TRAINING

Overview

Providing training opportunities to developing clinicians is fundamental to the Counseling Center's mission. In the past year we provided mental health training through our Postdoctoral Fellowship, Doctoral Internship, and Graduate Student Clinician programs. Our trainees had the opportunity to learn and apply evidence-based treatment practices that are relevant to college populations, while receiving competency-based supervision from the Center’s excellent training staff. Each year, our staff work to create a warm and inclusive atmosphere where trainees are valued members of the team. Nine trainees (three in each program) completed their training experience and all were successful in obtaining job offers when their training experience ended.

Training Experiences

• Provided individual/group counseling and urgent/crisis consultation for USF students

• Received weekly supervision and regular mentorship from a diverse team of clinicians

• Conducted consultation projects and outreach presentations for the USF community

Training Highlights

Doctoral Intern Consultation Project: Throughout the year, the three doctoral interns served as psychological consultants for the Office of Multicultural Affairs in developing a training designed to deepen the knowledge and skills of students, faculty, and staff to support diverse students at USF.

Postdoctoral Fellowship Specializations: Two of our postdoctoral fellows developed areas of advanced training to further develop expertise in serving diverse client populations and serving clients experiencing trauma and/or grief.

External Rotation: Four of our trainees partnered with Rogers Behavioral Health to complete ten-week, 16 hour-per-week external rotations focused on exposure-based behavior therapy for OCD, anxiety, depression, and disordered eating.

• Participated in didactic seminars, clinical team meetings, internal committees and professional development trainings as integral members of the center Postdoctoral Fellows Celebrating Completion