Advance Counseling

• Get hands on training from professionals with 20+ years of experience
• Develop competencies to plan and apply effective counselling interventions.
• Enhance self-awareness as a tool for personal, professional, and counselling growth.
• Learn from real-life cases in an environment that is crafted for learning

The goal of the Internship at Inner Connect Counseling Center is to prepare new counselors to start their career in a functional, competently, and responsible manner as professional psychologists.

The internship has been designed by senior psychologists and psychiatrists for beginner counselors who require supervision and real time experiences in case management and therapy. The program is intended to provide the opportunity to establish and refine skills fundamental to the practice of clinical and counselling
psychology. This internship is applicable to a wide variety of professional settings and will be divided into three areas: hospitals, educational institutes and corporates.

The intent for the internship is to perform an advanced level of functioning through five overall training competencies which will be organized across three developmental goals which define the internship.

Each competency is assessed by a range of training elements that will be used to evaluate interns at the midpoint and completion of their internships.

The goal is for interns to perform at the intermediate to advanced level of functioning across each of these competencies and aims by the end of internship.

1. Develop the clinical and empirical knowledge andskills required for entry into professional practice in psychology by: Developing competencies in Research: Apply research literature to clinical decision-making and learn to critically evaluate and disseminate research

Developing competencies in Assessment: Understand and apply current knowledge in the assessment and diagnostic process, informing case conceptualization, classification and recommendations, with understanding of context.

Developing competencies in Intervention: Conduct evidence-based clinical interventions across therapeutic modalities including individual and group psychotherapies.

Developing competencies in Consultation and Interprofessional/Interdisciplinary Skills: Demonstrate knowledge and skills to perform consultation and outreach within the inner connect center and work settings

Developing competencies in the provision of Supervision: Demonstrate knowledge and skills through supervision  of a psychology trainee.

2. Develop awareness, knowledge, sensitivity, and skills in providing culturally competent professional psychological services to diverse individuals and groups by: Developing competencies in Individual and Cultural Diversity:
Demonstrate understanding of one’s own personal/cultural history, attitudes and biases and their impact. Integrate awareness and knowledge of individual and cultural differences in all professional conduct. Work effectively with a range of diverse individuals and groups.

• Hospital and Psychiatry
• Personality Disorders
• De- Addiction
• Counselling in an Educational Setting
• Assaulted Women and Child Counseling
• Human Relations Development
• Case management and Case documentation

30 hours a week
Week 1 – 12

1. Individual Psychotherapy – Minimum of 15 cases in total to be completed during internship Minimum 6 hours of Clinical services to be engaged
   in/completed per week 6 hours of case records to be completed/maintained per week
2. Assessments – 3 hrs/week
3. Crisis Consultation – 1 hr/week
4. Supervision & Training – 1 hr/week
5. Group supervision – 1 hr/week
6. Developing Awareness
   Self learning goals – 2 hrs/week
7. Outreach + Consultation 4 hrs/week
8. Weekly classes Presentations
   Lectures on skill development Group discussion Personal development sessions