Postdoctoral: New England

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: 50%
• Staff has taken AGPA Group Principles course: 10%
• 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

• Doctoral level practicum/advanced practicum (PhD, PsyD, etc.): 50%
• Doctoral internship: 100%
• Postdoctoral: 40%
• 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, partial/intensive outpatient (IOP)/day treatment, outpatient: brief, outpatient: long-term
• Groups available for trainees to lead/co-lead: Structured, manualized treatment; psychotherapy/process; mindfulness/meditation/relaxation; theme/topic-specific; psychoeducational; diversity-related (sexual orientation, gender, race or ethnicity based, etc.)
• Hours of group leadership acquired during training: 100-140
• Average length of groups: On-going, single session/hospital group therapy
• Theoretical orientations: Interpersonal process, psychodynamic, cognitive behavioral, group as a whole, dialectical behavioral therapy
• Training formats: Didactic seminars, experiential seminars, 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: Senior staff or another trainee
• Supervision types: Direct observation of supervising clinician (e.g., trainee leading with senior staff); direct observation: video-recording; no observation, based on oral or written report by trainees
• Additional information: Trainees receive broad-based training across the continuum of care: inpatient, IO and outpatient.