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Member Site Information
APPIC Member Number: 2634
Program Type: Internship
Membership Type: Provisional Membership
Site: Clarity Child Guidance Center
Department: Psychology/Outpatient
Address: 8535 Tom Slick Dr.
San Antonio, TX USA, Texas 78229
Country: United States
Metro Area: Not Applicable
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
Distance from Major City:
Phone: 210-593-2157x
Fax:
Training Director Email: william.guy@claritycgc.org
Co-Training Director Email:
Web Address: https://www.claritycgc.org/psychology-internship/
Brochure Website's Address: https://www.claritycgc.org/
Primary Agency Type: Child/Adolescent Psychiatric or Pediatrics
Additional Agency Types:
  • Community Mental Health Center
Member of APPIC since: 2024
Accreditation
APA Accreditation Accredited on Contingency
CPA Accreditation Not Accredited
Internship Staff/Faculty Information
Training Director: William Guy
Chief Psychologist: William Guy
Number of Full-Time Licensed Doctoral Psychologists on Staff/Faculty 4
Number of Part-Time Licensed Doctoral Psychologists on Staff/Faculty 3
Position Information
Start Date: 07/01/2025
Funded
Number of Full Time Slots Expected Next Class: 2
Number of Part Time Slots Expected Next Class:
Stipend
Full Time Annual Stipend for Next Class: 34000
Part Time Annual Stipend for Next Class: 0
Fringe Benefits: Comp Time , Dissertation Release Time, Dental Insurance, Disability Insurance, Health Insurance, Professional Development Time, Sick Leave, Vacation
Other Fringe Benefits (not indicated above): Continuing education stipend (i.e., to attend conferences)
Brief description of the typical work day for an intern at this training site Interns will be engaged in primarily outpatient services that include a combination of individual and family psychotherapy, psychological testing, and our comprehensive diagnostic interviewing service, named the 1st Step Program. In addition, once a week they will have an outpatient group co-facilitated with one of the supervisors, co-facilitate a 1st Step, and be part of the IP/PHP rounds to determine if a consultation is needed by the psychology staff. Non-clinical duties include weekly psychodynamic seminars, didactic seminars, and case conferences.
Does this site have practicum psychology students on site? No
Is this program fully affiliated with one or more doctoral programs? No
Is this program partially affiliated with one or more doctoral programs? No
Internship Application Process
Accepting Applicants: Yes
Application Due Date: 12/06/2024 11:59 PM EST
Interview notification date: 12/13/2024
Tentative interview date: 01/10/2025, 01/17/2025
Interview process description:

Clarity's Doctoral Psychology Internship provides open houses to invited candidates in December for one hour each.  Candidates will have the opportunity to discuss and ask questions about the internship in the following areas: therapy, assessment, and 1st Step Program.  These open houses will be an hour in length and will be rotated every 15 to 20 min.

Interviews can be in-person or virtual and will be an hour long.  They will be conducted in an individual format with the training director and staff psychologist as well as a portion (20 to 30 min.) of the interview being with current interns.

Invited candidates will be notified via email.

Contact information will be provided to candidates so they can have access to all psychology staff.
How to obtain application info: Visit Website
Preferred method of contacting the program: Email the Program
We have matched with interns from these programs: Univ. of N. Texas Univ. of Detroit Mercy Azusa Pacific Univ. Univ. of N. Arizona Rosemead School of Psychology/Biola Univ. Adler University
Internship Applicant Requirements
US Citizenship Required: No
If NOT a U.S. Citizen, Authorization to Work or to Engage in Practical Training (CPT or OPT) in the US is Required: Yes
Canadian Citizenship Required: No
If NOT a Canadian Citizen, Authorization to Work in Canada or to Engage in Practical Training (CPT or OPT) in Canada is Required: No
Masters Degree Required: No
Comprehensive Exams Passed: Yes, by ranking deadline
Dissertation Proposal Approved: Yes, by start of internship
Dissertation Defended: No
Minimum Number of AAPI Intervention Hours (if applicable):
Minimum Number of AAPI Assessment Hours (if applicable):
Minimum Number of Combined Intervention and Assessment Hours (if applicable):
Does your program require applicants to submit supplemental materials (i.e., an assessment report and/or a case/treatment summary): Yes
Minimum Number of Years of Grad Training Required (if applicable):
Accepted / Not-Accepted Program Types
Clinical Psychology Accepted
Counseling Psychology Accepted
School Psychology Accepted
APA-Accredited Accepted
CPA-Accredited Accepted
PCSAS-Accredited Accepted
Non-Accredited Not Accepted
Ph.D Degree Accepted
Psy.D. Degree Accepted
Ed.D. Degree Not Accepted
This institution, department, internship, or postdoctoral program requires trainees to sign a statement about personal behavior and/or religious beliefs as a condition of admission and/or retention in the program: No
How to obtain text of statement:
Other Requirements: https://www.claritycgc.org/psychology-internship/ As part of being a hospital-based institution, we do require annual flu shots. A wavier can be signed via the form provided on the website or emailing the training director. All interns are also subject to a background check and drug screening prior to starting the internship.
Program Description

Clarity Child Guidance Center serves children, adolescents, and their families ranging in age from 3 to 17 with an average age of 14 years old. Approximately 34% of our patients fall between ages 3 and 12 and 66% of our patients fall between 13 and 17. Our patients are closely matched in gender with 50.3% female and 49.7% male. Our patients identified as Hispanic or Latinx was 59.1% during 2021. The racial breakdown of our patients was as follows: White: 64%, Black or African American: 9.4%, Asian: 1.1%, Other: 18.1% and 7.4% declined to specify. Overall, Clarity served 5,328 patients during 2023 fiscal year through Acute units, Partial Hospital Program, and Outpatient Services. Diagnostic populations range from severe mental illness to adjustment related difficulties.  However, many patients we serve have histories of complex  and developmental trauma.

