Individual Therapy
Interns typically see approximately 80% of their clients on a short-term basis (10 sessions or less). They may work with 2-3 clients on a long-term basis. The client population represents a broad range of presenting concerns and diagnostic types. Interns are given priority in case assignment for training purposes to create as diverse a caseload as possible. As part of their assessment training, interns are expected to provide diagnoses for ongoing clients after the fourth session and also incorporate objective testing periodically into their clinical work.
Intake and Crisis Intervention
After training in this area, including observations, interns provide weekly crisis drop-in and scheduled intake coverage that includes initial assessments, single session counseling, and crisis intervention. Interns learn crisis intervention, psychosocial interviewing, clinical disposition, and referral skills through this experience. Interns also provide drop in coverage during academic breaks.
Supervision Provision
Interns serve as the primary clinical supervisors for doctoral students enrolled in our practicum program for nine months. They monitor all of the clinical work of their supervisees, such as emergencies, crisis calls, ongoing clients, progress reports and correspondence and are available for consultation whenever a supervisee has a clinical issue to address (making referrals, initiating termination, initiating contact with "no show" clients, for example) or has a client in crisis. Supervisors watch videotapes during times outside of supervision each week. Interns receive supervision of supervision in a seminar.
Group Therapy
The Center offers 10 - 15 groups per term. Interns are able to offer groups in many areas of interest. In recent years, interns have offered the following groups:
Interns co-lead at least one group with a senior clinical staff member. Typically, the intern will co-lead the same group during fall, winter and spring term. Later in the year, interns may have the option to co-lead a second group with another trainee.
Outreach Programming
Opportunities are provided to:
- deliver outreach presentations
- offer developmental workshops
- develop a year long consultation project focused on a particular student population
Interns conduct a minimum of ten outreach programs (at least two networking outreaches, two tabling events, and five presentation/facilitation outreaches). They also participate in a critical incident and/or crisis debriefing if available. Year-long consultation projects are typically with underserved communities. Past consultation project communities have included the men's center, disability services, the international student office, LGBT students, Pathways (first generation students), Native American Students, and providing privilege awareness workshops with targeted groups.
Rotations/Concentration Areas
Interns will have the option of doing a year long rotation or quarterly concentrations in which they can emphasize a specialty area. Below is a current list of the rotations and concentrations offered, although these change depending on supervisor and other availability. Concentration/Rotation decisions are made by the Training Director in collaboration with the interns after exploring their internship and career goals. Only one intern can do one rotation or concentration at a time.
Rotations (two quarter to full year):
Men's Issues
The University of Oregon Counseling and Testing Center (UCTC) Predoctoral Internship site offers a variety of training opportunities in men’s issues. The UCTC can provide individual supervision and/or a variety of clinical experiences addressing men’s issues. UCTC staff were instrumental in the development and operation of the UO Men’s Center, one of the first university based men’s centers in the nation.
The goal of the UOMC is to help men lead healthy lives. The UCTC and the UO Men’s Center have been actively developing and implementing innovative treatment strategies to address the crises that college men face, for example :
- pressure to engage in high risk behavior
- alcohol and other substance abuse
- depression and suicide
- conduct problems including sexual assault and other forms of violence
- men’s reluctance to seek help
Some of the ways in which interns could become more involved in men’s work include co-facilitation of an ongoing men’s process group and/or co-facilitation of Men Skills, (an innovative psychoeducational group that teaches stress and anger management, and help seeking skills). A variety of outreach and leadership opportunities exist within the Men’s Center. For example, past interns have assisted in developing and providing new services for men, have provided outreach presentations for the campus community, and have presented their men’s issues work at regional and national conferences such as APA’s national convention.
Eating Disorders
The eating disorders rotation is geared towards providing the intern with a concentration in treating eating disorders and body image concerns in a university counseling center. Therefore, the experience includes:
- assessment
- individual therapy
- group experience
- outreach
Level of supervision depends on previous experience. Rotation experiences could include: integrating an Eating Disorder Inventory and clinical interview as part of assessment experience or work with an individual client; carrying 2-4 body image and eating disorder individual clients; co-leading the My Body, My Self psychoeducational group for a term; co-leading the Healing Together eating disorders process group all year; participating in some eating disorders outreach including All Sizes Fit/National Eating Disorders Awareness Week; participating in secondary supervision with an eating disorder specialist on staff.
