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Each intern will meet individually with a primary supervisor for two hours per week. This supervisor will be a licensed psychologist. The supervisor will discuss the intern's counseling cases and assist in further development of the intern's interests, skills, and self as a tool. Supervisors' orientations and style vary. Supervision of psychological testing will occur during a two hour group session in the fall and during individual supervision as needed. Supervision of supervision occurs during a group supervision format facilitated by the Training Director in the spring. Individual supervisors are rotated at least once and usually twice during the year. The interns also meet weekly for career supervision, and for one hour per week with the Assistant Director for the Client Management Team. Interns will provide two hours of individual supervision to a predoctoral level graduate assistant during Spring Semester.
All interns are able to receive additional supervision, if needed, in a two hour weekly case conference and training seminar. This meeting is facilitated by the Training Director who is fully licensed. Additional weekly supervision of 1 hour per week occurs if an intern chooses an optional rotation. A mentoring approach is used in most of the rotations. All interns have the opportunity to consult with and receive supervision from other Center staff regarding special interests.
Each intern office is equipped with a webcam, which can both record sessions and make them available through secured server for supervisor review.
Evaluation & Feedback:
Interns receive informal feedback on an ongoing basis from their supervisors, seminar instructors and peers throughout the year. They are also asked to engage in ongoing self assessment and discuss the results of this with their supervisors and the Training Director. They receive feedback from their supervisees on their performance as supervisors. Formal evaluation and feedback occur at three different periods during the training year (December, April, and July). Feedback from the intern on the supervision experience is sought at each evaluation period. The evaluation is inclusive of all the goals and objectives of the training program. Intern participation in the development of training activities is encouraged through their representation on the Training Committee and other departmental assignments. The elected intern to the Training Committee will spend the year as a representative and have full voting rights in all decisions made by the Training Committee during the open discussions. He/she will also be encouraged to give feedback to the Training Committee on the Training Program.
It is also important to note that all trainees at UCTC are evaluated and given feedback in accordance to the policy established by the Student Competence Task Force of the Council of Chairs of Training Councils approved March 25, 2004. This policy states that all supervisors and training professionals have the professional, ethical and potentially legal obligation to: a) establish criteria and methods to determine trainees' competence in not only knowledge and skills in professional psychology, but also in emotional stability and well-being, interpersonal skills, professional development, and personal fitness for practice, b) insure - insofar as possible - that all trainees who complete our training programs are competent to manage future professional relationships -- client, collegial, professional, public, scholarly, supervisory and teaching -- in an effective and appropriate manner.
The training program will strive not to recommend or award a certificate of completion to trainees with demonstrable problems that may interfere with professional competence.
Trainees need to be aware that in addition to their demonstration of competent clinical skills, they will also need to demonstrate: a) interpersonal and professional competence (how the trainee relates to clients, peers, faculty, allied professionals and the public, and how they relate to others from diverse backgrounds), b) self-awareness, self-reflection and self-evaluation (knowledge of and awareness of potential impact of one's own beliefs and values on others in professional interactions), c) openness to supervision (the ability and willingness to explore issues that either interfere with the delivery of therapy or impede professional development), d) ability to resolve issues that interfere with professional development or functioning (receiving and responding constructively to feedback, successfully completing remediation plans, willingly participating in personal therapy).
This policy is applicable not only to behaviors/interactions that occur at University Counseling and Testing Center, but at any time during the training period if the trainee's behaviors clearly and demonstrably; a) raises questions of an ethical nature, b) represents a risk to public safety, c) damages the reputation of the profession of psychology, or d) has an impact on the performance, development or functioning of the trainee.
Our program commits to doing everything professionally possible to insure the successful completion of our internship program. We are successful when you are successful.
Each intern will meet individually with a primary supervisor for two hours per week. This supervisor will be a licensed psychologist. The supervisor will discuss the intern's counseling cases and assist in further development of the intern's interests, skills, and self as a tool. Supervisors' orientations and style vary. Supervision of psychological testing will occur during a two hour group session in the fall and during individual supervision as needed. Supervision of supervision occurs during a group supervision format facilitated by the Training Director in the spring. Individual supervisors are rotated at least once and usually twice during the year. The interns also meet weekly for career supervision, and for one hour per week with the Assistant Director for the Client Management Team. Interns will provide two hours of individual supervision to a predoctoral level graduate assistant during Spring Semester.
All interns are able to receive additional supervision, if needed, in a two hour weekly case conference and training seminar. This meeting is facilitated by the Training Director who is fully licensed. Additional weekly supervision of 1 hour per week occurs if an intern chooses an optional rotation. A mentoring approach is used in most of the rotations. All interns have the opportunity to consult with and receive supervision from other Center staff regarding special interests.
Each intern office is equipped with a webcam, which can both record sessions and make them available through secured server for supervisor review.
Evaluation & Feedback:
Interns receive informal feedback on an ongoing basis from their supervisors, seminar instructors and peers throughout the year. They are also asked to engage in ongoing self assessment and discuss the results of this with their supervisors and the Training Director. They receive feedback from their supervisees on their performance as supervisors. Formal evaluation and feedback occur at three different periods during the training year (December, April, and July). Feedback from the intern on the supervision experience is sought at each evaluation period. The evaluation is inclusive of all the goals and objectives of the training program. Intern participation in the development of training activities is encouraged through their representation on the Training Committee and other departmental assignments. The elected intern to the Training Committee will spend the year as a representative and have full voting rights in all decisions made by the Training Committee during the open discussions. He/she will also be encouraged to give feedback to the Training Committee on the Training Program.
It is also important to note that all trainees at UCTC are evaluated and given feedback in accordance to the policy established by the Student Competence Task Force of the Council of Chairs of Training Councils approved March 25, 2004. This policy states that all supervisors and training professionals have the professional, ethical and potentially legal obligation to: a) establish criteria and methods to determine trainees' competence in not only knowledge and skills in professional psychology, but also in emotional stability and well-being, interpersonal skills, professional development, and personal fitness for practice, b) insure - insofar as possible - that all trainees who complete our training programs are competent to manage future professional relationships -- client, collegial, professional, public, scholarly, supervisory and teaching -- in an effective and appropriate manner.
The training program will strive not to recommend or award a certificate of completion to trainees with demonstrable problems that may interfere with professional competence.
Trainees need to be aware that in addition to their demonstration of competent clinical skills, they will also need to demonstrate: a) interpersonal and professional competence (how the trainee relates to clients, peers, faculty, allied professionals and the public, and how they relate to others from diverse backgrounds), b) self-awareness, self-reflection and self-evaluation (knowledge of and awareness of potential impact of one's own beliefs and values on others in professional interactions), c) openness to supervision (the ability and willingness to explore issues that either interfere with the delivery of therapy or impede professional development), d) ability to resolve issues that interfere with professional development or functioning (receiving and responding constructively to feedback, successfully completing remediation plans, willingly participating in personal therapy).
This policy is applicable not only to behaviors/interactions that occur at University Counseling and Testing Center, but at any time during the training period if the trainee's behaviors clearly and demonstrably; a) raises questions of an ethical nature, b) represents a risk to public safety, c) damages the reputation of the profession of psychology, or d) has an impact on the performance, development or functioning of the trainee.
Our program commits to doing everything professionally possible to insure the successful completion of our internship program. We are successful when you are successful.
