Postdoctoral: West Mountain

Phoenix VA Health Care System

Location

650 East Indian School Rd., 116B, Phoenix, AZ 85012

Contact

Matthew Weyer, PhD, Training Director

Setting

Veterans Administration

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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%

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%
• Postdoctoral: 100%
• 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, outpatient: brief, outpatient: long-term
• 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: 100
• Average length of groups: Quarter, on-going
• Theoretical orientations: Interpersonal process, cognitive behavioral, acceptance and commitment, dialectical behavioral therapy, re-decision/solution-oriented
• Training formats: Didactic 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: 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)

University of Nevada, Reno 

Location

1664 N. Virginia, Reno, NV 89557

Contact

Yani L. Dickens, PhD, MBA, CMPC

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
• 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.

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