Individual Supervision
Interns receive two to three hours of individual supervision per week. Two hours are spent with the primary supervisor. Depending upon staff availability and interns’ areas of emphasis, one hour of individual supervision may be provided by a secondary supervisor. Interns rank their preferences for individual and secondary supervisors and are assigned to supervisors based on training needs, clinical interests, availability, and goodness-of-fit. Interns select a new supervisor half-way through their internship year (or approximately mid-January). The primary supervisor oversees the intern’s caseload, supervision of a practicum student, and triages conducted by the intern. In the case of a secondary supervisor being assigned, the secondary supervisor oversees the other half of an intern’s caseload. Cases are assigned to supervisors on an alternating basis except for when a particular case may be better suited to a specific supervisor’s area of expertise.
Group Supervision of Assessment
Interns participate in an hour-long, weekly group supervision of their assessment, intake, and diagnostic activities. During the Intern Orientation, the primary focus is on didactic training, article reviews, practice administering assessments, and scoring and interpretation of results. During group supervision, interns review their assessment cases, intakes, and diagnostic impressions and receive feedback. Interns also discuss pertinent articles and review their feedback sessions with testing clients. Interns also receive didactic training in topics such as psychological testing with the PAI, and pharmaceutical and non-pharmaceutical treatments for ADHD.
Group Supervision of Supervision
Interns participate in a weekly 1.5 hour Group Supervision of Supervision seminar.
In this seminar interns will learn various models of providing clinical supervision
and how those models apply to their own work with supervisees. The seminar utilizes
didactic material, review of intern supervision tapes, case presentations (one
per intern per semester) and consultation on challenges experienced in supervision
during the internship year.
Rotating Seminar
Interns participate in a one-hour biweekly Rotating
Seminar. Rotating Seminars focus on a variety of aspects of service provision,
presenting concerns, and treatment modalities. Past topics have included
exposure therapy, DBT, problem gambling, working with LGBTQIA2S+ students,
medication management for mental health diagnoses, and grief and loss, among
others. Seminars are presented by clinical staff and invited guest
speakers.
Multicultural Seminar and Supervision
Interns participate in a 1.5-hour Multicultural Seminar, three times a month. In
this seminar interns will reflect on their own cultural identity and multicultural
competence, identify cultural influences on student development, examine guidelines
relating to multicultural competence, and plan and enact cultural programming
initiatives. Seminar facilitators utilizes didactic material, discussion, activities
to encourage self-awareness, current, local, and national news events and a wide
range of audiovisual materials to enhance the learning experience.
Professional Development Seminar
Interns participate in a 1.5-hour Professional Development seminar about three
times per semester. Discussion topics include special readings in professional
development issues, job search/application/interview process, early career psychologist
issues, dissertation defense, research activities, licensing, credentialing,
self-care, etc. During this seminar, interns will have an opportunity to discuss
with the training director their progress, concerns, and provide ongoing feedback
about their internship experience.
Crisis Seminar
Interns participate in a one-hour Crisis Seminar approximately twice a month. This seminar involves didactic training and orientation to theories and models of crisis risk assessment and stabilization. Related research, case studies, and current cases will be reviewed. Interns will have the opportunity to discuss clinical crisis experiences and consult with the Crisis Seminar facilitator(s).
Case Conference
During the fall semester, interns, PMF’s, and social work, psychologist, and counseling staff working toward licensure participate in an hour-long weekly case conference which is facilitated by two licensed staff members. During the Spring semester, interns will join clinical staff for a bi-weekly case conference. During case conference, clinical staff, interns, and PMF’s present ongoing and complex cases for consultation and support. Interns are required to present all continuation of services requests at case conference. Interns complete two formal case presentations, one in both the fall and spring semesters, and are provided with related feedback by clinical staff.