Service Activities 

Crisis Intervention 

After training in this area, including observations, interns provide clinical services that includes, single session counseling and crisis overage. Interns also provide clinical coverage during academic breaks. Interns learn:

• Crisis intervention
• Psychosocial interviewing
• Clinical disposition
• Referral skills 

Short-Term Focused Therapy 

Interns spend 16-18 hours providing psychotherapy and other services to the campus community. The client population represents a broad range of presenting concerns, multicultural identities, 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 training, interns are expected to provide diagnoses for ongoing clients after the fourth session along with a treatment plan.

Supervision Provision

Interns serve as the primary clinical supervisors for doctoral students enrolled in our practicum program for nine months. Supervisors periodically watch videotapes during times outside of their direct supervision. Supervisors monitor all of the clinical work of their supervisees, such as: 

• Emergencies and crises
• Ongoing clients 
• Clinical documentation and correspondence
• Consultation whenever supervisee has a clinical issue to address (e.g. initiating termination, initiating contact with "no show" clients, etc.)  
• Exploring supervisee's professional identity

Group Therapy    

Counseling Services offers 8-12 groups per term. Interns are able to offer groups in many areas of interest. In recent years, interns have offered the following groups: 

• Creating Healthy Relationships (process group)
• Living with Loss
• Healing from Family Challenges
• Me Too Process Group 

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 to:  

• Deliver outreach presentations
• Offer developmental workshops
• Develop a year long consultation project focused on a particular student population   

Interns conduct a minimum of six outreach programs. They also participate in a critical incident and/or crisis debriefing if available. Interns also have the opportunity to develop a more in-depth and specific outreach program for a targeted group of students. Year-long consultation projects are typically with underserved communities. Past consultation projects have provided privilege awareness workshops with targeted groups, and worked with students who are a part of the Accessible Education Center, the International Student Office, the LGBTQIA+ community, and PathwayOregon, as well as Asian American, Pacific Islander, and Native Hawaiian students.

Administrative Activities

Staff Meeting

This one hour, weekly or bi-weekly meeting of all CS staff includes general announcements, policy discussions, educational presentations, and activity planning. The meeting provides an opportunity to observe, process, and evaluate system issues relating to the Counseling Center and university environment. In addition, other campus partners may join staff meetings and discuss potential ways in which the CS can collaborate with them. 

Professional Development

Interns are encouraged to become involved in workshops and professional meetings, professional reading, research activities, and the completion of dissertation requirements. 

Preparation Time

Time is allocated to complete intakes, treatment plans, case notes, terminations; prepare for client and supervision sessions; and complete various administrative tasks.