A 2-year clinical fellowship with a direct pathway to practice ownership — rooted in Chandni Patel’s strengths-based, integrative approach, for clinicians who believe their clients are the experts of their own lives and want to build an independent practice grounded in that conviction.
IMPORTANT: Therapy Aligned does not currently provide NJ licensure supervision. Provisionally licensed applicants (LSW, LAC) must have their own external supervision already arranged prior to joining the fellowship. The clinical mentorship and group supervision provided within this fellowship are separate from state licensure supervision requirements.
The General Fellowship under Chandni Patel offers provisionally and fully licensed clinicians a 2-year training experience grounded in a strengths-based, integrative clinical philosophy. Chandni’s approach begins with a foundational belief: clients are the experts of their own lives. The clinician’s role is to create a space of genuine safety, respect, and curiosity — and from that space, support meaningful growth.
Fellows in this track will carry a supervised caseload from day one, working with adults across a wide range of mental health and substance use presentations including anxiety, depression, grief, life transitions, trauma, identity challenges, and co-occurring disorders. The clinical training draws from Chandni’s own integrative framework: CBT, DBT, ACT, Mindfulness-Based approaches, Motivational Interviewing, Psychodynamic thinking, Somatic approaches, Narrative Therapy, Solution-Focused techniques, and Attachment-Based work.
Chandni’s background is distinctive. As a former EMT, she brings a deep understanding of the mind-body connection and treats emotional pain with the same clinical urgency as physical crisis. As a Field Liaison at Rutgers University School of Social Work, she has trained generations of student clinicians. As a Clinical Supervisor with experience across ambulatory detox, PHP, IOP, and outpatient care, she brings genuine systems-level wisdom to the supervisory relationship. Fellows benefit from all of that perspective.
This fellowship also welcomes clinicians who serve multilingual or multicultural communities. Chandni is fluent in English, Gujarati, and Hindi, and she approaches cultural humility as a core clinical competency. Fellowship cohorts are expected to include 7 to 10 fellows.
2-year strengths-based generalist program — individual supervision weekly (provisional fellows), biweekly group supervision for all fellows, and a supervised caseload from day one. All supervision included at no additional cost. Fellows are expected to maintain a minimum of 10 client sessions per week. Completion leads to eligibility for your own TA-affiliated independent practice.
Chandni is a dual-licensed clinician, co-founder of Therapy Aligned, and Field Liaison at Rutgers University School of Social Work. A former EMT with experience across the full continuum of behavioral health care — ambulatory detox, PHP, IOP, and outpatient — and a couples therapy specialist with fluency in English, Gujarati, and Hindi.
View Chandni’s full profile →Chandni supervises the way she practices — treating fellows as the experts of their own clinical development, while providing the structure, directness, and genuine mentorship that growth requires.
Carry a supervised caseload from day one, working with adults across anxiety, depression, trauma, life transitions, grief, and co-occurring presentations.
Weekly individual (provisional) and biweekly group supervision grounded in Chandni’s integrative, client-centered philosophy.
Training across Chandni’s full modality range — CBT, DBT, ACT, somatic, narrative, attachment-based, and culturally responsive practice.
After 2+ years in good standing and full licensure, graduate and open your own TA-affiliated practice built around your clinical identity.
This fellowship is for clinicians who want a broad, humanistic, strengths-based clinical foundation — who believe in the inherent capacity of clients to grow, and who want to develop the skills to support that growth with genuine evidence-based rigor. Clinicians with multilingual backgrounds or interest in culturally responsive care are especially welcomed.
Eligible applicants include fully licensed clinicians (LCSW, LCADC, LPC) and provisionally licensed clinicians (LSW, LAC) who already have an external supervisor in place. The fellowship pathway is built around three milestones: a minimum 2-year commitment, achieving full licensure during or by the end of the fellowship, and remaining in good standing throughout. These three milestones form the pathway to practice ownership — each one a step toward the practice you are here to build. 7 to 10 fellows per cohort, ensuring meaningful mentorship access and a genuine clinical community.
Fully licensed in NJ (LCSW, LCADC, LPC) or provisionally licensed (LSW, LAC) with external supervision already in place. Minimum 2-year commitment, full licensure achieved during or by end of fellowship, and good standing throughout. 7 to 10 fellows per cohort. Applications reviewed on a rolling basis.
Fellows are expected to maintain a minimum of 10 client sessions per week. Supervisors in the Supervisor Track are expected to maintain a minimum of 5 client sessions per week (3 sessions per week for supervisors who have previously held personal payer contracts). Fellowship sizes are expected to be between 7 and 10 fellows per cohort.
Ready to build a strengths-based generalist practice? Submit a fellowship inquiry to connect with Chandni and learn more about this track.
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