do our very best to make sure that interns get good training and get most of what they are aiming to round out in their training. STANDARD TRAINING EXPECTATIONS: Participation as an effective member on an interdisciplinary treatment team including collaborating with other disciplines. This will include presenting intakes and therapy cases to the interdisciplinary team and providing feedback to members of the team on cases and course of treatment etc. Provide BHIP Intakes to provide biopsychosocial evaluation of patient, determining diagnoses, appropriate treatment planning for patients, consulting with psychiatrist for medications for patients new to mental health and providing referrals to various types of group and individual therapies. Ongoing care coordination (treatment planning) meetings with patients to revise their treatment plans once they are in the program. This often involves some education on types of treatments, levels of treatment and some motivational interviewing. Brief therapy (usually 2-6 sessions) to stabilize veterans in crisis or to help them deal with adjustment issues. Evaluation to determine patients' candidacy, readiness, and appropriateness for various forms of Evidence-Based Psychotherapies. Learn and use various motivational interviewing (MI) and motivational enhancement techniques (MET). Co-lead orientation group for patients that are new to therapy. This involves educating patients about types of treatment, what is expected of them, and will involve learning all the different referral options in the clinic. SELECTIVE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES: Co-lead/Lead of an Evidence-Based Psychotherapy group: CBT-Depression group ACT Depression/Anxiety group CBT-Anxiety group CBT-Insomnia group CBT-Chronic Pain Provide Individual Evidence-Based Psychotherapy CBT: Depression or Anxiety Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia CBT-Chronic Pain CBT-Anger Management Exposure Response Prevention for OCD Limited opportunities to do trauma-focused work such as providing Cognitive Processing Therapy for PTSD and Prolonged Exposure for PTSD. LIMITED ELECTIVES: (not all of these will be possible on one 4 month rotation). Usually interns can complete 1-2 limited electives due to time constraints. Exposure/provision of Exposure Response Prevention for OCD. Integrated Behavioral Couples Therapy (IBCT) and/or general couples therapy. Relationships Skills Group (Group for couples using John Gottman’s research) Participate on full DBT consultation team, including using DBT to help other clinicians, discussing cases and learning DBT in the team meeting setting.
do our very best to make sure that interns get good training and get most of what they are aiming to round out in their training. STANDARD TRAINING EXPECTATIONS: Participation as an effective member on an interdisciplinary treatment team including collaborating with other disciplines. This will include presenting intakes and therapy cases to the interdisciplinary team and providing feedback to members of the team on cases and course of treatment etc. Provide BHIP Intakes to provide biopsychosocial evaluation of patient, determining diagnoses, appropriate treatment planning for patients, consulting with psychiatrist for medications for patients new to mental health and providing referrals to various types of group and individual therapies. Ongoing care coordination (treatment planning) meetings with patients to revise their treatment plans once they are in the program. This often involves some education on types of treatments, levels of treatment and some motivational interviewing. Brief therapy (usually 2-6 sessions) to stabilize veterans in crisis or to help them deal with adjustment issues. Evaluation to determine patients' candidacy, readiness, and appropriateness for various forms of Evidence-Based Psychotherapies. Learn and use various motivational interviewing (MI) and motivational enhancement techniques (MET). Co-lead orientation group for patients that are new to therapy. This involves educating patients about types of treatment, what is expected of them, and will involve learning all the different referral options in the clinic. SELECTIVE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES: Co-lead/Lead of an Evidence-Based Psychotherapy group: CBT-Depression group ACT Depression/Anxiety group CBT-Anxiety group CBT-Insomnia group CBT-Chronic Pain Provide Individual Evidence-Based Psychotherapy CBT: Depression or Anxiety Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia CBT-Chronic Pain CBT-Anger Management Exposure Response Prevention for OCD Limited opportunities to do trauma-focused work such as providing Cognitive Processing Therapy for PTSD and Prolonged Exposure for PTSD. LIMITED ELECTIVES: (not all of these will be possible on one 4 month rotation). Usually interns can complete 1-2 limited electives due to time constraints. Exposure/provision of Exposure Response Prevention for OCD. Integrated Behavioral Couples Therapy (IBCT) and/or general couples therapy. Relationships Skills Group (Group for couples using John Gottman’s research) Participate on full DBT consultation team, including using DBT to help other clinicians, discussing cases and learning DBT in the team meeting setting.