Topics include ethical and legal issues, job search concerns, and other professional development issues. Diversity Issues Seminar. Diversity topics are an important focus at CMHC and are included in this weekly seminar. Issues include ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, socio-economic class, and religion, as well as other topics of interest. Sessions are held for one hour each week running for one or two semesters, and have covered such topics as hypnosis, MMPI interpretation, Gestalt Therapy, women's developmental theory, treatments for sexual trauma, and organizational consultation about diversity concerns.
Preceptorships allow interns to concentrate on areas of personal interest.
CMHC supports the interns' dissertation work in several ways. Interns are allocated hours specifically for the dissertation throughout the year, and skilled research consultants are available on campus to assist with research design, data analysis, statistics, and computer usage. Access to computers for data analysis and word processing are also available. It should be noted that U.T. has the seventh largest academic library in the United States. In addition, interns may become involved in research activities within the Center and may choose to collaborate with senior staff in developing research projects or publication activities.