Clarity has a rich psychology training history. Starting in the early 1970’s, Clarity partnered with UT Health San Antonio to provide a half-year major training rotation for their APA-accredited Internship program. Beginning in 2018, Clarity served as the sole full-time, one-year training track for two UT Health interns in the Child, Adolescent and Family track through UT Health San Antonio’s Internship. Clarity separated from the UT Health San Antonio’s Internship Program in 2024 to provide an independent child and adolescent focused internship consistent with the mission and vision of Clarity and its psychology training staff.

Clarity’s internship training has maintained a consistent focus throughout this history.  The aim of our internship program is to train competent child and adolescent psychologists to provide psychological assessment and psychotherapy from a psychodynamic and family systems approach through an integrated developmental framework.  We are passionate about our role as psychologists who want to learn comprehensive psychological assessment including the use of performance-based personality measures (e.g., Rorschach).  We recognize that graduate training programs often do not adequately prepare psychology graduate students in psychological assessment, let alone personality assessment.  We are excited to be able to offer such training for those candidates eager to incorporate psychological assessment into their future careers as clinicians.

Internship Training Opportunities

Populations
Infants:
Toddlers: Yes
Children: Yes
Adolescents: Yes
Adults:
Family: Yes
Older Adults:
Inpatients: Yes
Outpatients: Yes
LGBTQ+: Yes
Ethnic minorities: Yes
Spanish-speaking: Yes
French-speaking:
Deaf/Hearing-impaired:
Students:
International Students:
Rural: Yes
Urban: Yes
Low income: Yes
People without housing:
Other:

(training opportunities continued)

Treatment Modalities
Assessment: Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Individual Therapy: Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Couples Therapy:
Family Therapy: Emphasis (31% to 49%)
Group Therapy: Experience (21% to 30%)
Community Intervention: Experience (21% to 30%)
Consultation/Liaison: Exposure (1% to 20%)
Crisis Intervention: Experience (21% to 30%)
Brief Psychotherapy: Exposure (1% to 20%)
Long-term Psychotherapy: Emphasis (31% to 49%)
Cognitive Rehabilitation:
Primary Care:
Evidenced Based Practice: Exposure (1% to 20%)
Evidence Based Research:
Supervision of Practicum students :
Other:

(training opportunities continued)

Experience
Health Psychology:
Women's Health:
HIV/AIDS:
Eating Disorders:
Sexual Disorders:
Sports Psychology:
Rehabilitation Psychology:
Physical Disabilities:
Learning Disabilities: Exposure (1% to 20%)
Developmental Disabilities: Experience (21% to 30%)
Assessment: Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Neuropsychology-Adult:
Neuropsychology-Child: Exposure (1% to 20%)
Serious Mental Illness: Experience (21% to 30%)
Anxiety Disorders: Experience (21% to 30%)
Trauma/PTSD: Emphasis (31% to 49%)
Sexual Abuse: Experience (21% to 30%)
Substance Use Disorders:
Forensics/Corrections:
Sexual Offenders:
Geropsychology:
Pediatrics:
School:
Counseling:
Vocational/Career Development:
Multicultural Therapy:
Feminist Therapy:
Religion/Spirituality:
Empirically-Supported Treatments:
Public Policy/Advocacy:
Program Development/Evaluation:
Supervision: Exposure (1% to 20%)
Research:
Administration:
Integrated health care - primary:
Integrated health care - specialty:
Other:

Additional information about training opportunities: Not all rotations or training experiences may be available as described in the APPIC Directory. Please consult the program's application materials or their website at: https://www.claritycgc.org/psychology-internship/  for a complete description of the training opportunities available at this training site. IF the site has not updated their information by August 1, feel free to contact the Training Director for additional information.

Summary of the Characteristics of the Specified Internship Class
2017-2018 2018-2019 2019-2020 2020-2021 2021-2022 2022-2023 2023-2024 2024-2025 2025-2026
Number of Completed Applications:
Number of applicants invited for interviews:
Total number of interns:
Total number of interns from APA/CPA accredited programs:
Total number of interns from Ph.D. programs:
Total number of interns from Psy.D. programs:
Total number of interns from Ed.D. programs:
Number of interns that come from a Clinical Psychology program
Number of interns that come from a Counseling Psychology program
Number of interns that come from a School Psychology program
Range of integrated assessment reports: lowest number of reports written
Range of integrated assessment reports: highest number of reports written
Summary of Post Internship Employment Settings of Each Internship Class (1st Placement)
2022-2023 2023-2024 2024-2025
Academic teaching:
Community mental health center: 0 0 0
Consortium: 0 0 0
University Counseling Center: 0 0 0
Hospital/Medical Center: 0 0 0
Veterans Affairs Health Care System: 0 0 0
Psychiatric facility: 0 0 0
Correctional facility: 0 0 0
Health Maintenance Organization: 0 0 0
School district/system: 0 0 0
Independent practice setting: 0 0 0
Other (Academic Psychology Department): 0 0 0
Link to Program's Trainee Admissions, Support, and Outcome Data: https://www.claritycgc.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Initial-Post-Internship-Positions.pdf
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