Therapeutic experiences include both individual and group therapy. Psychodynamic and family systems are the predominant theoretical orientations. Interns participate in the assessment and treatment of children and women functioning as the primary therapist for their own adult and child clients. This experience requires a minimum two rotation commitment for the intern to gain the most valuable experience in long term therapy. Adult Outpatient Services of Gallahue Community Mental Health Center provides a full range of outpatient mental health services for adults in two clinics on the eastside of the Indianapolis metropolitan area and two rural satellite clinics.
Patient populations represent the full spectrum of type of severity of difficulties.
The St. Vincent Stress Centers are restructuring to provide experience in outpatient adult group therapy and intensive day treatment . The Veterans Affairs Health Psychology Program provides evaluation and treatment services to the medical, and surgical units. Smoking cessation and weight management clinics help patients modify their risk factors. The intern will also work with the staff psychologist in the multidisciplinary Pain Clinic. Patients with chronic pain are evaluated and treated to promote adjustment to chronic pain using a variety of cognitive-behavioral and biofeedback interventions.