Counseling and Wellness Psychology Training Program

Core training areas are:

1. Professional practice – emphasis on diagnosis, assessment, treatment planning, and psychotherapy.   
2. Evidence based treatments - emphasis on application of cognitive-behavioral and evidence based treatment modalities while integrating interpersonal, systemic, dynamic and experiential techniques within a multicultural and solution-focused framework.
3. Non-specific psychotherapy factors – establishing a relationship, utilizing therapy skills, building strengths, responsiveness, utilizing conceptualization in therapy, instilling hope and other positive psychology interventions. 
4. Supervision - emphasis on client cases while discussing individualized goals; includes consultation as well as exploring the intersections of characteristics that impact treatment access, process and outcome.

Training related to ethical and legal issues is woven throughout each core area. While the focus is on time-limited treatment, each practicum student and post-doctoral resident will work with the supervisor to identify long-term cases. Opportunities for experiences will include areas of sexual assault/trauma, crises intervention, substance abuse, career development, disability adjustment, couples, and personality disorders.

Approximately 60-75% of a practicum student or post-doctoral resident’s time is committed to direct service activities. Each practicum student receives a minimum of two hours of supervision that includes one hour of individual supervision by a licensed psychologist and one hour of group supervision in a treatment team meeting on Friday mornings.  Each Post-doctoral fellow also receives a minimum of two hours of supervision that includes one hour of individual supervision by a licensed psychologist and one hour of group supervision in a treatment team meeting on Friday mornings.  The following licensed psychologists are available to serve as supervisors. 

• Anne E. Fisher, Ph.D., L.P.
• Daniel J. van Ingen, Psy.D., L.P.

Mentoring relationships with other professional workers result in additional supervision and professional experiences and offer customization of the training experience. The following staff member is available to serve as a mentor:

• Christopher J. Pantzis, M.S.W., L.C.S.W., C.A.P.

Supervision

The postdoctoral fellowship offers supervision across a range of experiences in the area of psychological treatment and mental health counseling in a college and wellness center. Interdisciplinary opportunities are offered in the area of advanced clinical practice and the integration of research into practice.

All supervisors are licensed psychologists. Postdoctoral fellows are provided one hour of face-to-face supervision each week in addition to group supervision obtained through clinical activities (case consultation and multidisciplinary case review) at Friday morning team meetings. These meetings involve regular staff case consultation and mental health case review on a weekly basis. Supervision and mentoring is also available though consultation with other members of the multidisciplinary team as requested. The supervisor will provide postdoctoral fellows with continuous feedback on their progress during weekly supervision meetings. The postdoctoral fellow and supervisor establish goals and objectives at the beginning and midterm in the fellowship. Evaluations are interactive, and both the postdoctoral fellow and supervisor exchange impressions and information related to the supervisory experience as well as the evaluation of the postdoctoral training program.

Fellows receive supervision on clinical work, their consultative/supervisory work, clinical work, and their overall professional conduct. Fellows participate in an evidence based practice seminar.  The focus of the seminar is on treatment techniques, case presentations, and the integration of research into practice.  Fellows should expect to be assigned reading and literature reviews as part of this training seminar.

The training provided meets requirements for licensure as a psychologist in the state of Florida.

Qualifications for Post-Doctoral Fellowship

It is desired that Applicants have completed a Ph.D./Psy.D degree in clinical or counseling psychology program accredited by the American Psychological Association (APA) and must have completed a clinical or counseling internship (APA-approved) prior to entering the program. 

Applicant must have completed all internship prerequisites before beginning the fellowship. Additionally, experience in a college or university counseling center; and experience in outreach programming, particularly in coordinating with student affairs and/or wellness programming.

Please contact Dr. Anne Fisher if you have questions regarding the post-doctoral residency.  Positions generally start in September and applications are reviewed and interviewed in May/June each year.