Interns are expected to perform psychological assessment on outpatients who are not part of their caseload. An intern can expect to complete between 3-5 test batteries per year, made up of referrals from adult and child outpatient and neuropsychology. These assignments may include intellectual, objective, projective or neuropsychological assessment. Interns are also scheduled regularly for intake interviews with new patients and co-lead an outpatient group for the majority of the year. Both the Multicultural Family Therapy Training Program and Brief Psychotherapy Research Program serve as integral parts of the outpatient experience.
Interns meet as a group one full afternoon every week for live supervision of their family cases.
As one intern works with the family, other interns and the supervisor observe behind a one-way mirror, functioning as part of a treatment team in understanding family process within the cultural context, and designing appropriate clinical interventions. The training models available to interns are a cognitive-behavioral treatment, and an integrative treatment of relational and experiential perspectives. As part of their outpatient experience, interns participate in a four month rotation on the Child and Adolescent Outpatient Service, where they conduct intake evaluations and psychological assessments. Supervision is available from both individual and family perspectives. As part of their work with children and adolescents, interns regularly interface with various members of the school system who come in contact with the child.