Doctoral Internship Goals

Competencies expected:

• Interns will establish and maintain good working relationships with clients
• Interns will demonstrate the ability to integrate formal case conceptualization and treatment in a clear, empirically based format as demonstrated by formal presentation
• Interns will demonstrate competence in basic micro-counseling skills (i.e., reflection of feeling and content, paraphrasing, open-ended questions, etc.)
• Interns will demonstrate the ability to process the therapeutic relationship with the client (i.e., immediacy, constructive use of transference & counter transference)
• Interns will demonstrate ability to appropriately confront clients and manage ruptures effectively
• Interns will demonstrate ability to tolerate difficult emotions and explore clients’ feelings
• Interns will demonstrate appropriate assessment of risk throughout the treatment process
• Interns will exhibit ability to provide effective, evidence-based interventions
• Interns will demonstrate ability to Integrate psychological theory into meaningful conceptualization
• Interns will demonstrate the ability to develop mutually agreed-upon goals and appropriate treatment plans based on these goals
• Interns will demonstrate the ability to integrate psychological theory into meaningful conceptualization
• Interns will demonstrate ability to conduct and integrate relevant assessment tools into their clinical work
• Interns will demonstrate the ability to critically evaluate interventions and outcomes and modify treatment when necessary.
• Interns will demonstrate the ability to prepare clients for termination of treatment appropriately and sensitively
• Interns will manage their caseloads effectively
• Interns will demonstrate knowledge about, sensitivity and responsiveness to client’s culture, age, gender, sexual orientation, social class, religion, language, country of origin, and ability status in therapeutic interactions
• Interns will demonstrate ability to appropriately integrate information from the scholarly literature into clinical work
• Interns will demonstrate the ability to appropriately refer and coordinate treatment with in-house psychiatric consultant.

Competencies expected:

• Interns will demonstrate skill in group screening and client preparation for group therapy
• Interns will demonstrate ability to establish rapport and cohesion in group work
• Interns will demonstrate effective timing of interventions according to the developmental stage of the group
• Interns will facilitate here-and- now group process
• Interns will integrate theory and practice of group work
• Interns will develop an effective working relationship with co-leader
• Interns will demonstrate knowledge about, sensitivity and responsiveness to clients’ culture, age, gender, sexual orientation, social class, religion, language, country of origin, and ability status in therapeutic group interactions

Competencies expected:

• Interns will gather relevant data to define client’s concerns
• Interns will assess relevant risks to health and safety of clients or others
• Interns will make accurate judgment regarding case disposition or referral
• Interns will utilize DSM classification and differential diagnosis effectively
• Interns will demonstrate effective written and verbal skills in reporting intake assessment findings
• Interns will conduct culturally competent intakes that consider the person’s diverse characteristics and the person and system in context
• Interns will demonstrate ability to gather essential and accurate psychosocial information, including issues related to diversity characteristics

Competencies expected:

• Intern will demonstrate ability to quickly establish rapport in crisis situations
• Intern will demonstrate ability to conduct thorough risk assessment
• Intern will demonstrate ability to use appropriate interventions in crisis situations
• Intern will demonstrate ability to provide appropriate follow-up and case management
• Intern will demonstrate ability to handle affect in response to client’s affect or the nature of the crisis presented
• Intern will demonstrate the ability to see out supervision/consultation appropriately

Competencies expected:

• Interns will demonstrate consideration of the needs of the target audience
• Interns will demonstrate adequate preparation for presentations
• Interns will demonstrate the ability to include up-to-date scholarly research information about the content area
• Interns will demonstrate clear and effective presentation skills that engage the audience in an effective manner
• Interns will evaluate the effectiveness of outreach programs with appropriate measures
• Interns will demonstrate responsiveness and sensitivity to the needs of consultee(s)
• Interns will provide consultation to staff, faculty, and community members in a manner that is ethical and professional
• Interns will demonstrate knowledge, sensitivity, and responsiveness regarding outreach participants’ and consultees’ culture, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, social class, religion, language, country of origin, and ability status in developing and delivering outreach programs and consultation

Competencies expected:

