Internships: West Mountain

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: 60%
• 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.): 80%
• Doctoral level practicum/advanced practicum (PhD, PsyD, etc.): 80%
• Doctoral internship: 100%
• Licensed staff: 90%

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
• 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: 50
• Average length of groups: Semester
• Theoretical orientations: Interpersonal process, cognitive behavioral, acceptance and commitment
• Training formats: 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)

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: 90%
• Staff has earned CE credits/courses in group therapy: 30%

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

• Doctoral level practicum/advanced practicum (PhD, PsyD, etc.): 50%
• 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: Structed, manualized treatment; psychotherapy/process; support; theme/topic specific; psychoeducational
• Hours of group leadership acquired during training: 100
• Average length of groups: Quarter, on-going
• Theoretical orientations: Interpersonal process, cognitive behavioral, acceptance and commitment, dialectical behavioral therapy
• 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)? Yes
• Trainees co-lead groups with: Senior staff, another trainee or with senior staff or another trainee, depending on needs
• Supervision types: Direct observation of supervising clinician (e.g., trainee leading with senior staff)
• Additional information: The program has groups in a variety of settings, including the Outpatient Mental Health Clinic, Chronic Pain Program and Domiciliary. Trainees also have the opportunity to participate in groups on a variety of topics, including a couples class, caregivers support, substance use, chronic pain, PTSD and serious mental illness. Trainees have been invited and encouraged to create groups on a topic that is of interest to them and run the group.

Types of trainees

• 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: 20%

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

• Doctoral internship: 60%

About the program’s groups and training

• Approximate number of groups facilitated on site each week: 6-10
• Levels of care offered to clients: Inpatient or residential, outpatient: brief
• Groups available for trainees to lead/co-lead: Structured, manualized treatment; psychotherapy/process; mindfulness/meditation/relaxation; theme/topic specific; psychoeducational
• Hours of group leadership acquired during training: 10-50
• Average length of groups: Quarter, on-going
• Theoretical orientations: Interpersonal process, cognitive behavioral, systems centered therapy, family systems, acceptance and commitment, dialectical behavioral therapy
• Training formats: Training groups (trainee is a member of an experimental learning setting), group administration (trainee is a member of an experimental learning setting)
• 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); 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%
• 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.): 30%
• Doctoral level practicum/advanced practicum (PhD, PsyD, etc.): 30%
• Doctoral internship: 30%
• 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 or ethnicity based, etc.)
• Hours of group leadership acquired during training: 30-40
• Average length of groups: Semester, on-going
• Theoretical orientations: Interpersonal process, cognitive behavioral, acceptance and commitment, dialectical behavioral therapy
• Training formats: Didactic seminars, experiential seminars, individual supervision of group therapy
• Can a trainee lead a group independently (with supervision)? Yes
• Trainees co-lead groups with: 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: video-recording

Types of trainees

• 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: 40%

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

• Masters level practicum/advanced practicum (MA, MSW, etc.): 30%
• Doctoral internship: 100%

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; psychoeducational
• Hours of group leadership acquired during training: 20
• Average length of groups: Semester
• Theoretical orientations: Interpersonal process, psychodynamic, group as a whole, 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)

Types of trainees

• 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: 20%
• Staff has earned a certification in group therapy (e.g., Certified Group Therapist): 20%

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

• Masters level practicum/advanced practicum (MA, MSW, etc.): 70%
• Doctoral level practicum/advanced practicum (PhD, PsyD, etc.): 50%
• Doctoral internship: 60%
• Postdoctoral: 70%
• Licensed staff: 90%

About the program’s groups and training

• Approximate number of groups facilitated on site each week: 11-20
• Levels of care offered to clients: Inpatient or residential, outpatient: brief, outpatient: long-term
• Groups available for trainees to lead/co-lead: Structed, manualized treatment; psychotherapy/process; support; mindfulness/meditation/relaxation; psychoeducational
• Hours of group leadership acquired during training: 100
• Average length of groups: Quarter
• Theoretical orientations: Interpersonal process, cognitive behavioral, systems centered therapy, family systems, acceptance and commitment, dialectical behavioral therapy, re-decision/solution-oriented
• Training formats: Didactic seminars, experiential seminars, individual supervision of group therapy
• Can a trainee lead a group independently (with supervision)? Yes
• Trainees co-lead groups with: 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: video-recording
• Additional information: The program tires to scaffold learning in a variety of developmental ways that is best for the individual trainee.

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: 90%
• 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.): 50%
• Doctoral level practicum/advanced practicum (PhD, PsyD, etc.): 50%
• Doctoral internship: 100%
• Postdoctoral: 80%
• 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: 30
• Average length of groups: Semester, on-going
• Theoretical orientations: Interpersonal process, cognitive behavioral, dialectical behavioral therapy
• Training formats: Didactic seminars, experiential seminars, individual supervision of group therapy, serving as a process observer, 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)? Yes
• Trainees co-lead groups with: 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: video-recording
• Additional information: The program offers psychology group postdocs, generalist postdocs and doctoral interns with group emphasis areas.

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: 100%
• Staff has taken AGPA Group Principles course: 10%
• 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

• Masters level practicum/advanced practicum (MA, MSW, etc.): 30%
• Doctoral level practicum/advanced practicum (PhD, PsyD, etc.): 20%
• Doctoral internship: 100%
• Licensed staff: 80%

About the program’s groups and training

• Approximate number of groups facilitated on site each week: 11-20
• Groups available for trainees to lead/co-lead: Structured, manualized treatment; psychotherapy/process; support; psychoeducational; diversity related (sexual orientation, gender, race or ethnicity based, etc.)
• Hours of group leadership acquired during training: 45
• Average length of groups: Semester
• Theoretical orientations: Interpersonal process, dialectical behavioral therapy
• 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 or another trainee
• Supervision types: Direct observation of supervising clinician (e.g., trainee leading with senior staff)
• Additional information: The program offers a number of groups and different types of groups.