Substance Abuse
The Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse (AODA) Intern Rotation offers a concentration in substance abuse assessment, triage, and intervention working with students with substance use issues. A variety of clinical experiences are available including:
- facilitating BASICS, a one-session psycho-educational group for conduct-mandated students
- conducting individual one to two-session Drug and Alcohol Clinical interviews
- providing individual and group therapy to students self-reporting substance abuse issues
- providing AOD prevention outreach.
Level of supervision depends on experience.
Multicultural Student Services
This rotation can be developed by the intern utilizing their own unique interests. In the past interns have developed liaison relationships with different multicultural organizations on campus, provided extra outreach on multicultural issues, had a majority of clients from different cultural identities, or had an opportunity for secondary supervision focused on multicultural issues. For example, some interns have developed this rotation to focus primarily on students from other nationalities, students who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender, students of various spiritual or religious faiths, students who are disabled, or students of diverse ethnic backgrounds.
Training/Supervision
This rotation emphasizes experience that will better prepare an intern for a future position as a practicum coordinator or training director. Depending on academic course offerings, the intern would possibly co-teach CPSY 641: Beginning Counseling Skills (basic interviewing) for graduate level counseling psychology and family/marriage therapy students with a Counseling Psychology Faculty member. During the winter and spring quarters, the intern could co-facilitate sections of the practicum seminar (group supervision) with the practicum coordinator and obtain secondary supervision from this staff member. This rotation might also include extra supervision with an additional practicum supervisee either during the academic year or summer term. Depending on interests of the intern, they could also participate in training projects with the Training Director.
Concentration Areas:
University Health Center Clinical Rotation
This rotation is housed in the University Health Center (located in the same building as the UCTC) and the intern's clinical work in the Health Center is supervised by the intern's primary supervisor. The intern participating in this rotation sees Health Center patients referred by psychiatrists, physicians, nurses and other health care providers because their presenting concerns include both a medical and psychological component. They may see clients with:
- depression
- anxiety
- chronic medical problems
- who have stress-related illness
- who are hesitant to pursue psychotherapy through a counseling center
- who have received medical news that might be emotionally difficult and distressing
Health Education Program
This rotation is housed in the University Health Center and is focused on the educational and preventative approaches to addressing college health issues that also impact psychological health. The intern will identify activities in collaboration with the Health Education program Director based on the interests of the intern and the needs of the Health Education program at that time. Possible activities include:
- developing educational materials on health related topics
- developing and implementing programs and presentations
- leading focus groups to identify needs and interests of college students and effective marketing strategies for this population
Counseling Diverse Populations Class-CPSY 615 (if multicultural services rotation is selected, this is included)
Counseling Diverse Populations Course is a 4-credit graduate course offered during the fall term through the Counseling Psychology Department. This rotation is designed to give predoctoral interns an opportunity to facilitate graduate student discussion groups related to diversity issues, and in conjunction with the Counseling Diverse Populations course. This rotation is supervised by a counseling psychology faculty member. The primary goal of the discussion groups is to advance students’ cultural competency (i.e. knowledge and skills) with small group discussion and activities. If the class size is smaller, and the intern is more advanced in teaching and multiculturalism, there is a possibility of assisting in teaching the course.
Suicide Prevention
The UCTC is actively involved in the Oregon College and University Suicide Prevention Consortium (OCUSPP) — a statewide coalition of colleges and universities which collaborate to reduce suicide risk on campus. While the rotation will be somewhat tailored to the intern’s strengths and interests, they would be expected to cultivate an awareness of the relevant literature and participate in suicide prevention programming on campus. During the rotation, the intern might: develop and implement a suicide risk reduction outreach for an at-risk population, provide additional suicide prevention outreach to the university community, collaborate in training campus suicide prevention gatekeepers (if needed), attend biannual meetings of the Oregon College and University Suicide Prevention Consortium, choose to collaborate in conducting program evaluation research, and/or participate in consortium committee work.
APA Accreditation
The University Counseling and Testing Center's internship is fully accredited by the American Psychological Association, 750 First Street NE, Washington, D.C. 20002-4242. Ph.(202)336-5979 or (202)336-6123 TDD.
This is a 12-month, 2000 hour internship that begins on August 20, 2012 and ends on August 19, 2013.
