To develop the clinical and professional skills of doctoral students in preparation for licensure and the demands of the profession of psychology.

The Maple Counseling Center does not accept Practicum students.

Interns provide psychodynamic psychotherapy to adult clients and additionally, will usually be assigned to the intake and assessment track and complete psycho-diagnostic intakes on clients. Interns may also request to see couples and also apply to the Family and Child, Adolescent, or Group therapy programs if they opt to stay for an additional year. Supervisees receive 2 hours individual & 2 hours group supervision weekly. A full case load for a half-time intern is usually 12 hours of client contact weekly and a minimum of 20 hours on-site weekly. Supervisors are seasoned clinicians who utilize various methods to supervise including didactic, role play, live consultation, transcripts, video recordings, and live demonstrations of their own work. Interns must attend 2 -4 hours of didactic training weekly. In addition, interns are required to attend several other didactic workshops and case conferences offered throughout the year including a dream workshop, case conference seminars with senior psychoanalysts, a professional development workshop (four hours) and periodic grand rounds. By the end of the year, interns are expected to master the ability to accurately assess and diagnose a client, develop a treatment plan, implement psychodynamic psychotherapy including understanding of transference, counter-transference phenomena, and interpretative work and be able to present the case in a coherent integrated way. Professional development is addressed throughout the year and seminars on transitioning into private practice are offered.

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