CPIC Agencies

Internship Training Placements Available: 3
Stipend: $43,680

Overview

Alvarado Parkway Institute Behavioral Health System (API) is an inpatient and outpatient psychiatric organization serving adults diagnosed primarily with schizophrenia spectrum disorders, bipolar spectrum disorders, depressive disorders, anxiety disorders, trauma disorders, and substance use disorders. In addition, API treats first responders as well as forensic patients and administrative detainees. API has approximately 66 inpatient beds and is divided into 3 units, ranging in acuity. API has three outpatient programs, which likewise range in patient support needs and are primarily solution-focused with group therapy, individual therapy, and medication management as the primary treatment modalities. Two of the outpatient programs mainly treat patients with persistent and severe mental illness (SMI), while the La Mesa outpatient program focuses on a patient population with low-support needs and primarily mood and/or substance use disorders. The La Mesa outpatient program also offers a specialty geriatric track, a Spanish language track, support groups for families, and a harm-reduction program serving patients who work during the day. One of the SMI outpatient programs is in central San Diego and offers several specialty tracks for patients, including a trauma-focused track and a geriatric track. Our third SMI outpatient program is located in El Cajon and also has specialty tracks for some of the patients in attendance, including older adults and patients with comorbid developmental disabilities. Groups, both inpatient and outpatient, are psychoeducational and/or process oriented.

Interns work in both inpatient and outpatient settings and provide group therapy, short-term individual therapy, family therapy, crisis intervention, self-harm intervention plans, harm-to-others intervention plans, domestic violence assessments and safety planning, behavior planning, addictive disorders assessments, and full-battery psychological assessments. The interns participate in daily multidisciplinary treatment team meetings. They are occasionally called upon to provide training for staff members and for external entities as part of community outreach. Treatment focuses on a trauma-informed care model, inclusive of group and individual therapy via evidence-based interventions (e.g., CBT, DBT skills, ACT, Motivational Interviewing, Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction, Brief Psychodynamic Therapy, Seeking Safety). 

Rotations (pods)

Interns are assigned to four three-month rotations, which include outpatient services and psychological assessment. Inpatient services are incorporated into training throughout the year. Interns will rotate through the outpatient programs; they will be assigned to a specific outpatient program for periods of three months at a frequency of two days per week. The remaining days during the week will be devoted to inpatient care where they will work on all three inpatient units. During the outpatient/inpatient rotations, interns facilitate group therapy and individual therapy, with the opportunity to facilitate family therapy. The psychological assessment rotation allows interns to administer psychological assessments at both inpatient and outpatient settings. Psychological assessment referrals include diagnostic clarification, intellectual/cognitive functioning, memory assessment, dementia screening, and malingering screening. Interns conduct clinical interviews, gather background information, and administer, score, and interpret psychological tests. They gain skills in psychological assessment report writing and share results with the treatment team as well as provide feedback to the patient. 

Special Requirements of Applicants:

N/A

Internship Training Placements Available: 6
Stipend: $43,680

Overview

Aurora Behavioral Healthcare/San Diego is a full-service behavioral health care facility providing a variety of inpatient, day treatment, and outpatient services for the San Diego, Imperial and Southern Riverside County area. Aurora San Diego has been an inpatient psychiatric facility (101 beds) for seniors (55+), adults (18+), adolescents (12+) and children (5-12), Active-Duty Military, and First Responders for over 30 years. In addition to inpatient services, Aurora provides partial hospitalization (day treatment, PHP) and Intensive Outpatient (IOP) programs for adolescents and adults including Active-Duty Military, and First Responders.

The inpatient population is diagnosed with psychiatric disorders e. g. Bipolar Disorder, Schizophrenia, Depression, PTSD, Substance Use, with a majority of the outpatient population having diagnoses also to include personality disorders. Approximately 50% of all patients have substance abuse issues, and 30% of patients have PTSD. The Military Tracks treat only Active-Duty Service members, predominantly with PTSD and or co-occurring substance or mood issues as a result of the current and recent conflicts, or humanitarian mission deployments during the past decade. 85% of the Military population are young adult males, 21-40 years old, of various SES, and Race or Ethnicity, with the other 15% being females of mixed SES.