Individual Therapy
Interns typically see approximately 80% of their clients on a short-term basis (10 sessions or less). They may work with 2-3 clients on a long-term basis. The client population represents a broad range of presenting concerns and diagnostic types. Interns are given priority in case assignment for training purposes to create as diverse a caseload as possible. As part of their assessment training, interns are expected to provide diagnoses for ongoing clients after the fourth session and also incorporate objective testing periodically into their clinical work.
Intake and Crisis Intervention
After training in this area, including observations, interns provide weekly crisis drop-in and scheduled intake coverage that includes initial assessments, single session counseling, and crisis intervention. Interns learn crisis intervention, psychosocial interviewing, clinical disposition, and referral skills through this experience. Interns also provide drop in coverage during academic breaks.
Supervision Provision
Interns serve as the primary clinical supervisors for doctoral students enrolled in our practicum program for nine months. They monitor all of the clinical work of their supervisees, such as emergencies, crisis calls, ongoing clients, progress reports and correspondence and are available for consultation whenever a supervisee has a clinical issue to address (making referrals, initiating termination, initiating contact with "no show" clients, for example) or has a client in crisis. Supervisors watch videotapes during times outside of supervision each week. Interns receive supervision of supervision in a seminar.
Group Therapy
The Center offers 10 - 15 groups per term. Interns are able to offer groups in many areas of interest. In recent years, interns have offered the following groups:
Interns co-lead at least one group with a senior clinical staff member. Typically, the intern will co-lead the same group during fall, winter and spring term. Later in the year, interns may have the option to co-lead a second group with another trainee.
Outreach Programming
Opportunities are provided to:
- deliver outreach presentations
- offer developmental workshops
- develop a year long consultation project focused on a particular student population
Interns conduct a minimum of ten outreach programs (at least two networking outreaches, two tabling events, and five presentation/facilitation outreaches). They also participate in a critical incident and/or crisis debriefing if available. Year-long consultation projects are typically with underserved communities. Past consultation project communities have included the men's center, disability services, the international student office, LGBT students, Pathways (first generation students), Native American Students, and providing privilege awareness workshops with targeted groups.
Rotations/Concentration Areas
Interns will have the option of doing a year long rotation or quarterly concentrations in which they can emphasize a specialty area. Below is a current list of the rotations and concentrations offered, although these change depending on supervisor and other availability. Concentration/Rotation decisions are made by the Training Director in collaboration with the interns after exploring their internship and career goals. Only one intern can do one rotation or concentration at a time.
Rotations (two quarter to full year):
Men's Issues
The University of Oregon Counseling and Testing Center (UCTC) Predoctoral Internship site offers a variety of training opportunities in men’s issues. The UCTC can provide individual supervision and/or a variety of clinical experiences addressing men’s issues. UCTC staff were instrumental in the development and operation of the UO Men’s Center, one of the first university based men’s centers in the nation.
The goal of the UOMC is to help men lead healthy lives. The UCTC and the UO Men’s Center have been actively developing and implementing innovative treatment strategies to address the crises that college men face, for example :
- pressure to engage in high risk behavior
- alcohol and other substance abuse
- depression and suicide
- conduct problems including sexual assault and other forms of violence
- men’s reluctance to seek help
Some of the ways in which interns could become more involved in men’s work include co-facilitation of an ongoing men’s process group and/or co-facilitation of Men Skills, (an innovative psychoeducational group that teaches stress and anger management, and help seeking skills). A variety of outreach and leadership opportunities exist within the Men’s Center. For example, past interns have assisted in developing and providing new services for men, have provided outreach presentations for the campus community, and have presented their men’s issues work at regional and national conferences such as APA’s national convention.
Eating Disorders
The eating disorders rotation is geared towards providing the intern with a concentration in treating eating disorders and body image concerns in a university counseling center. Therefore, the experience includes:
- assessment
- individual therapy
- group experience
- outreach
Level of supervision depends on previous experience. Rotation experiences could include: integrating an Eating Disorder Inventory and clinical interview as part of assessment experience or work with an individual client; carrying 2-4 body image and eating disorder individual clients; co-leading the My Body, My Self psychoeducational group for a term; co-leading the Healing Together eating disorders process group all year; participating in some eating disorders outreach including All Sizes Fit/National Eating Disorders Awareness Week; participating in secondary supervision with an eating disorder specialist on staff.
