Service Activities

To provide the range of experience necessary to attain the goals and objectives of the internship program, interns are involved in an average of 16 direct service contacts per week. These contacts may involve a variety of services, such as:

Intake & Crisis Intervention: Each week the interns spend a portion of their time providing intake and crisis intervention coverage for the service.

Individual Counselling: Individual counselling involves providing short-term and long-term therapy for clients with a variety of presenting issues.

Psychological Assessment: Interns receive referrals for assessments from the Disability Services office, University Health Service, or the community. Cognitive assessments predominate, although psychodiagnostic assessments are also available.

Career Counselling and Assessment:Interns will engage in a variety of career counselling activities, including individual career counselling and development and facilitation of career groups and workshops. Interns gain experience working with career and student development theories, a variety of career counselling interventions (including the use of career assessment tools), and career information resources. Interns are expected to co-facilitate and later facilitate Career Exploration Workshops and interpretation sessions for the Myers-Briggs Type Inventory and the Strong Interest Inventory. As well, interns are expected to co-facilitate one career “specialty” workshop (e.g., “Careers in Science”).

Groups and Workshops -- Personal: Interns are expected to co-facilitate and\or facilitate groups during the year. The topics of the groups vary from year to year and may include issues related to self-esteem, depression, anxiety, and relationships.

Practicum Supervision: Interns will be a supervisor for a practicum student and will receive supervision of their supervision.

Outreach & Consultation: Interns will have opportunities to provide developmental and preventative programming to various segments of the university community. Interns will be able to develop new programs in an area of special interest or to offer some of the general programs, such as stress management, dealing with exam anxiety, or academic success skills.