Children and adolescents present with diagnosis both specific to their age group and in the general psychiatric realm (e.g ADHD, Depression, Anxiety etc..). Students will be placed on specific tracks depending on their interest and experience. The tracks are: Military/ First Responder Only Track, Civilian Only Track, or the Dual Track which encompasses all patient populations.

The objectives in training the doctoral interns are to assist them in becoming competent in the areas of individual psychotherapy, group therapy, and psychological evaluation across multiple population types. Interns provide direct patient services, including group and individual psychotherapy, family therapy, couples therapy, and psychological assessment. They participate in treatment teams with other clinical staff and programs when required. They cooperate with others within and outside the department, coordinating work efforts and offer assistance to others when necessary.

Those on the Military/First Responder, and Dual Tracks will in addition understand and become competent in Military and First Responder culture and the different treatments for specific needs and issues of these unique populations. Those working with children, adolescents, and seniors will also become proficient in developmental issues across the lifespan.

1. Individual Therapy: Aurora San Diego uses only Evidence Based Treatments and mainly a Cognitive Behavioral orientation. Students will be trained in CBT, DBT and ACT, and when treating PTSD and direct trauma methods will include Prolonged Exposure Therapy (PE), Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) and EMDR. However, across the supervisor teams other theoretical orientations are represented (e.g Psychodynamic, Interpersonal, Systems) and supervisors will assist interns in developing interventions appropriate for each client using multiple theoretical perspectives.
2. Group Therapy: As with individual therapy, CBT, DBT and ACT approaches are utilized for group therapies. Psychoeducation and group process using the Yalom inpatient model is taught.
3. Psychological Assessment: Interns are expected to participate in psychological testing to include administration, scoring, and report writing. A dedicated Testing Supervisor will walk the students through many different assessment types for each population with the goal of becoming proficient in Psychological Assessment. During the course of the year approximately 80 testing full batteries are completed and discussed in weekly supervision. Assessment tools include, Intelligence, Personality, Neuropsychology, Memory, Projective and overall focus on accurate diagnosis. 

Special Requirements of Applicants:

N/A

Internship Training Placements Available: 4
Stipend: $49,000. 

Overview

DSH-C specializes in the treatment of patients housed under the Sexually Violent Predator Act (WIC 6600), committed as Offenders with Mental Health Disorders (PC 2972), and determined to be Mentally Ill Prisoners (PC 2684) from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation). The patients housed under the Sexually Violent Predator Act (SVPA) are the largest sub-section of the DSH-C population. The Offenders with Mental Health Disorders (OMD) are the second largest sub-section of the population with the Mentally Ill Prisoners (MIP) being housed on a single unit. The facility includes 30 living units, a psychological assessment center, a medical clinic, treatment and education group areas, arts and crafts workshops, a music center, a graphic arts center, computer labs, and a patient library. During the internship year, the interns will have the opportunity to work with patients housed under the Sexually Violent Predator Act and those committed as Offenders with Mental Health Disorders. 

