in size, we are each motivated to become the sharpest instrument of God's grace in the world. 

​What is the next step in exploring if I am a good fit for Elbow Tree?
We recommend setting up a meeting with Hayne Steen. His email is [email protected]. 

Is Elbow Tree accepting applications for 2022-2023 graduate interns?
We are NOW exploring internship opportunities for 2022-2023. If you are interested, email Hayne at [email protected].

What does Elbow Tree offer its gradate interns?
  • The opportunity to see an eclectic client load of low fee clients (individuals, couples and families) and local college students.
  • Weekly supervision - structured and as needed "on the fly" 
  • Exposure to a community of competent Christian counselors who also serve as supportive colleagues and mentors along the way.
  • Grass roots training in marketing, branding, digital HIPAA compliance strategies, and the opportunity to pivot into private practice under the Elbow Tree umbrella beyond graduation, should an invitation be extended. ​