Clinical Internship at Psychological Service Center
Psychological Service Center
Visit the PSC website to find out more about the services we offer our clients.
The Clinical Psychology Internship is the capstone experience of the professional psychology program. The internship provides:
- An opportunity to use and refine clinical skills and knowledge developed during the course of the program
- An opportunity to consolidate one's professional identity. The internship requires either full-time supervised clinical experience for one calendar year or a comparable half-time supervised clinical experience for two consecutive years (a minimum of 1500 training hours).
Internship Application Packet
Psychological Service Center
The Psychological Service Center operates an APPIC member/APA approved internship program. There are three intern positions.
Psychology Service Center
(downtown Portland)
511 SW 10th St/Suite 400
503-352-2400
As an integral part of the program, the internship at the Psychological Service Center currently provides an opportunity for a part-time placement at Oregon Department of Corrections, Coffee Creek Intake Facility in Wilsonville. In addition, the internship participates in a human diversity program that provides community service sites, including, but not limited to, African-American, American Indian, Asian, and Hispanic.
Description of Services
The Psychological Service Center (PSC), School of Professional Psychology, Pacific University, has served community mental health needs in the Portland Metro area since its founding in 1980. The PSC is the principle training site for the School of Professional Psychology's APA accredited doctoral program in clinical psychology.
The PSC provides individual, family, child, and group therapy, psychological assessments, consultation services, program evaluation, community outreach, psychoeducational programs, employee assistance programs, and continuing education for mental health professionals. Numerous on-going groups are available: Women’s Therapy, Co-ed Interpersonal Relationships, Smart Recovery®, Domestic Violence, Anger Management, Social Phobia, Depression Treatment Group.
The PSC is administered by a director and associate director, both of whom are licensed psychologists and are available on-site for consultation and supervision. Supervision is primarily provided by nine members of the faculty of the School of Professional Psychology. Additional supervision is provided by adjunct faculty members, two psychologists and a Mental Health Nurse Practitioner.
One advantage of PSC services is the intense supervision received by therapists (at least 5-6 hours weekly). As a result, the progress of each client is monitored very closely by licensed clinical psychologists, while clients also receive the benefit of perspectives from other members of the clinical supervision teams.
Examples of Group Therapies at the Psychological Service Center
The following groups are all offered at the PSC. Facilitators are advanced doctoral psychology students in Pacific University’s School of Professional Psychology. The following licensed psychologists are group therapy supervisors: Hank Robb, Ph.D. and Steve Zahm, Ph.D.
All groups charge $20 per session. Some groups can discount if pre-paid in full. Call contact person for information. SMART Recovery is donation based.
Co-Ed Interpersonal Group
This is a process group which provides a forum for men and women to learn how to identify and communicate in the here and now, gain skills in offering feedback, experience being honest with others and to become more sensitive to how you and others communicate.
Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy Group
Focused on reducing anxiety and depression by increasing moment-to-moment awareness, teaching people to stay aware and to experience thoughts and feelings without reacting to them in overly negative ways.
SMART Recovery®
SMART is an abstinence based, self-help recovery program for people having problems with drinking and using. It includes many ideas and techniques to help you change your life from one that is self- (and other-) destructive and unhappy to one that is constructive and satisfying.