Practicums: US Territories and Canada

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: 60%
• 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.): 60%
• Doctoral level practicum/advanced practicum (PhD, PsyD, etc.): 20%
• Doctoral internship: 90%
• Licensed staff: 50%

About the program’s groups and training

• Approximate number of groups facilitated on site each week: 1-5
• Levels of care offered to clients: Inpatient or residential, partial/intensive outpatient (IOP)/day treatment, outpatient: brief
• Groups available for trainees to lead/co-lead: Psychotherapy/process, support, mindfulness/meditation/relaxation, theme/topic-specific, psychoeducational
• Hours of group leadership acquired during training: 30-50 hours
• Average length of groups: Quarter, on-going
• Theoretical orientations: Cognitive behavioral, family systems, acceptance and commitment, dialectical behavioral therapy
• Training formats: Didactic seminars, individual supervision of group therapy
• 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); direct observation through a one-way mirror; no observation, based on oral or written report by trainees