A. Service Activities
Individual Therapy
Interns typically see approximately 80% of their clients on a short-term basis (10 sessions or less). Interns 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.
Intake and Crisis Intervention
After several weeks of orientation, interns provide weekly drop-in and scheduled intake coverage that includes intake assessments, single session counseling, and crisis intervention. Interns also provide drop in coverage during academic breaks.
Rotations/Concentration Areas.
Interns are encouraged to choose from possible rotations (e.g., University Health Center, co-teaching Life Skills class), or concentration areas(e.g., eating disorders, men's issues), and/or develop consultation relationships with other University departments or organizations. Examples of some rotations available for interns to develop include: LGBTQ and non-traditional students.
- 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. The intern may see clients with depression, anxiety, chronic medical problems, who have stress-related illness, who are hesitant to pursue psychotherapy through a counseling center, or 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, and leading focus groups to identify needs and interests of college students and effective marketing strategies for this population.
- 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 crisis that college men face e.g. 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, and 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 Mad 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. Interns have provided outreach presentations for the campus community. Some interns 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, and 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 Eating Awareness Workshop for a term; co-leading the Eating Disorders Process Group all year; participating in some eating disorders outreach including National Eating Disorders Awareness Week; participating in secondary supervision with an eating disorder specialist on staff.
- Life Skills Course (CPSY 407)
The Life Skills Course is a credit-bearing seminar offered during Winter and Spring terms through the Counseling Psychology Department. This course is co-instructed by a UCTC Graduate Teaching Fellow and a pre-doctoral intern. The purpose of this course is to enable students to enhance wellness through effective stress management and to promote the development of positive self-esteem. Goals of the course are to help students identify stressors, identity sources that inhibit the enhancement of self-esteem, promote the strengthening of self-esteem, and increase assertiveness and effective communication.
- Counseling Diverse Populations Class-CPSY 615
Instructor: Krista M. Chronister, PhD
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 Dr. Krista Chronister, 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.
- Assessment
This rotation involves administering and interpretation learning disability and ADHD assessments in addition to those that are required of all interns. Interns will receive specific assessment supervision while participating in this rotation.
- Substance Abuse
The Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse (AODA) Intern Rotation offers a concentration in substance abuse assessment, traige, and intervention working with students with substance use issues. A variety of clinical experiences are available including: facilitating CHOICES, a one-session psycho-educational group for conduct-mandated students; conducting individual two-session Drug and Alcohol Clinical interviews; providing individual and group therapy to students self-reporting substance abuse issues; and providing AOD prevention outreach. Level of supervision depends on experience.
- Cultural Competency Project (for interns who already have extensive multicultural experience)
The Cultural Competency Project includes student affairs staff who are proficient in providing multicultural workshops for other student affairs staff. The workshops include one to four modules focused on increasing multicultural competency through awareness, skills, and knowledge.
- 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.
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:
- Personal Issues
- Depression Management
- Sexual Identity
- Stress Management
- Eating Disorders
- Women's Issues
- International Students
- Men's Issues
- Healthy Relationships
- Grief and Loss
Interns co-lead at least one group with a senior clinical staff member. Later in the year, interns may have the option to co-lead a second group with senior clinical staff or another intern or trainee.
Outreach Programming
Opportunities are provided to deliver outreach presentations, offer developmental workshops, serve on university committees, and co-teach psycho-educational courses. Interns also conduct at least ten outreach programs (at least two networking outreaches, two tabling outreaches, and five presentation/ facilitation outreaches). Interns are also expected to participate in a minimum of one critical incident and/or crisis debriefing depending on availability. In addition, interns participate in a year long consultation project with an underserved student group.
Doctoral Practicum Student Supervision
Interns serve as the primary clinical supervisors for doctoral practicum 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 terminations, initiating contact with "no show" clients, for example) or has a client in crisis. They watch videotapes and listen to audiotapes during times outside of the supervision meeting with their supervisees as well as during the two hours of supervision each week.
