Interns are encouraged to take advantage of workshops and conferences sponsored by APA and other professional organizations. Release time is granted and limited financial support is provided when funds are available. Personal Growth . CPS encourages ongoing personal growth activities for its staff and interns. Talented counselors in the Bozeman community who are not affiliated with the university have made commitments to offer services to interns on a sliding-scale fee basis.
Release time is provided to support interns' personal growth.
Past interns have indicated that the cohesive relationships which have developed among the interns and with the CPS staff have been a valuable resource for their personal growth. Ours is a practitioner model which rests on experiential learning through intensive supervised activities. Marital therapy supervision is offered in a bi-monthly seminar, lead by a faculty member from the Marriage and Family Therapy graduate program on campus. Supervision for group therapy is provided separately by the senior staff co-facilitator of the group. Similarly, outreach and consultation activities are supervised by the senior staff member involved in the service.