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Internship Program

Philosophy & Goals

The overall aim of the psychology internship is to provide an opportunity for the psychology intern to learn and grow professionally and personally. Clinical psychology is an ever changing and expanding field. In response to the changes brought about by managed care, we have been increasing our training emphasis on focused assessment, consultation, and importantly, the briefer forms of clinical intervention. With that being said, many clients are treated for an entire year. We hope to train students who will contribute to the field of psychology and to society at large in meaningful ways. The psychology internship program is designed to be flexible enough to take into account the needs and professional goals of each trainee. At the same time, the psychology internship is committed to the goal of helping the psychology intern to develop entry level competencies in the traditional core skills of clinical psychology such as psychodiagnostic testing, clinical interviewing, treatment planning, consultation, and psychotherapy.

Psychology interns may have the opportunity to sample various "subspecialty" areas that may help them to determine whether they would like to pursue further specialty training at the post doctoral level. Some examples of these areas are clinical neuropsychology, victims of violence, school-based treatment, rural trauma, forensic psychology assessment and report writing, and work with first responders.

Because we believe that a particular strength of clinical psychology as a unique profession is owed to its scientific origins, we strongly encourage interns to actively link contemporary research findings and clinical theory with the established principles of assessment and intervention.

The emphasis of the program is on the provision of quality clinical training under the supervision of LSUHSC NO faculty. A major strength of our training program, based on feedback from graduates who are currently in practice, is the quantity and quality of supervision provided for each intern. Each intern receives an average of 4 to 6 hours of supervision per week. If it is found that interns require remedial training in a particular clinical area, they will have more supervised experience in that area until they can more competently perform that role. Also, while intern preferences are considered in primary rotation selection, the final determination of goodness of fit regarding assignment to training sites is made by the Director of Internship Training. It is also important to note that not all training experiences may be available to all interns.