A. Service Activities
Individual Therapy
Interns typically see approximately 80% of their clients on a short-term basis (10 sessions or less). Interns 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.
Intake and Crisis Intervention
After several weeks of orientation, interns provide weekly drop-in and scheduled intake coverage that includes intake assessments, single session counseling, and crisis intervention. Interns also provide drop in coverage during academic breaks.
Rotations/Concentration Areas.
Interns are encouraged to choose from possible rotations (e.g., University Health Center, co-teaching Life Skills class), or concentration areas(e.g., eating disorders, men's issues), and/or develop consultation relationships with other University departments or organizations. Examples of some rotations available for interns to develop include: LGBTQ and non-traditional students.
- 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. The intern may see clients with depression, anxiety, chronic medical problems, who have stress-related illness, who are hesitant to pursue psychotherapy through a counseling center, or 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, and leading focus groups to identify needs and interests of college students and effective marketing strategies for this population.
- 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 crisis that college men face e.g. 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, and 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 Mad 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. Interns have provided outreach presentations for the campus community. Some interns 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, and 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 Eating Awareness Workshop for a term; co-leading the Eating Disorders Process Group all year; participating in some eating disorders outreach including National Eating Disorders Awareness Week; participating in secondary supervision with an eating disorder specialist on staff.
- Life Skills Course (CPSY 407)
The Life Skills Course is a credit-bearing seminar offered during Winter and Spring terms through the Counseling Psychology Department. This course is co-instructed by a UCTC Graduate Teaching Fellow and a pre-doctoral intern. The purpose of this course is to enable students to enhance wellness through effective stress management and to promote the development of positive self-esteem. Goals of the course are to help students identify stressors, identity sources that inhibit the enhancement of self-esteem, promote the strengthening of self-esteem, and increase assertiveness and effective communication.
- Counseling Diverse Populations Class-CPSY 615
Instructor: Krista M. Chronister, PhD
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 Dr. Krista Chronister, 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.
- Assessment
This rotation involves administering and interpretation learning disability and ADHD assessments in addition to those that are required of all interns. Interns will receive specific assessment supervision while participating in this rotation.
- Substance Abuse
The Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse (AODA) Intern Rotation offers a concentration in substance abuse assessment, traige, and intervention working with students with substance use issues. A variety of clinical experiences are available including: facilitating CHOICES, a one-session psycho-educational group for conduct-mandated students; conducting individual two-session Drug and Alcohol Clinical interviews; providing individual and group therapy to students self-reporting substance abuse issues; and providing AOD prevention outreach. Level of supervision depends on experience.
- Cultural Competency Project (for interns who already have extensive multicultural experience)
The Cultural Competency Project includes student affairs staff who are proficient in providing multicultural workshops for other student affairs staff. The workshops include one to four modules focused on increasing multicultural competency through awareness, skills, and knowledge.
- 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.
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:
- Personal Issues
- Depression Management
- Sexual Identity
- Stress Management
- Eating Disorders
- Women's Issues
- International Students
- Men's Issues
- Healthy Relationships
- Grief and Loss
Interns co-lead at least one group with a senior clinical staff member. Later in the year, interns may have the option to co-lead a second group with senior clinical staff or another intern or trainee.
Outreach Programming
Opportunities are provided to deliver outreach presentations, offer developmental workshops, serve on university committees, and co-teach psycho-educational courses. Interns also conduct at least ten outreach programs (at least two networking outreaches, two tabling outreaches, and five presentation/ facilitation outreaches). Interns are also expected to participate in a minimum of one critical incident and/or crisis debriefing depending on availability. In addition, interns participate in a year long consultation project with an underserved student group.
Doctoral Practicum Student Supervision
Interns serve as the primary clinical supervisors for doctoral practicum 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 terminations, initiating contact with "no show" clients, for example) or has a client in crisis. They watch videotapes and listen to audiotapes during times outside of the supervision meeting with their supervisees as well as during the two hours of supervision each week.