Training Experiences

1. Units Assignment – Interns will participate in two 15-week rotations on a unit. Interns can be assigned to rotations working with the SVPA and OMD populations. Rotation duties can include, but are not limited to, intake assessments (Admissions Psychological Assessment, Suicide Risk Assessment, DSM 5 Assessment Measures, Psychology sections of the patient’s Treatment Plan), attending Treatment Plan Conferences with the goal of serving as the team lead, updating Treatment Plans, carrying a small caseload of patients for case management purposes, and providing short-term individual therapy as clinically warranted. Please note that the unit rotations can change based on staff availability and program development efforts.
2. Assessment Assignment– Interns will further develop their test administration skills, clinical interviewing and test feedback skills, diagnostic skills, report writing/test integration skills, and consultation skills with Treatment Team members. Interns can also be exposed to new testing instruments, including being trained in and conducting violence risk assessments under supervision. Assessment will occur throughout the internship year and there will be an opportunity for a 15-week assessment rotation.
3. Therapy Assignments 
   Individual Therapy – Interns will provide long-term and brief individual therapy for the populations. A caseload of individual therapy patients will be assigned for the duration of the year. All individual therapy clients will be referred by their Treatment Team and screened by a member of the Internship Committee for consideration for the program. Therapy is provided using Evidence Based Practices and is generally CBT focused. Other modalities can be utilized upon supervisor assessment. 
   Group Therapy – Interns will be assigned to one to two Sex Offender Treatment Program (SOTP) groups for the duration of the internship year and will co-facilitate additional groups in the primary treatment mall, as assigned. Group therapy assignments may also occur during the unit assignments.
4. Facility Based Didactics – Interns will be provided a site didactic series in addition to the consortium didactic series. Meetings are held twice per month. Topics have included: Implicit 
   Bias, Cultural Humility, Ethics, Self-Disclosure, Staff Splitting, Nonviolent Communication, the ASL Community, and Geriatrics/End of Life Issues.
5. Supervision Series – Interns will participate in a supervision educational series. The series provides psychoeducation about the competency of supervision, exploration of supervision orientations and models, and opportunities for simulated supervision. 
    

Special Requirements of Applicants:

Please note that all offers of internship are contingent upon successful completion of pre-employment screens (physical, drug test, and background screen).  While legal, the presence of alcohol in the pre-employment drug test will be disqualifying for state service.

Effective January 1, 2024, use of cannabis became a protected category in California. As such, a positive test for THC during pre-employment screening cannot be used to disqualify an applicant in most classifications, including the Clinical Psychology Intern classification.

Internship Training Placements Available: 2
Stipend: $53,460, health insurance, vision/dental coverage, vacation/sick time are also provided 

Overview

Porterville Developmental Center (PDC) is one of the California State facilities that serve people with developmental/intellectual disabilities since 1953. PDC is operated by the Department of Developmental Services and certified as a General Acute Care hospital and licensed for Intermediate Care Facility services. In addition to home residences and training/work sites, the campus includes an auditorium, athletic field, two gymnasiums and swimming pool complexes, religious center, education complex, a cafe, fashion center, police station, fire station, hospital, maintenance shops, and has its own water supply and power plant.

The secured treatment program is a forensic program where individuals reside on units that are surrounded by twin 16-foot fences featuring anti-climb mesh features accessed through a sallyport. There are 11 locked residential units that can house 16-25 individuals per unit. Facility police officers provide constant surveillance of the facility through video monitoring and physical patrols, respond to behavioral help calls, and address any illegal activity. All employees carry personal alarms that function within all the buildings. All individuals currently being served at PDC have either an active or a historical forensic component; they are committed to the Secure Treatment Program (STP) at PDC pursuant to PC 1370.1 incompetent to stand trial due to a developmental disability or WIC 6500 developmentally disabled and dangerous to self/others.

PDC provides services for individuals 18 years and older who are developmentally disabled and have serious medical and/or behavioral problems for which appropriate services are not currently available through community resources. All individuals served at PDC qualify for regional center services under at least one of the 5 categories of developmental disability: autism, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, intellectual developmental disorder, or other disabling condition closely related to or requiring similar treatment as individuals with intellectual developmental disorder. Most of the individuals served at PDC also have significant comorbid diagnoses including psychotic disorders and mood/depressive disorders; some of them also have court orders for the involuntary administration of psychoactive medications. 

Training Opportunities

Psychology staff provide direct care to individuals through services such as development of person-centered behavior support plans, counseling and therapy sessions, suicide risk assessments, and crisis interventions. Depending on individual needs, services are provided on a regular or as needed basis; at minimum, individuals are seen at least once monthly. Individuals are also seen following incidents involving highly restrictive interventions and allegations of abuse. Psychology interns are assigned a home unit where the intern is expected to become an active member of the interdisciplinary team by attending and participating in all treatment planning meetings such as individual program plan meetings, individual educational plan meetings, meetings regarding emerging risks, and meetings addressing behavior interventions such as psychotropic medications and physical restraints.

