The University of Nevada Counseling Services is a growing university counseling center that provides individual and group psychotherapy, crisis intervention, psychological assessment, outreach including educational workshops and presentations, consultations, and referrals to community health care providers. These services are undertaken in accordance with the following mission – the mission of Counseling Services is to provide personalized culturally-responsive mental health services, training, and outreach to the University community. By doing so, we promote an inclusive learning environment supportive of mental health, diversity and social justice, as well as student personal growth and academic success.
The professional clinical staff currently consists of eight full-time psychologists, three part-time psychologists, four full-time licensed clinical social workers, one licensed alcohol and drug counselor, and two part-time LCSW or CPCs, in addition to several administrative staff. Each year we have an average of 12 trainees in psychology, social work, marriage and family therapy, or clinical mental health counseling from the practicum to post-doctoral level.
Our doctoral internship is designed to train interns to be competent entry level generalist health service psychologists, especially in college or university counseling settings. We have several specific objectives within this overarching goal: 1) Clinical Competence, 2) Multicultural Competence, and 3) Ethical Practice and Professionalism.
1) We strive to train entry-level generalists who are committed to providing competent psychological services, including initial evaluation/assessment, individual and group psychotherapy, psychological testing, multicultural practice, supervision of trainees (depending on number of available practicum students), and program evaluation and research in multi-disciplinary environments. In addition, we strive to train generalists with competence to work in an identified emphasis area including, but not limited to, diversity and multicultural counseling, psychological testing, sport psychology consulting, group counseling, DBT, or outcome evaluation and research (emphasis areas offerings are dependent of supervisory resources year to year).
2) We strive to train generalists who are invested in life-long development of multicultural competence, who apply ongoing self-awareness as cultural beings, awareness of others as cultural beings, and awareness of interactions among themselves, others, and groups within systems to maintain culturally-informed practice and multicultural humility.
3) We strive to train generalists to conduct themselves in a socially and ethically responsible manner, understanding and applying the laws and ethical principles of psychology as a profession. We value self-reflection, self-assessment, and self-care. We strive to train generalists who identify, reflect about, understand, and promote socially-just change at the individual client, group, institutional, community, and systems level, particularly when it impacts client development and functioning.
The University of Nevada, Reno Counseling Services seeks individuals who are team players, have a strong commitment to diversity and inclusion, have solid communication skills, balance good self-care with effective practice, are open to learning, and value self-reflection as a tool for professional development.
The internship is an on-site experience.
Informational brochure available upon request.
