Interns are included, and given experience, in every aspect of a university counseling center, as well as exposed to services provided by pyschiatric hospitals and mental health clinics on Indian reservations. They are provided with continuous and intensive supervision by several supervisors during their internship year. In addition, interns are encouraged to be actively involved in the design of their own internship programs. Interns receive two hours each of weekly individual supervision and group supervision by licensed CPS staff psychologists. Supervision sessions address all of the activities the interns engage in during the internship.
Interns also participate in a weekly appraisal seminar led by a psychologist.
Mental Illness . Interns may engage in service delivery to individuals suffering from mental illness during an inpatient rotation at Montana State Hospital or a private psychiatric hopsital. Diagnosis, appropriate medications and their side effects, case management and crisis intervention are addressed in training seminars. In addition to the weekly supervision by psychologists, interns interact daily with psychiatrists on the psychiatric rotation. Outreach and Consultation .