Therefore, four hours per week are allotted to dissertation research. Interns who want to develop or participate in other research programs are welcome to do so. Senior staff are available for consultation regarding research endeavours. Additionally, a research-interest group meets weekly and provides interns feedback on ideas and strategies, as well as help in designing research projects. Interns will gain most of their treatment experience providing individual psychotherapy.
Clients have a diverse range of problems with widely differing degrees of psychopathology.
Interns will provide both long and short term therapy. While interns' initial experiences with couples therapy will most likely be as co-therapists with a senior staff person, as skill is developed, interns may assume the role of primary therapist. Group Psychotherapy . Group psychotherapy is an important service offered by CPS, and interns are expected to be actively involved in the group program. Interns will first serve as group co-leaders with a senior staff person, and then may lead a group alone or with another intern.