Practicum

This 165-hour practicum includes clinical skills training and supervised experience in applied mental health facilities one day per week with a minimum of 40 client contact hours. Diagnostic and therapeutic skills are practiced and basic documentation skills are learned. Prerequisites: approval of master’s thesis proposal, approval of the faculty, acceptance by the placement site, and successful completion of all courses except PSY 611 and PSY 596. These courses are required corequisites unless they have been successfully completed before the practicum begins.

Clinical Internship

This 1000-hour internship provides the opportunity for the student to perform, under supervision in a mental health facility, a variety of clinically-related activities that a licensed professional with a master’s degree in clinical psychology would be expected to perform. The clinical experience includes a minimum of 240 hours of direct client contact hours. Weekly meetings with both faculty supervisors and field supervisors are required. Prerequisites: successful completion of all courses with the exception of PSY 643 and PSY 645, approval by the faculty, and acceptance by the placement site.