THE RESIDENCY TRAINING Program provides a comprehensive curriculum
in individual, group, family and sexual therapy. The psychotherapy
curriculum is closely coordinated by the residency training director.
It provides all residents with a firm foundation in the basic principles
of psychotherapy upon which they will continue to build throughout
their professional lives. It also provides those residents with special
interest in one or more types of psychotherapy extensive elective
opportunities which they may use to further develop their therapeutic
skills.
Residents receive clinical experiences in individual psychotherapy
of various types on essentially all of their rotations during the
program, with brief, supportive therapy emphasized on inpatient
units and the emergency room and more long-term techniques stressed
in outpatient settings. Group therapy experiences are available
on inpatient, community, alcohol and drug, and outpatient rotations.
Family therapy is taught on the inpatient, community, child, alcohol
and drug, and outpatient rotations.
A full range of didactics and seminars are provided on child and
adult development, interviewing, and techniques and theories of
individual, group, family and sexual therapy.
Psychotherapy activities are closely supervised by primary and
clinical supervisors with extensive psychotherapy experience. All
residents are assigned specific psychotherapy supervisors of multiple
theoretical orientations. By the end of their training, all residents
will have the opportunity to be supervised by faculty with analytical,
behavioral and cognitive viewpoints. In addition, all residents
will have been supervised by both male and female supervisors.