The internship program consists of: common core of experiences to insure a basic set of competencies upon completion of the program. The core includes a set of clinical experiences, a set of didactic experiences, an outcome assessment/program development project, and a teaching experience. Within this core, there is considerable opportunity for choice. In addition, a wide range of elective rotations is also provided.

Core Clinical Program

Core Assessment Rotations:

Acute/Crisis Evaluations
Outpatient Intake Evaluations
Psychological Testing

Core Treatment Rotations:

Outpatient Level of Care (Individual and Family Therapy)
Partial Hospital Level of Care (Milieu Programs)
Group Therapy (often met within partial hospital programs)
Mock Oral Examination

Core Didactic Experiences

Core Outcome Assessment/Program Development Project

Core Teaching Experience

The location of the rotations for the core program varies depending upon whether the intern is in the general adult track, the forensic sub-track, or the child track. The elective clinical rotations are planned according to each intern’s interests, goals, and needs. Within the elective rotations, students have the opportunity to have experiences outside of their primary track, with clients of different ages and developmental levels.

Throughout the program, the emphasis is on the quality of the training experience, and service needs are met primarily by clinical staff. Supervision is provided in each of the clinical experiences, and interns typically participate in team meetings in each rotation. In addition, various didactic experiences are conducted with students in different programs (e.g., child and adult interns, psychiatry residents, social work students), so that psychology interns in each track are enriched by the presence of different perspectives. Finally, some of the elective experiences also include a didactic component that allows students to develop a deeper understanding of that specialty area.