Postdoctoral: Mid-Atlantic

Ancora Psychiatric Hospital 

Location

301 Spring Garden Rd., Ancora, NJ

Contact

Monica Malone, PsyD, Director of Psychological Services

Setting

Hospital

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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.

Friends Hospital 

Location

4641 Roosevelt Blvd., Philadelphia, PA 19124

Contact

Gerald F. McKeegan, PhD, ABPP

Setting

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
• 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.

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