Position Description
The training program – called an “internship” for master’s-level trainees and an “externship” for doctoral-level trainees – strives to provide experiences that meet the individual needs and goals of each trainee. The overall objective of the training program is to help each trainee develop a clearer professional identity as well as more advanced clinical skills.
The training program has the following parameters:
- 9 months (late August through mid-May)
- Minimum of 20 hours (2½ days) per week
- Half of time spent providing direct clinical services
- Unpaid (no stipend offered)
Trainees also may have the opportunity to experience the following:
- observe and co-facilitate counseling and psycho-educational groups
- consult with members of the campus community
- design and implement psycho-educational campus outreach programs
In addition to their clinical experiences, trainees will receive the following educational and supervision experiences:
- individual supervision (1 hour per week)
- group supervision (75 minutes each week)
- case conference (periodically through the training year)
- didactic seminar (90 minutes each week)
Presenters for didactic seminars include in-house staff and local experts who are also practicing clinicians. Seminar presentations cover many topics pertinent to professional clinicians working in university settings, including
- conducting intake and crisis assessments
- developmental issues of college students
- suicide and self-injury
- multicultural issues
- eating disorders
- sexual assault and dating violence
- sexuality issues
- working with difficult clients
- spirituality issues, boundary maintenance, and termination