• Interns will demonstrate ability to develop a safe and respectful supervisory environment
• Interns will demonstrate ability to apply supervision theory and scholarly literature in conceptualizing and intervening with supervisee
• Interns will set effective goals for supervision in collaboration with supervisee
• Interns will provide specific, concrete feedback to supervisee in a timely manner
• Interns will demonstrate ability to provide an appropriate balance of support and challenge/confrontation to supervisee
• Interns will demonstrate ability to make use of a variety of supervisory techniques to facilitate growth (i.e., role-playing, joint review of tapes, suggested readings, discussion, etc.)
• Interns will demonstrate ability to appropriately evaluate supervisee
• Interns will attend to multicultural issues and privilege in the supervisory relationship
• Intern will demonstrate ability to effectively talk with supervisee about the manner in which people of diverse cultures and belief systems perceive mental health issues and respond to various symptoms and interventions in counseling

Competencies expected:

• Interns will demonstrate ability to appropriately select self-report and objective personality assessment instruments
• Interns will demonstrate ability to accurately administer and interpret assessment data
• Interns will demonstrate ability to integrate clinical interview and assessment data into a comprehensive report that include appropriate recommendations
• Interns will demonstrate ability to utilize assessment data to inform their treatment
• Interns will demonstrate consideration of cultural factors in selection and interpretation of assessment materials

Competencies expected:

• Interns will develop collegial, professional relationships within the UNC Counseling Center and university community
• Interns will communicate effectively with clinical staff, support staff, peers, supervisees, etc
• Interns will demonstrate timeliness to meetings, sessions, supervision, seminars, etc
• Interns will demonstrate ability to manage conflict effectively
• Interns will demonstrate ability to provide constructive feedback and support to peers
• Intern demonstrates the ability to receive and appropriately process constructive feedback and support from peers through informal and formal case presentation opportunities
• Intern demonstrates the ability to present a formal case conceptualization presentation to peers and staff that integrates theory, evidence based practice, ethics, multicultural issues, treatment plan, goals and outcomes.
• Interns will exhibit a professional identity (e.g., dress, behavior)
• Interns will demonstrate ability to work as part of a professional team (i.e., flexibility, acting as a “team player”)
• Interns will participate actively in seminars and meetings
• Interns will demonstrate ability to follow agency policies

Competencies expected:

• Interns will demonstrate adequate preparation for supervision
• Interns will demonstrate openness/non-defensiveness to feedback
• Interns will integrate supervisory feedback to improve skills
• Interns will exhibit willingness to appropriately self-disclose
• Interns will initiate their own professional development and demonstrate commitment to growth and learning

Competencies expected:

• Interns will demonstrate an apply knowledge of the APA Code of Ethics
• Interns will demonstrate and apply knowledge of the State of Colorado legal and professional standards of practice
• Interns will recognize and address ethical dilemmas appropriately
• Interns will practice within bounds of competence
• Interns will seek out additional knowledge (i.e., readings, scholarly literature, trainings, consultation) when competency is limited
• Interns will maintain appropriate and timely documentation of all clinical work
• Interns will maintain appropriate boundaries with clients, trainees etc.
• Interns will consult and seek supervision appropriately

Competencies expected:

• Interns will demonstrate ability to self-evaluate their skills, including strengths and areas of growth
• Interns will demonstrate ability to engage in self-care and manage personal stress effectively
• Interns will demonstrate awareness of own biases, needs, and beliefs
• Interns will demonstrate awareness of counter transference issues with clients and supervisees

Competencies expected:

• Interns will demonstrate awareness of how one’s personal identities (e.g., race, ethnicity, social class, religion, sexual orientation, ability status, gender, etc.) may impact clinical work and professional relationships
• Interns will demonstrate awareness of how cultural factors influence clinical presentation, conceptualization, diagnosis, and the counseling process
• Interns will engage in self-assessment of cultural skills and competencies, with recognition of own strengths and areas of growth
• Interns will demonstrate an appreciation for human differences and desire to grow multi-culturally
• Interns will articulate privileged identities and demonstrate awareness of how this privilege may impact the therapeutic process

Competencies expected:

• Interns will demonstrate culture-specific knowledge about diverse groups of people
• Interns will demonstrate ability to gather essential and accurate psychosocial information related to diversity characteristics
• Interns will effectively process multicultural issues in clinical work and when receiving supervision
• Interns will demonstrate multi-culturally competent individual therapy