Practicums: Midwest West North Central

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: 20%

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.): 40%
• Doctoral internship: 100%
• Postdoctoral: 100%
• Licensed staff: 20%

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; theme/topic specific; psychoeducational
• Hours of group leadership acquired during training: 52-100
• Average length of groups: Quarter, on-going
• Theoretical orientations: Cognitive behavioral, dialectical behavioral therapy, re-decision/solution-oriented
• Training formats: Didactic seminars, experiential seminars, training groups (trainee is a member of an experimental learning setting), 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: Either with a senior staff or another trainee, depending on needs
• Supervision types: Direct observation of supervising clinician (e.g., trainee leading with senior staff); direct observation: through a one-way mirror; feedback from a process observer
• Additional information: The IMPACT program group is a group therapy format for adolescents who have a sexual offense on their record. It gives adolescents an opportunity to learn boundaries and appropriate behaviors in a setting with other adolescents.