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.

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