An integral part of the Faulk Center for Counseling is the clinical training of future professionals. Formal training of psychologists has existed at the Center for over 40 years. The program provides interns with a planned sequence of training experiences that develop and
enhance their skills as future psychologists. Interns are introduced to and perform, with increasing autonomy, various progressively complex tasks during the training year.
The internship program offers interns intensive training in the areas of psychotherapy, assessment, and consultation. The Center offers a unique and intensive experience in which interns may develop their personal identities as psychologists. Interns are expected to learn and master a range of psychological theories and techniques, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), cognitive-behavioral therapy(CBT), family systems, and client-centered counseling.
At the Center, the intern works alongside clinical psychologists, social workers, mental health counselors, marriage and family counselors, and master's level students of all disciplines, as well-trained volunteer facilitators. Each intern has the opportunity to work with a variety of populations and settings, which include residential facilities for seniors and public schools. By the end of the training year, it is expected that interns will independently and competently perform many of the roles and responsibilities of a professional psychologist with confidence.