Psychology interns can expect to receive training and experience in the following areas: 

• Interventions: individual, group, crisis
• Assessments: functional behavior assessments, psychological/neurodevelopmental assessments, forensic assessments (competency to stand trial)
• Treatment planning with the interdisciplinary team, including transition planning when individuals may be ready to transition to a less restrictive placement 
  Behavior support plans, replacement behaviors, behavioral reinforcement programs
• Rotations at Porterville Developmental Center may include:
• Sensory Integration: Interns gain understanding of how sensory integration therapy improves individuals’ sensory processing deficits that impact their abilities to perform daily tasks. Interns will learn about the different modalities and how to utilize appropriate assessment measures to influence the use of sensory techniques within therapy sessions. Interns will utilize these techniques on an individual level and may provide in-service trainings for PDC staff on how to manage these techniques on the residing units.
• Behavior Management: Interns work closely with the Behavior Management and Human Rights Committees to review and approve/disapprove interdisciplinary team proposals for restrictive interventions such as psychotropic medications and physical restraints. Interns are exposed to psychopharmacology and behavior management strategies.
• Forensic Assessment: Interns learn to assess competency to stand trial and submit formal written progress reports to the Courts. Interns also have an opportunity to observe expert testimony when PDC Psychologists are subpoenaed.
• Intake: Interns learn to conduct intake interviews and complete suicide risk assessments. Interns also work with the interdisciplinary team to ensure that clients receiving psychotropic medications have the appropriate diagnoses and consents in place. 

Special Requirements of Applicants:

Applicants who match with the site must submit an original state application, pass a background check, and pass physical/medical clearance.

Internship Placements Available: 4
Stipend: $45,000

Overview

San Quentin Rehabilitation Center (SQRC) is California’s oldest and best-known correctional institution. The prison houses approximately 2,700 male residents and includes a Restricted Housing Unit, Main Line Units, and a Minimum-Security Work Crew Unit. Additionally, San Quentin has a licensed Psychiatric Inpatient Program and a Mental Health Crisis Bed patients for patients coping with acute psychiatric distress.

There are approximately 1,200 patients in the Mental Health Program at San Quentin, which includes seriously mentally disordered patients and mildly to moderately mentally disordered patients. Diagnoses include psychotic and mood disorders, anxiety disorders, personality disorders, and adjustment disorders, along with chronic substance abuse, medication and treatment compliance issues, as well as cognitive and developmental disabilities. Patients represent considerable diversity in cultural, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds. 

Rotations and Year Long Trainings:

1. The internship year begins with a three-month Diagnostic Intake Assessment rotation that includes Suicide Risk Assessment, Diagnostic Formulations, and preliminary Treatment Plans. These assessments can continue throughout the year based on the intern’s interest and development needs.
2. The internship year will also begin with Individual Treatment Training that will continue throughout the year and includes long and short-term therapy. patients are of moderate to severe psychopathology at various custody levels. Interns are given an opportunity to work with patients in the Restricted Housing Unit for behavioral concerns. Interns will also participate in Interdisciplinary Treatment Team Meetings and Case Conferences.
3. The internship includes a Group Treatment Rotation that will begin in the second month of the training year, once onboarding has been completed. Group treatment will include patients with mild, moderate, and severe psychopathology at various levels of acuity. A variety of topics may be utilized and will include educational and process groups. The rotation is ongoing until the end of the training year.
4. The internship will have two six-month rotations in our Psychiatric Inpatient Program (PIP), during which time interns will have an opportunity to work with one patient at a time as part of a multidisciplinary treatment team, with psychiatrists, social workers, recreational therapists, nursing, and custody. Students will gain experience assessing patient needs, creating treatment plans, and making dispositional decisions about the need for treatment needs upon discharge.
5. The internship year will include ongoing Assessment Training in which interns will further develop their test administration and clinical interviewing skills, diagnostic skills, test data integration skills and report writing, as well as providing feedback of test results to the treatment team and patient. Interns may also have the opportunity to complete risk assessment reports for the court depending on referral volume. Interns are expected to complete four assessments during the year but may completed more if assessment is a particular area of interest, or the training team identifies assessment as a necessary area of growth. 

Interns will be given an opportunity to provide supervision to practicum students in a group supervision format under the guidance of a licensed supervisor.

