Internships: Mid-Atlantic

Types of trainees

• Doctoral internship
• Postdoctoral

Approximate percentage of group training of staff

• Staff has graduate training in group therapy: 90%
• Staff has earned CE credits/courses in group therapy: 50%
• Staff has earned a certification in group therapy (e.g., Certified Group Therapist): 10%

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

• Doctoral internship: 100%
• Postdoctoral: 100%
• Licensed staff: 100%

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: Recreational; structured, manualized treatment; psychotherapy/process; support; mindfulness/meditation/relaxation; theme/topic-specific; psychoeducational
• Hours of group leadership acquired during training: 100
• Average length of groups: Ongoing
• Theoretical orientations: Interpersonal process, psychodynamic, cognitive behavioral, group as a whole, acceptance and commitment, dialectic behavioral therapy, re-decision/solution-oriented
• 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, another trainee or either with a senior staff or 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 has a large number of qualified supervisors available, with various orientations and interests. The trainees will both work with senior clinicians and initiate their own groups. These groups may be a type that has already been established or something new the trainee would like to start. The program has over 400 patients.

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 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: 100%
• Licensed staff: 100%

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: Partial/intensive outpatient (IOP)/day treatment
• Groups available for trainees to lead/co-lead: Psychotherapy/process; mindfulness/meditation/relaxation; psychoeducational
• Hours of group leadership acquired during training: 400
• Average length of groups: Ongoing
• Theoretical orientations: Cognitive behavioral, acceptance and commitment, dialectic behavioral therapy
• Training formats: Didactic seminars
• 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)

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: 70%

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

• Masters level practicum/advanced practicum (MA, MSW, etc.): 50%
• Doctoral level practicum/advanced practicum (PhD, PsyD, etc.): 30%
• Doctoral internship: 100%
• Licensed staff: 20%

About the program’s groups and training

• Approximate number of groups facilitated on site each week: 1-5
• Levels of care offered to clients: Outpatient: brief, outpatient: long-term
• Groups available for trainees to lead/co-lead: Psychotherapy/process; mindfulness/meditation/relaxation; theme/topic-specific; diversity related (sexual orientation, gender, race or ethnicity based, etc.)
• Hours of group leadership acquired during training: 48
• Average length of groups: Ongoing
• Theoretical orientations: Interpersonal process, psychodynamic, cognitive behavioral, systems centered therapy, family systems, Gestalt, dialectic behavioral therapy
• Training formats: Group supervision of group therapy
• Can a trainee lead a group independently (with supervision)? Yes
• Trainees co-lead groups with: Another trainee
• Supervision types: Direct observation of supervising clinician (e.g., trainee leading with senior staff)

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: 30%
• Staff has earned CE credits/courses in group therapy: 80%
• Staff has taken AGPA Group Principles course: 10%

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.): 90%
• Doctoral internship: 100%
• Licensed staff: 60%

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, partial/intensive outpatient (IOP)/day treatment, outpatient: brief, outpatient: long-term
• Groups available for trainees to lead/co-lead: Recreational; structured, 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: 40
• Average length of groups: Quarter, ongoing, single session/hospital group therapy
• Theoretical orientations: Interpersonal process, psychodynamic, cognitive behavioral, systems centered therapy, family systems, dialectic 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)? Yes
• Trainees co-lead groups with: Senior staff, another trainee or either senior staff or another trainee, depending on needs
• 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 reports by trainees

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: 70%

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.): 50%
• 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: Structured, 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: 40-50
• Average length of groups: Semester
• Theoretical orientations: Interpersonal process, cognitive behavioral, group as a whole, acceptance and commitment, dialectic behavioral therapy
• Training formats: Group supervision of group therapy, individual supervision of group therapy
• Can a trainee lead a group independently (with supervision)? Yes
• Trainees co-lead groups with: Senior staff or another trainee
• Supervision types: Direct observation of supervising clinician (e.g., trainee leading with senior staff); direct observation: video recording; feedback from process observer

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: 70%
• Staff has earned CE credits/courses in group therapy: 10%

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: 100%
• Licensed staff: 50%

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: Structured, manualized treatment; psychotherapy/process; support; mindfulness/meditation/relaxation; theme/topic-specific; psychoeducational
• Hours of group leadership acquired during training: 1,000
• Average length of groups: Ongoing, single session/hospital group therapy
• Theoretical orientations: Interpersonal process, cognitive behavioral, group as a whole, acceptance and commitment, dialectic behavioral therapy, re-decision/solution-oriented
• Training formats: Didactic seminars, experiential seminars, group supervision of group therapy, individual supervision of group therapy
• Can a trainee lead a group independently (with supervision)? Yes
• Trainees co-lead groups with: Senior staff, another trainee or either with senior staff or another trainee, depending on needs
• Supervision types: Direct observation of supervising clinician (e.g., trainee leading with senior staff); no observation, based on oral or written reports by trainees
• Additional information: The program involves working with an inpatient population in an urban setting and includes complex psychiatric diagnoses, trauma and co-occurring.

Types of trainees

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

Approximate percentage of group training of staff

• Staff has graduate training in group therapy: 90%
• Staff has earned CE credits/courses in group therapy: 50%
• Staff has taken AGPA Principles course: 10%

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

• Masters level practicum/advanced practicum (MA, MSW, etc.): 100%
• Doctoral internship: 100%
• Postdoctoral: 90%
• 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: Partial/intensive outpatient (IOP)/day treatment, outpatient: brief
• Groups available for trainees to lead/co-lead: Theme/topic specific, psychoeducational
• Hours of group leadership acquired during training: Approximately 100
• Average length of groups: Ongoing
• Theoretical orientations: Interpersonal process, psychodynamic, cognitive behavioral, group as a whole, acceptance and commitment
• Training formats: Group supervision of group therapy, 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 a senior staff or another trainee, depending on needs
• Supervision types: Feedback from a process observer
• Additional information: Each trainee leads at least one drug and alcohol treatment group on a weekly basis throughout the training year.