Internships: US Territories and Canada

Horizon Health NB Clinical Psychology Residency

Location

Stan Cassidy Center for Rehabilitation, 800 Priestman St., Fredericton, NB, E3B 0C7

Contact

JoAnne Savoie, PhD

Director of Training

Setting

Community mental health center (CMHC), hospital, military, Veterans Administration

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Types of trainees 

• Doctoral level practicum/advanced practicum (PhD, PsyD, etc.)
• Doctoral internship

Approximate percentage of group training of staff

• Staff has graduate training in group therapy: 60%
• Staff has earned CE credits/courses in group therapy: 50%

Approximate percentage of staff that have run at least one psychotherapy group each year

• Masters level practicum/advanced practicum (MA, MSW, etc.): 60%
• Doctoral level practicum/advanced practicum (PhD, PsyD, etc.): 20%
• Doctoral internship: 90%
• Licensed staff: 50%

About the program’s groups and training

• Approximate number of groups facilitated on site each week: 1-5
• Levels of care offered to clients: Inpatient or residential, partial/intensive outpatient (IOP)/day treatment, outpatient brief
• Groups available for trainees to lead/co-lead: Psychotherapy/process, support, mindfulness/meditation/relaxation, theme/topic-specific, psychoeducational
• Hours of group leadership acquired during training: 30-50 hours
• Average length of groups: Quarter, on-going
• Theoretical orientations: Cognitive behavioral, family systems, acceptance and commitment, dialectical behavioral therapy
• Training formats: Didactic seminars, individual supervision of group therapy
• Can a trainee lead a group independently (with supervision)? Yes
• Trainees co-lead groups with: Senior staff
• Supervision types: Direct observation of supervising clinician (e.g., trainee leading with senior staff); direct observation through a one-way mirror; no observation, based on oral or written report by trainees

Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario 

Location

401 Smyth Rd., Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, k1H 8L1

Contact

Fotini Aachariades, PhD, C Psych, Director of Training

Setting

Hospital

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Types of trainees 

• Doctoral level practicum/advance practicum
• Doctoral internship

Approximate percentage of group training of staff

• Staff has graduate training in group therapy: 80%
• Staff has earned CE credits/courses in group therapy: 50%

Approximate percentage of staff that have run at least one psychotherapy group each year

• Doctoral level practicum/advanced practicum (PhD, PsyD, etc.): 20%
• Doctoral internship: 50%
• Licensed staff: 50%

About the program’s groups and training

• Approximate number of groups facilitated on site each week: 1-5
• Levels of care offered to clients: Inpatient or residential, partial/intensive outpatient (IOP)/day treatment, outpatient brief, outpatient long-term
• Groups available for trainees to lead/co-lead: Structured, manualized treatment; psychotherapy/process; mindfulness/meditation/relaxation/; theme/topic-specific; psychoeducation
• Average length of groups: Semester, quarter, on-going, single session/hospital group therapy
• Theoretical orientations: Interpersonal process, cognitive behavioral, family systems, dialectical behavioral therapy
• Training formats: Group supervision of group therapy, individual supervision of group therapy
• Can a trainee lead a group independently (with supervision)? No
• Trainees co-lead groups with: Senior staff
• Supervision types: Direct observation of supervising clinician (e.g., trainee leading with senior staff), feedback from process observer

Regina Area, SHA

Location

2110 Hamilton St., Regina SK S4P 2E3

Contact

Amy Janzen Claude, DCT

Setting

Community mental health center (CMHC), hospital system

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Types of trainees 

• Masters level practicum/advanced practicum (MA, MSW, etc.)
• Doctoral level practicum/advanced practicum (PhD, PsyD, etc.)
• Doctoral internship

Approximate percentage of group training staff

• Staff has graduate training in group therapy: 30%
• Staff has earned CE credits/courses in group therapy: 30%

Approximate percentage of staff that have run at least one psychotherapy group each year

• Masters level practicum/advanced practicum (MA, MSW, etc.): 10%
• Doctoral internship: 100%
• Licensed staff: 10%

About the program’s groups and training

• Approximate number of groups facilitated on site each week: 6-10
• Levels of care offered to clients: Outpatient brief, outpatient long-term
• Groups available for trainees to lead/co-lead: Structured, manualized treatment; psychotherapy/process; psychoeducational
• Hours of group leadership acquired during training: 20-60
  
• Average length of groups: Quarter
• Theoretical orientations: Cognitive behavioral, dialectical behavioral therapy
• Training formats: Didactic seminars, group supervision of group therapy, individual supervision of group therapy
• Can a trainee lead a group independently (with supervision)? No
• Trainees co-lead groups with: Senior staff
• Supervision types: Direct observation of supervising clinician (e.g., trainee leading with senior staff)

VA Caribbean Healthcare System

Location

10 Calle Casia, San Juan, PR 00921

Contact

Rafael E. Cancio, PhD, Training Director

Setting

Vetarans Administration

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Types of trainees 

• Doctoral internship
• Postdoctoral

Approximate percentage of group training of staff

• Staff has graduate training in group therapy: 70%
• Staff has earned CE credits/courses in group therapy: 40%
• Staff has taken AGPA Group Principles course: 10%

Approximate percentage of staff that have run at least one psychotherapy group each year

• Doctoral internship: 90%
• Postdoctoral: 90%
• Licensed staff: 90%

About the program’s groups and training

• Approximate number of groups facilitated on site each week: 20-30
• Levels of care offered to clients: Inpatient or residential, partial/intensive outpatient (IOP), outpatient brief, outpatient long-term
• Groups available for trainees to lead/co-lead: Psychotherapy/process; mindfulness/meditation/relaxation; theme/topic-specific; psychoeducational; diversity-related (sexual orientation, gender, race or ethnicity based, etc.)
• Hours of group leadership acquired during training: 120
• Average length of groups: Semester, quarter
• Theoretical orientations: Interpersonal process, cognitive behavioral, re-decision/solution-oriented
• Training formats: Experiential seminars, group supervision of group therapy, serving as a process observer
• Can a trainee lead a group independently (with supervision)? No
• Trainees co-lead groups with: Senior staff, another trainee
• Supervision types: Direct observation of supervising clinician (e.g., trainee leading with senior staff); feedback from a process observer
• Additional information: The patient population is composed mainly of Puerto Rican veterans of the US Armed Forced, proving great opportunities to learn about multiple, intersecting identities and cultures.

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