Special Requirements of Applicants 

Applicants must be able to pass a background check, state employment physical, and drug screen. All offers of internship are contingent upon the successful completion of the pre-employment screenings. Although legal, marijuana and alcohol can result in disqualifying drug screen for state service.

Must have prior training and/or courses in Assessment/Psychological Testing and clinical interviewing. It is preferable, but not necessary, for the applicant to have had some exposure to forensic/correctional psychology. Applicants should be able to demonstrate appropriate boundaries in the therapeutic setting, closely utilize supervision, and adhere to safety and security regulations of the institution. The qualified applicant should be open to understanding this unique population, including exploration of transference and countertransference issues, as well as possess an interest in introspection and personal growth.

Applicants who match with the site must submit an original state application. The application can be found at: https://jobs.ca.gov/CalHRPublic/Landing/Jobs/Steps.aspx?step=1

Internship Placements Available: 6
Stipend: $25,000

Overview

The State Center Community College District (SCCCD) encompasses Fresno City College, Clovis Community College, Madera Community College, and Reedley College. The primary mission of the Psychological Services Program at SCCCD is to support and address the mental health needs of enrolled students.

Psychological Services offers a comprehensive range of services to both students and the broader campus community, including psychotherapy, crisis intervention, psychological assessment, consultation, outreach, and primary prevention initiatives. The program addresses a wide variety of psychological concerns among students from diverse socio-economic and cultural backgrounds, with a significant portion of the student population consisting of ethnic minorities from low socio-economic status (SES). Many of these students seek services for cultural identity-related challenges and stress-related concerns.

Services

Direct Services Component:
The in-service training for the Direct Services component includes five core areas in which interns are expected to gain experience:
(a) Psychotherapy
(b) Group Therapy
(c) Crisis Intervention
(d) Psychological Assessment

A. Psychotherapy
Brief and Individual Therapy:
Brief therapy is a short-term, goal-focused intervention applicable across individual counseling, family therapy, crisis intervention, institutional management, and organizational development. Both interns and staff employ a range of therapeutic orientations to effectively meet the needs of clients. The brief therapy model generally includes:

Four to six sessions of supportive therapy.
Extension of services under emergency conditions or while awaiting referral.
Referral to external agencies for treatment services not provided by Psychological Services (e.g., inpatient substance use treatment).

Long-Term Psychotherapy:
Interns and staff also provide long-term psychotherapy for clients who may benefit from extended treatment. Interns are typically encouraged to maintain a caseload of approximately five long-term clients during the training year. This experience allows them to refine and deepen their skills using long-term therapeutic approaches such as Psychoanalytic, Attachment, and Object-Relations modalities.

B. Group Therapy
A variety of group therapy options are offered to meet the diverse needs of students. Groups are facilitated by interns and clinical staff, and have included Art Therapy Groups, Anxiety-Focused Groups, Process Groups, Mindfulness Groups, Dream Groups, LGBTQ+ Support Groups, Self-Compassion Groups, and College Adjustment Groups.

C. Crisis Intervention
A collaborative team approach is utilized to effectively respond to students in crisis. Interns participate as active members of the Crisis Intervention Team, which includes psychologists, trained counselors, district police, and nursing staff.

D. Psychological Assessment
Psychological Services oversees all psychological testing and assessments for SCCCD. This responsibility is shared among interns, the Disabled Students Program staff, the Counseling Program staff, and Psychological Services.
Assessments include both preventive and direct service components. Preventive services focus on evaluations related to personal growth, self-awareness, attentional difficulties, and learning disabilities. Direct services focus on diagnostic assessments to clarify psychopathology, determine mental status, provide differential diagnoses, develop treatment plans, and respond to referral questions.

Currently administered tests include the WAIS-IV, MMPI-3, MCMI-IV, TAT, RISB-II, CATA, CPT-3, along with a variety of psychological screeners. Referral questions typically address diagnostic clarification, ADHD evaluations, treatment recommendations, and assessment of ego functions.
 

