Internships: East South Central

Auburn University Student Counseling and Psychological Services 

Location

1400 Lem Morrison Dr., Suite 2086, AL

Contact

Brandy Smith, Assistant Director of Clinical Training

Setting

College/university counseling center

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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 of staff

• Staff has graduate training in group therapy: 100%
• Staff has earned CE credits/courses in group therapy: 20%

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

• Masters level practicum/advanced practicum (MA, MSW, etc.): 100%
• Doctoral level practicum/advanced practicum (PhD, PsyD, etc.): 90%
• Doctoral internship: 100%
• Licensed staff: 90%

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
• Groups available for trainees to lead/co-lead: Structed, manualized treatment; psychotherapy/process; support; theme/topic-specific; psychoeducational
• Hours of group leadership acquired during training: At least 48
• Average length of groups: Semester
• Theoretical orientations: Interpersonal process, cognitive behavioral, group as a whole
• Training formats: Didactic seminars, individual supervision of group therapy, group administration (the business of the practice of group for trainees and staff who run group)
• Can a trainee lead a group independently (with supervision)? No
• Trainees co-lead groups with: Senior staff or either with senior staff or a trainee, depending on needs
• Supervision types: Direct observation of supervising clinician (e.g., trainee leading with senior staff); direct observation: audio recording; feedback from a process observer
• Additional information: The program offers a range of groups each semester to best meet trainee needs, and the program re-evaluates each semester and year to determine what needs may be. The program also offers workshops that are more structured. Effort has been made to offer a range of access to workshops, such as some workshops accessible online and having them be one hour in the hope of accommodating more people's schedules.

Robley Rex Louisville Veterans Administration Medical Center 

Location

800 Zorn Ave., Building 24, Louisville, KY 40206

Contact

Shay Kirkpatrick, Director

Setting

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: 20%
• Staff has earned CE credits/courses in group therapy: 10%
• Staff has taken AGPA Group Principles course: 10%

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: 20%
• Licensed staff: 20%

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)/day treatment, outpatient: brief, outpatient: long-term
• Groups available for trainees to lead/co-lead: Structed, manualized treatment; psychotherapy/process; support; mindfulness/meditation/relaxation; theme/topic-specific; psychoeducational
• Hours of group leadership acquired during training: 20-100
• Average length of groups: On-going
• Theoretical orientations: Interpersonal process, cognitive behavioral, group as a whole, acceptance and commitment, dialectical behavioral therapy
• Training formats: Experiential seminars, training groups (trainee is a member of an experimental learning setting), individual supervision of group therapy, serving as a process observer
• Can a trainee lead a group independently (with supervision)? Yes
• Trainees co-lead groups with: Either senior staff or a trainee, depending on needs
• Supervision types: Direct observation of supervising clinician (e.g., trainee leading with senior staff); feedback from a process observer
• Additional information: The program includes a substance abuse disorder program, which exposes trainees to group therapy with residential, intensive outpatient and outpatients’ levels of care, providing a breadth of experience.

Mississippi State Hospital, Whitfield

Location

3550 MS-468, Whitfield, MS 39193

Contact

Mary Ashley Angelo, PhD

Setting

Hospital

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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, postdoctoral

Approximate percentage of group training of staff

• Staff has graduate training in group therapy: 80%
• 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.): 100%
• Doctoral level practicum/advanced practicum (PhD, PsyD, etc.): 100%
• Doctoral internship: 100%
• Postdoctoral: 50%
• Licensed staff: 80%

About the program’s groups and training

• Approximate number of groups facilitated on site each week: 31 or more
• Levels of care offered to clients: Inpatient or residential
• Groups available for trainees to lead/co-lead: Structed, manualized treatment; psychotherapy/process; support; mindfulness/meditation/relaxation; theme/topic-specific; psychoeducational; diversity related (sexual orientation, gender, race or ethnicity based, etc.)
• Hours of group leadership acquired during training: 250
• Average length of groups: On-going
• Theoretical orientations: Interpersonal process, psychodynamic, cognitive behavioral, systems centered therapy, acceptance and commitment, dialectical behavioral therapy, psychodrama
• Training formats: Individual supervision of group therapy, serving as a process observer
• Can a trainee lead a group independently (with supervision)? Yes
• Trainees co-lead groups with: Either senior staff or a trainee, depending on needs
• Supervision types: Direct observation of supervising clinician (e.g., trainee leading with senior staff); feedback from a process observer; no observation, based on written or oral reports by trainees

James H. Quillen Veterans Administration Medical Center (Mountain Home VA) 

Location

Mountain Home, TN, with campus located in Johnson City, TN

Contact

Myra Q. Elder, PhD, Psychology Training Director

Setting

Veterans Administration

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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 of staff

• Staff has graduate training in group therapy: 100%
• Staff has earned CE credits/courses in group therapy: 20%

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

• Masters level practicum/advanced practicum (MA, MSW, etc.): 90%
• Doctoral level practicum/advanced practicum (PhD, PsyD, etc.): 60%
• Doctoral internship: 90%
• Licensed staff: 70%

About the program’s groups and training

• Approximate number of groups facilitated on site each week: 11-20
• Levels of care offered to clients: Outpatient: brief, outpatient: long-term
• Groups available for trainees to lead/co-lead: Structed, manualized treatment; psychotherapy/process; support; mindfulness/meditation/relaxation; theme/topic-specific; psychoeducational; diversity related (sexual orientation, gender, race and ethnicity based, etc.)
• Average length of groups: Quarter
• Theoretical orientations: Interpersonal process, cognitive behavioral, dialectical behavioral therapy, re-decision/solution-orientation
• Training formats: Individual supervision of group therapy, serving as a process observer
• 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)
• Additional information: The program offers a range of groups in different settings: PTSD outpatient clinic, residential and intensive substance use disorders clinic, short-term, inpatient group therapy for psychiatrically hospitalized veterans and residential rehab groups for vets with SMI.

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