Practicums: New England

Types of trainees

• Doctoral level practicum/advanced practicum (PhD, PsyD, etc.)
• Postdoctoral

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 group training of staff

  • Doctoral internship: 100%
  • Postdoctoral: 50%
  • Licensed staff: 80%

  About the program’s groups and training

  • Approximate number of groups facilitated on site each week: 11-20
  • Levels of care offered to clients: Inpatient or residential, partial/intensive outpatient (IOP)
  • 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: 50
  • Average length of groups: Quarter
  • Theoretical orientations: Interpersonal process, psychodynamic, cognitive behavioral, acceptance and commitment, dialectical behavioral therapy
  • Training formats: 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: video-recording; direct observation: audio-recording