2017-2018 Practicum Brochure - Doctoral Program

Can students tape sessions with clients using an intervention (not assessment or testin J ) with an informed consent? Yes No . 7 he referring agency must also provide written consent to permit the student to tape sessions. Number of hours per week required: DESCRIBE SPECIFIC SITE REQUIREMENTS: SHORT PROGRAM DESCRIPTION (250 words or less): CLINICAL DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAM Client Population(s): Treatment Modality: Assessment Types: Theoretical Orientation: Personality, Behavioral/Cognitive, Intelligence, Forensic, Neuropsychology Individual, Family, Crisis Intervention, Group, Couples, Brief (4-12 sessions), short-term (3-6 months), long-term (6+ months) Eclectic; Dialectical Behavioral; Cognitive Behavioral; Gestalt; Relational; Dynamic; Humanistic; Systems College Students, Adults, Older Adults 15 hours Site provides individual and DBT group therapy (and couples and family therapy as indicated) to men and women ages 18 and above who: 1) are experiencing adjustment problems related to any type of traumatic event such as childhood abuse or neglect, combat, criminal assault, natural disaster, serious injury; ; 2) manifest serious dissociative symptoms; 3) can benefit from dialectical behavior therapy (DBT); and/or 4) manifest patterns of sexual addiction/ compulsivity. ✔ Mandatory Training Sessions: Required summer reading list; enrollment or past completion of Trauma, Abuse, & Dissociation class that is offered during Fall semesters. Required Training Prerequisites: Must be in second practicum and first practicum must have been primarily a therapy practicum. Strong basic clinical skills and commitment to client welfare. Crisis intervention skills; willingness to work with severe trauma; willingness to examine own personal and interpersonal functioning and its impact on the therapeutic process; openness to issues of diversity, and complete required reading (re: trauma, abuse, and dissociative disorders) before practicum begins. Suggested prerequisites: Ability to identify/differentially diagnose PTSD, dissociative symptoms, and other co-morbid diagnoses. Some familiarity with treatment of trauma. Familiarity with anxiety management skills. Other requirements: Weekly 30-60 minute individual supervision meetings List specific evening hours required: Required at least one night per week Supervision Requirements (e.g., individual, group, time, day): Two supervisors, 30-60 minutes weekly individual supervision plus 3 hours weekly group supervision (mandatory, Monday mornings 9am-12pm) and didactic experiences, for a minimum total of 3.5 hours/week. 036