{"id":1756,"date":"2013-01-22T20:43:09","date_gmt":"2013-01-23T01:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/psychology.cos.ucf.edu\/?page_id=1756"},"modified":"2019-09-23T15:55:42","modified_gmt":"2019-09-23T19:55:42","slug":"practitioner-experiences","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/psychology\/graduate\/ph-d-clinical\/practitioner-experiences\/","title":{"rendered":"Training in Clinical Practice"},"content":{"rendered":"

First Year Orientation to Clinical Work\u2014Getting Your Feet Wet.<\/strong> As part of orienting new graduate students to clinical work, all First Year Clinical Psychology graduate students in our program take our \u201cIntroduction to Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy\u201d course during their first Fall and Spring semesters. As part of this course, First Year graduate students begin observing and participating in one of the treatment teams available through our program. Often, this treatment team is linked to the clinical services being offered by the graduate students\u2019 major professor. Some graduate students participate on other Clinical Psychology Ph.D. faculty member\u2019s treatment teams as well.<\/p>\n

Practica in the UCF Psychology Clinic.<\/strong> Graduate students enroll for Clinical Practica during their Second and Third Years in our program which take place in our Psychology Clinic under the direct supervision and support of UCF Clinical Psychology faculty. These Clinical Practica incrementally expose graduate students to clientele of diverse background, ages, and presenting issues through both assessment and intervention services. The Psychology Clinic operates year-round, with the exception of academic breaks and holidays, and serves the community surrounding the University of Central Florida. The Psychology Clinic has multiple assessment and intervention rooms, a waiting room, a receptionist office, and a work room for graduate student clinicians. Each assessment and intervention room is equipped with digital recording equipment so that session can be recorded for supervision purposes.<\/p>\n

Externship Placements<\/strong>. Generally in the Fourth Year (following the completion of the Master\u2019s Thesis), graduate students can be placed in one of several clinical externship placements that are available in the community. Clinical externship placement experiences are supervised by on-site doctoral-level staff members at the agency where the graduate student is placed. Externship placements generally are made to meet graduate students\u2019 individual training needs and to help insure exposure to clientele and work environments common to clinical practice after graduation.<\/p>\n

Clinical externship placements include sites such as:<\/p>\n