Each week, interns will conduct three or four hour-long sessions for initial intake appointments. Interns typically continue to meet with these clients but may also refer them for other services.

Interns will spend approximately 16 hours a week meeting with individual clients or couples. At the start of the internship, all sessions will be recorded via webcam for review by the intern’s primary supervisor, though this requirement may be relaxed as interns progress through the program. Interns will spend four hours a week providing daytime emergent service for patients in crisis. They will assess students, work with them to manage their crisis, consult via phone or in person with family, friends, or other concerned parties, and collaborate with their supervisors and CAPS psychiatric staff to facilitate hospitalization when needed. Interns are encouraged to consult with colleagues as needed, and senior staff members will be available for backup.

Interns will spend at least three hours a week co-facilitating counseling groups with senior staff. Group counseling sessions typically last 1.5 hours a week and meet for 10 weeks over the course of the academic year. In the latter stages of the internship, interns may be asked to co-facilitate a group with another intern. Group counseling is supervised as follows:

• Weekly 30-minute meetings with the senior staff co-facilitator of the group
• Semiweekly 1-hour group meetings with the Group Program Coordinator
• Semiweekly 1-hour “group team” meetings with all senior staff who facilitate groups

CAPS interns will spend 1.5 hours a week supervising predoctoral psychology practicum clinicians. Each supervisory session is recorded via webcam. All practicum clinician notes are signed off by the intern supervisor and the practicum coordinator. Practicum clinicians also receive one hour of group supervision with the practicum coordinator.

Interns initially “shadow” senior staff in outreach projects of presentations to students and campus groups. As they gain experience, interns will eventually develop outreach projects in line with their own interests and in consultation with the coordinator for consultation and outreach. Each intern is expected to individually facilitate a minimum of three outreach programs per semester, as well as other programs that interns present as a group. Each intern will also co-chair a national screening/awareness day event with a senior staff member.

General: demonstrate mastery at a basic and intermediate skill level, associated with integrating information from the clinical interview; prior treatment history, if available; formal assessment, if available; and formulating a conceptualization of the client, including DSM-5 diagnosis and treatment plan.

Demonstrate mastery at a basic and intermediate skill level, associated with alliance building, problem definition, symptom reduction, problem amelioration/resolution and termination of psychotherapy with special emphasis on skill development in the areas of interpersonal brief dynamic psychotherapy and cognitive behavioral therapy.

Demonstrate mastery at a basic and intermediate skill level, associated with responding to students in crisis, calming them, consulting appropriately when needed, arranging for appropriate follow-up which might include appointment within a couple of days, psychiatric assessment, involvement with campus police, hospitalization, and/or consultation with parents.

Demonstrate mastery at a basic and intermediate skill level, associated with:

• Maintaining awareness of how human differences—especially those involving ethnicity, culture, sexual orientation, gender, socioeconomic status—may influence all elements of the counseling and consultation process
• Developing increased awareness of how human differences—especially those involving ethnicity, culture, sexual orientation, gender, socioeconomic status—may influence all elements of the counseling and consultation process
• Having greater understanding and knowledge of how their own cultural background influences their work
• Realizing that sensitivity to individual and group differences needs to be maintained/enhanced throughout their professional careers

Demonstrate mastery at a basic and intermediate skill level, associated with an attitude involving staying abreast of clinical developments, both theoretical and applied, in mental health and related fields over the span of their career.

Demonstrate mastery at a basic and intermediate skill level, associated with maintaining a working knowledge of APA ethical guidelines and related state law; applying basic ethical principles in clinical practice; consulting appropriately with other professionals; maintaining timely clinical notes and correspondence; keeping a professional demeanor in dress, office enhancements, and in relationship with all clients, CAPS, Health Center, and Indiana University personnel.

Demonstrate mastery at a basic and intermediate skill level, associated with understanding group process, using group structure and interactions to facilitate change in group members, and facilitating a group culture that is conducive to change in group members in line with their goals.

Demonstrate mastery at a basic and intermediate skill level, associated with forming a solid working alliance with the supervisee; creating a safe atmosphere in which the supervisee can expose vulnerabilities as well as strengths; giving helpful feedback.

Mastery at a basic and intermediate skill level, associated with needs assessment, design, implementation/ delivery, and evaluation of outreach programs and consultation efforts.

Each internship cohort will collaborate with CAPS’ Quality–Improvement coordinator to run a brief study on any of a variety of components of the overall function of the counseling center.

Interns participate in multidisciplinary team and staff meetings as colleagues on an interdisciplinary staff.

Time for research needs to be discussed with and approved by interns’ supervisors and the Director of Training. Interns may be granted time during periods of low clinical demand, specifically between fall and spring semesters and after spring semester, to pursue the completion of their dissertation or to participate in other research projects.

Limited funding is available to help defray travel and registration expenses for conferences, workshops, or seminars. Educational leave requests are subject to the approval of the Director of Training.

Interns may elect to participate in the university-subsidized health and dental plans and are covered by the university’s group life insurance plan. See Benefits at Indiana University for up-to-date plan information.

The program includes 30 days of paid time off (sickness and vacation combined) plus university holidays. Time off is subject to the approval of the Director of Training. Use of paid time off during periods of peak training or clinical activity is discouraged. Interns should be aware that states vary in their requirements for the number of internship hours, and utilize paid time off accordingly.

The university contributes an additional 10 percent of the intern’s stipend to a retirement plan. These funds are fully vested to the intern and can be withdrawn (with tax consequences) upon the intern’s completion of the program.