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The Psychotherapy Institute offers training
experiences for practicum students at the
doctoral level. We also offer
employment opportunities for
post-degree MFT interns and post-docs.
Our practicum students serve a diverse ethnic
population with approximately 25% African
American, 25% Hispanic, 10% bi-cultural, and 40%
Caucasian. Our therapists have extensive
experience working with culturally diverse
populations, and all efforts are made to ensure
that therapy is culturally sensitive and
appropriate. Currently we are providing services
to an equal number of males and females.
Approximately 10% are adults, 50% children, 20%
adolescents, and 20% families.
Services Provided:
Services provided include assessment and
diagnosis, individual, family, and group
therapy, case management and consultation, and
psychological testing for children and
adolescents. We also utilize the Adult
Attachment Projective, and a Doll Play
Attachment measure. We use the Personality
Assessment Inventory, the Adolescent
Psychopathology Scale, and the Behavioral
Assessment System for Children for outcome-based
measurement of treatment effectiveness.
Philosophy of Training: The primary training
method is experiential and includes
socialization into the profession of psychology.
Training is augmented by mentoring, didactic
exposure, role-modeling, observational/vicarious
learning, use of the two-way mirror, and
supervision and consultation. We are a small
organization and practicum students receive a
great deal of individual mentoring and support.
We are committed to ensuring that intern or
trainees service delivery tasks and duties are
primarily learning oriented, and that training
considerations take precedence.
Responsibilities
Practicum students are expected to evaluate,
plan, and conduct the course of treatment for a
caseload of 6-10 cases. Trainees will provide
case management functions on an as-needed basis,
and will be responsible for documenting their
work in client charts as per the standards of
the profession in order to ensure quality of
therapy and appropriateness of treatment.
Trainees will prepare process notes and will
audio or videotape their sessions as requested
by their supervisor. Trainees are required to
attend and participate in all weekly trainings,
seminars, case conferences, and
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