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Pacific Pride Foundation’s Counseling & Recovery Services
Program is proud to house an accredited internship program for
M.A., Ph.D., and MFT interns studying clinical psychology,
counseling psychology, community psychology, and marriage and
family therapy. In addition to receiving a caseload of five
clients per week, our interns receive intensive didactic
training on working with gay, lesbian, bisexual, and
transgender clients(LGBT) and on working with clients living
with HIV/AIDS.
Time: Interns/Trainees are required to sign with us for
12 months (1 full year). Evaluations are made during every quarter by the
Clinical Supervisor and the Director of Counseling Services.
Supervision Received: All interns receive two hours of
weekly group supervision (this supervision is different than
the training seminars). Supervision is conducted by licensed
professionals in our community who are experts in counseling
LGBT clients and clients living with HIV/AIDS and have
also been contacts with our agency for many years. Supervision
usually occurs on Tuesdays from 4:00-6:00.
Committment: We ask that trainees/interns work with us
for approximately 10-14 hours a week. Though slow to start,
interns usually carry a load of up to five weekly clients and
act as a co-leader for one of our groups. Weekly
trainees/intern time commitment averages:
- Individual Psychotherapy Provision: 5 hours
- Group Psychotherapy Provision: 1.5 hours
- Within-Intern Consultation: 1 hour
- Intern Group Supervision: 2 hours
- Case Management (phone calls, case notes, treatment plan
writing): 3 hours
Once an intern number is assigned, the intern can increase
his/her/hir client load with consultation and approval from the Clinical
Supervisor and Director of Counseling Services.
Staff: Our staff in counseling and recovery programs
has been providing services in Santa Barbara County for over 30 years. Our
counselors have come from professional psychology programs
from all over the state, including students from: Antioch University, Pacifica Graduate
Institute, UC-Santa Barbara, UC-Los Angeles, Claremont McKenna, and Chapman
University.
Our full-time staff includes:
Mariela Marin, MFT Intern, M.A.
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Director of Counseling Services (coordinator of
clinical training program and case assignment) Lauren Wyeth, M.F.T., M.A.
Clinical Supervisor for clinical training program
- Adjunct Faculty at Antioch University, Santa Barbara
- M.F.T. (licensed, private practice in Santa Barbara)
- M.A. (clinical psychology, Antioch University)
Evangeline Palacios, M.F.T., M.A.
Risk Reduction Specialist/ Positive Changes Program HIV/AIDS Specialist
- M.A. in Clinical Psychology
- M.F.T. Licensed in the State of California License # 43431
Intern Training Seminars (sample for 2007-2008
cycle)
As part of their intensive training, interns are required to
go through a full-year “cycle” of trainings with the staff at Pacific Pride
Foundation. We ask that interns commit to a full 12-month clinical
traineeship with us; in exchange, we offer monthly trainings for intern’s growth and
professional development. These trainings usually occur on Tuesdays for two
hours once per month and are required. Because interns begin with us at
different times, they must complete the entire cycle (e.g., if I start
with the third training, I must complete trainings 3-12 and then go back and
complete trainings 1 and 2).
A sample cycle might include:
March 2007, Session
1
Coming Out Issues for LGB Clients
April 2007, Session
2
Issues for Transgender/Genderqueer/Intersex Clients
May 2007, Session
3
Clinical Administration, Part I: Building a File, case
notes, Writing a Treatment Plan.
June 2007, Session
4
HIV, Part I-Medical Perspectives, Disease Process
July 2007, Session
5
HIV, Part II-Clinical Process, Sociocultural
Implications for Clients in Therapy
August 2007,
Session 6
Crisis Intervention, Legal and Ethical Issues
September 2007,
Session 7
Clinical Administration II: Referrals and
Consultation, Using Supervision Effectively, Termination
October 2007,
Session 8
Group Therapy Microskills, Co-Facilitating a Group
November 2007,
Session 9
Working with Same-Sex Couples
December 2007,
Session 10
Working with Issues Across the Lifespan (LGBT
Youth, Elderly, etc.)
January 2008,
Session 11
Alcohol & Drug Abuse Issues for LGBT Clients,
Psychopharmacology
February 2008,
Session 12
Career Issues, Reflection, Professional
Development, Reflection
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