Substance Abuse
The Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse (AODA) Intern Rotation offers a concentration in substance abuse assessment, triage, and intervention working with students with substance use issues. A variety of clinical experiences are available including:
- facilitating BASICS, a one-session psycho-educational group for conduct-mandated students
- conducting individual one to two-session Drug and Alcohol Clinical interviews
- providing individual and group therapy to students self-reporting substance abuse issues
- providing AOD prevention outreach.
Level of supervision depends on experience.
Multicultural Student Services
This rotation can be developed by the intern utilizing their own unique interests. In the past interns have developed liaison relationships with different multicultural organizations on campus, provided extra outreach on multicultural issues, had a majority of clients from different cultural identities, or had an opportunity for secondary supervision focused on multicultural issues. For example, some interns have developed this rotation to focus primarily on students from other nationalities, students who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender, students of various spiritual or religious faiths, students who are disabled, or students of diverse ethnic backgrounds.
Training/Supervision
This rotation emphasizes experience that will better prepare an intern for a future position as a practicum coordinator or training director. Depending on academic course offerings, the intern would possibly co-teach CPSY 641: Beginning Counseling Skills (basic interviewing) for graduate level counseling psychology and family/marriage therapy students with a Counseling Psychology Faculty member. During the winter and spring quarters, the intern could co-facilitate sections of the practicum seminar (group supervision) with the practicum coordinator and obtain secondary supervision from this staff member. This rotation might also include extra supervision with an additional practicum supervisee either during the academic year or summer term. Depending on interests of the intern, they could also participate in training projects with the Training Director.
Concentration Areas:
University Health Center Clinical Rotation
This rotation is housed in the University Health Center (located in the same building as the UCTC) and the intern's clinical work in the Health Center is supervised by the intern's primary supervisor. The intern participating in this rotation sees Health Center patients referred by psychiatrists, physicians, nurses and other health care providers because their presenting concerns include both a medical and psychological component. They may see clients with:
- depression
- anxiety
- chronic medical problems
- who have stress-related illness
- who are hesitant to pursue psychotherapy through a counseling center
- who have received medical news that might be emotionally difficult and distressing
Health Education Program
This rotation is housed in the University Health Center and is focused on the educational and preventative approaches to addressing college health issues that also impact psychological health. The intern will identify activities in collaboration with the Health Education program Director based on the interests of the intern and the needs of the Health Education program at that time. Possible activities include:
- developing educational materials on health related topics
- developing and implementing programs and presentations
- leading focus groups to identify needs and interests of college students and effective marketing strategies for this population
Counseling Diverse Populations Class-CPSY 615 (if multicultural services rotation is selected, this is included)
Counseling Diverse Populations Course is a 4-credit graduate course offered during the fall term through the Counseling Psychology Department. This rotation is designed to give predoctoral interns an opportunity to facilitate graduate student discussion groups related to diversity issues, and in conjunction with the Counseling Diverse Populations course. This rotation is supervised by a counseling psychology faculty member. The primary goal of the discussion groups is to advance students’ cultural competency (i.e. knowledge and skills) with small group discussion and activities. If the class size is smaller, and the intern is more advanced in teaching and multiculturalism, there is a possibility of assisting in teaching the course.
Suicide Prevention
The UCTC is actively involved in the Oregon College and University Suicide Prevention Consortium (OCUSPP) — a statewide coalition of colleges and universities which collaborate to reduce suicide risk on campus. While the rotation will be somewhat tailored to the intern’s strengths and interests, they would be expected to cultivate an awareness of the relevant literature and participate in suicide prevention programming on campus. During the rotation, the intern might: develop and implement a suicide risk reduction outreach for an at-risk population, provide additional suicide prevention outreach to the university community, collaborate in training campus suicide prevention gatekeepers (if needed), attend biannual meetings of the Oregon College and University Suicide Prevention Consortium, choose to collaborate in conducting program evaluation research, and/or participate in consortium committee work.
APA Accreditation
The University Counseling and Testing Center's internship is fully accredited by the American Psychological Association, 750 First Street NE, Washington, D.C. 20002-4242. Ph.(202)336-5979 or (202)336-6123 TDD.
This is a 12-month, 2000 hour internship that begins on August 20, 2012 and ends on August 19, 2013.