Throughout August, however, training experiences are combined with increasing service-oriented responsibilities, including intake, emergency coverage, and counseling clients. Individual Counseling Interns carry an individual caseload of 10 clients per week. As part of their caseload, each intern is encouraged to provide couples counseling, preferably conjoint counseling, and structured group counseling with a senior staff psychologist. Each intern performs 3 hours of intake per week. This activity provides experience in assessment and internal referral, outside referral, short-term treatment intervention, psychiatric consultation, and crisis intervention.
Most groups are co-ed with a senior staff psychologist.
A major component of the consultation experience is the agency contract with the Department of Resident Life. Interns may elect to participate in other consultation contracts depending on time and interest. While the intern's major involvement will be in the Counseling Service, we are committed to providing a breadth of training experiences. Other campus agencies, such as the Career Center, Office of Human Relations, and the Athletic Department, also provide a three hour per week rotation option throughout the year. In addition, the Counseling Service offers an eating disorders placement within its division.