Practicums: West Mountain

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: 90%
• Staff has earned CE credits/courses in group therapy: 30%

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%
• Licensed staff: 60%

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: Structed, manualized treatment; psychotherapy/process; support; theme/topic specific; psychoeducational
• 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
• Training formats: Didactic seminars, individual supervision of group therapy, 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: 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)
• Additional information: The program has groups in a variety of settings, including the Outpatient Mental Health Clinic, Chronic Pain Program and Domiciliary. Trainees also have the opportunity to participate in groups on a variety of topics, including a couples class, caregivers support, substance use, chronic pain, PTSD and serious mental illness. Trainees have been invited and encouraged to create groups on a topic that is of interest to them and run the group.