Therapy externship for Doctoral Students

Colorado Therapy & Assessment Center (ARMH) is a multi-site, insurance-based outpatient clinic offering individual, group, couples, family therapy and psychological assessment. We specialize in eating disorders, assessment, and group therapy and offer care for most general mental health concerns including anxiety, depression, relational concerns, trauma, OCD, and more. ARMH’s mission is to provide access to care to diverse populations, specifically through insurance-based care including accepting Medicaid. ARMH therapists provide long-term, interpersonal process/psychodynamically-oriented therapy. ARMH boasts consistent, long-term staff psychologists, collaborative work relationships, open consultation, and a robust training program including doctoral externships, predoctoral internships, and postdoctoral residency positions.

Our clinic primarily serves adults ages 18-40, however, services are available to patients 5-65+ for therapy. Assessment clients are both child and adult.

African American 5 %; American Indian 1%; Asian American 15%; Euro American 53%; Hispanic/Latinx 25%; Mid-Eastern American 1%; GLBT 25%; Physical Challenged 5%.

Supervisor’s experience in training students to work with culturally diverse groups, and at our center we emphasize working with culturally diverse groups and value hiring diverse staff members. Our supervisors routinely have open discussions of power, privilege, and oppression and provide supervision influenced by feminist-multicultural approaches. Our clinic is a private, insurance-based practice that emphasizes access to care as a fundamental social justice issue. It is our mission to provide access to the highest quality of care to everyone, especially to those experiencing marginalization. Because our clinic not only accepts all commercial insurance but also Medicaid and Medicare, our externs work with a diverse population (individuals with Medicaid). We have experience with and are passionate about training therapists to work with diverse populations like those with Medicaid using an intersectional lens.

Which group(s)?: Our clients are diverse in terms of race/ethnicity, all genders, LGBT, ability, socioeconomic status, religion/spirituality, as well as diagnostically (trauma, eating disorders, anxiety, depression, mood d/o, etc.)

What languages are services offered?: English only

Are interpreters used?: n/a

Does the agency serve Latinx children (Spanish or non-Spanish speaking), age group 0 – 8?: n/a

As a therapy extern, you will have the opportunity to work in a private practice setting and increase your professional confidence and competence while simultaneously receiving specialized training in therapy.

As a therapy extern, you will attend 1 hour of didactic training. You will also receive weekly group and individual supervision pertaining to therapy. Therapy externs will complete all required supervision and clinical contact hours for their required practicum placements. Therapy externs are expected to work 16-20 hours per week, or two full days, at our site.

*Special Note: Former externs, pending excellent performance, can be given letters of recommendation for internship and are prioritized in ARMH hiring to predoc internships, postdoctoral residency, and licensed staff psychologist positions.

• Can choose between paid and unpaid externship – see breakdown below. Will work 16-20 hours/week (2-2.5 full days plus time for evening group if extern is selected to co-facilitate process group)
  • • 16 hr/week (Two full days) unpaid externship (minimum of 8 client contact hours/week)
    • 16 hr/week (Two full days) paid externship position (requires minimum of 10
      weekly client contact hours each week)
    • 20 hr/week (Two and a half days) paid externship position (requires a minimum of 13
      client contact hours each week)

• Professional liability insurance provided
• Supervision hours that count toward practicum/externship requirements
• Access to weekly didactic training on psychological assessment

• Current enrollment in a doctoral degree program in clinical or counseling psychology, or other comparable field from an accredited program.
• Eligible for psychotherapy practicum or externship.
• Second year and advanced students are preferred; First year students with master’s degrees including past clinical externships/practicums will be considered..