Special Requirements of Applicants:

N/A

Internship Placements Available: 2
Stipend: $48,024

Overview 

UC Merced is a designated Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) serving nearly 9,000 undergraduate and graduate scholars, with over half our undergraduates identifying as first generation college students. The campus is a proud member of the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) and stands among only 21 in the nation (three in California) recognized as both R1 for top-tier research and for opportunity and access. At UC Merced, we are committed to supporting social mobility through diversifying higher education opportunities and creating a personalized environment that supports student success, promotes lifelong learning, and fosters intellectual, professional, and personal development through unique interdisciplinary approaches.

Rotations

Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) specializes in the expansive mental health needs of UC Merced students to promote their academic, personal and social development. It is the intention of all CAPS staff to provide a safe, confidential atmosphere of acceptance and accessibility to professionals in the field of psychology. Interns provide both clinical services (individual, couples counseling, crisis care, group support and psychological assessment) as well as prevention/psychoeducation to the campus community (workshops, outreaches related to CAPS services and mental health topics).

Doctoral level -practicum students, psychological interns and post-doctoral fellows, under licensed supervision, provide clinical services for a wide range of psychological conditions including adjustment, mood, anxiety, trauma, psychosis, personality and substance use disorders as well as problems related to academic performance, family and relationship concerns. Direct services include individual therapy (short-term and long term, various modalities), crisis care (risk assessments), case management (referrals, campus/community resources), group therapy (examples include trauma, anxiety, adjustment self-expression, DBT, ADHD, Autism spectrum) and psychological assessments (ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorder, comprehensive psychological evaluations).

Prevention services include consultation and campus community outreach. Interns may provide telephone or in-person consultation services to students, staff, faculty, and loved-ones who are concerned about the well-being of a student. In addition, Interns are given opportunities to collaborate and create outreach services, such as presentations, tabling’s and workshops that focus on various mental health topics such as CAPS services, suicide prevention, self-care, relationship building, substance use.

Depending on availability, interns may be given an opportunity to provide supervision to practicum students in conjunction with a licensed staff member. Interns are encouraged to develop their areas of special interest and are supported in creating relationships with campus stakeholders to facilitate their professional goals. 

Special Requirements of Applicants:

N/A

Internship Placements Available: 3
Stipend: $21,000

Overview

The PSC offers a spectrum of psychological services to the Fresno community. Doctoral-level graduate students and psychological interns, under licensed supervision, provide all the clinical therapies. Community members can receive individual, family, marital and group psychotherapy, consultation, and psychological testing and assessment.

Rotations

Interns are assigned to two year-long rotations offered throughout the training year. Rotations include:

1. Batterer’s Intervention Program

   The Batterers’ Intervention Program is a Fresno and Kings County Probation certified treatment program to treat court ordered men and women who have been convicted of domestic violence or other intimate partner violence (IPV). Our Fresno program currently treats male clients in six groups. Our Hanford program currently consists of one female client group and two male client groups. Groups utilize a combination of psycho-education and processing. Clients are also placed into individual treatment with a clinician on an individually assessed basis.
    

2. Child and Family Rotation

   The Child and Family rotation follows more of a dynamic orientation. The interventions offered are child centered with the pragmatic goal of helping alleviate symptoms while addressing underlying issues. Case conceptualization follows dynamic orientations of attachment, object relations and self-psychology.

   More specifically, dynamic theories are used to understand the origins of current patterns of interpersonal relationships, behavior, and self-concept. Child centered, relationship based therapy is used as the key to facilitating change. We consider the systems and the environments the child and their family are involved with as key to helping understand and work with them on their journey to psychological health. All of this takes place within the context of a therapeutic relationship fostered by empathic attention, and the assumption that the psyche strives for health. It is our belief that our therapeutic interventions are merely facilitating the development of good mental health.
    

3. Sex Offender/Forensic/CBT

   This rotation mainly treats juvenile sex offenders in group and individual therapy, as well as conducts evaluations that include sexual risk assessment. Other clients and programs offered in this rotation include (but are not limited to):

   • Court ordered offenders
   • Non-mandated sex offenders
   • SAVE Program (Sex education)
   • Sex/pornography addictions
   • Distressing paraphilia
   • Treatment for individuals with sexual dysfunctions
   • Clients with a significant or pertinent legal issue
   • Clients who would benefit from a primarily CBT/brief/solution-focused intervention.
   • Fire-setting Prevention Program for Juvenile Offenders/Court Mandated – clients referred from Fresno County probation. This group meets for 10 weeks [2 week credit for risk assessment/full psychological evaluation].
      

