Doctoral Internship
Requirements
The internship year is roughly broken into an orientation period and three semesters (fall, spring, and summer).
Fall: The emphasis of the initial semester is on the development of general skills required of health service psychologist in a university counseling center.
Spring: During the second semester, training focuses on strengthening competencies, broadening the intern's base of knowledge and skills, and enhancing the intern's sense of professional identity.
Summer: The third semester offers interns the opportunity to consolidate growth and an opportunity to focus on a particular area of counseling center work such as outreach, group, training, or work with particular clinical concerns or populations.
Minimum requirements of the internship include:
- 2000 total hours
- 500 face-to-face hours of psychological services to students/clients/patients/consultees
- Individual/Couples Counseling (15 hours weekly)
- Group Counseling (1-2 hours weekly) )
- Initial Appointments (3 hours weekly)
- Single Session Coverage (2 hours weekly)
- Individual Supervision (2 hours weekly)
- Group Supervision (2 hours weekly)
- Seminars: (2 hours weekly)
- Outreach (4 activities/presentations)