4. General Clinical & Clinical Forensic

   This rotation provides individual therapy to clients (adult and child) within the PSC with a wide variety of presenting problems and diagnoses; we also provide group therapy to at-risk populations both within and outside of the PSC. Therapeutic approach is based on the specific needs of each client. As a result, you will be exposed to a breadth of therapeutic orientations. We also provide:

   • Tulare County Competency Restoration
   • Tulare County Theft Diversion Program
   • AB109 Recidivism Reduction Grant
      

5. Forensic and Crisis Intervention

   This PSC rotation will focus on providing various empirically based cognitive behavioral treatment to adult and adolescent clients. Brief Therapy, Solution focused therapy, DBT, REBT, and Relapse Prevention paradigms will be explored depending on student interest and client needs. This rotation will provide individual and group therapy for forensic and/or acute psychiatric populations. We will also provide anger management groups and psychological assessment supervision. This rotation is focused on providing training working with difficult to treat populations such as, incarcerated/paroled clients, chronically mentally ill, personality disordered clients, and clients at high risk for hospitalization.
    

6. Adult Psychotherapy Rotation

   Goals for this rotation include:

   • Conceptualizing people’s presenting problems from a psychodynamic, interpersonal, cognitive/behavioral, cultural, and DSM V perspectives. The Gottman model of couples therapy will be the groundwork for couples work, with some use of emotion focused theory and technique.
   • Organizing treatment planning around an integration of the aforementioned points of view with the client/patients goals, internal/external resources, and motivation.
   • Integrating psychotherapy theory driven points of view with psychotherapy evidence based points of view about what constitutes “good therapy” for a particular person or persons being seen in the context of the service center by a student therapist and this supervisor.
   • Developing psychotherapy skills consistent with the aforementioned models of psychotherapy.
   • Developing skills for the proper documentation of the psychotherapy process and outcomes.
   • Developing skills for the assessment of the psychotherapy process and outcomes.
   • Developing ways of using countertransference and transference reactions for therapeutic gain and personal growth.
      

7. Therapy and Psychological Assessment Rotation


   This rotation will provide individual and group therapy to clients within the PSC for a wide variety of presenting problems and diagnoses. The therapeutic approach will be evidenced based treatment, focusing on a wide variety of presenting problems that are appropriate for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy interventions. Group therapy will specifically focus on Dual Diagnosis and Personality Disorders, primarily centered on Dialectical Behavioral Therapy interventions (M. Linehan).

   This rotation will provide an opportunity to administer, score, interpret, and generate integrative reports that will be responsive of referrals for the following reasons:

   • Juvenile Court Assessments
   • Child & Adult Cognitive Assessments
   • Child & Adult Personality Assessments
   • Assessments for diagnostic impressions; Assessments to R/O Malingering
   • Disability Assessments
      

8. General Clinical – Children, Adolescents and Adults

   This rotation draws upon the traditions of developmental attachment theory, Winnicott’s version of object relations theory, more recent developments in interpersonal neurobiology, to support development of a “therapeutic presence.” The focus of this rotation is on
   working with adolescents and adults in individual therapy. In working with children and teens, family therapy and/or work with parents will also be necessary.
    

9. Health Psychology Rotation

   This rotation focuses on developing clinical and assessment skills in the area of Health psychology and Medical Psychology. The skills you garner in this rotation are highly transferable to treating many mental health issues including anxiety disorders such as OCD, PTSD, Generalized Anxiety, Phobias, and Somatic issues. Major depression is also prevalent in those who are managing acute or chronic health issues.

   In addition, partners and family members who have a loved one with health issues may enter therapy to increase coping skills, to process grief, or for help with problem solving. Finally, you will gain knowledge and experience working with clients where health issues could present as either a primary or a secondary issue.

Special Requirements of Applicants: 

N/A