Training Activities

Client Contact

Interns will have the opportunity to provide up to 26 hours/week of virtually-delivered care to clients across the life span, including individuals, couples, and families. Interns may also have the opportunity to provide group therapy. Interns at the Texas Telehealth Internship Consortium will provide clinical service within both the Telehealth Institute (providing community mental health care via telehealth to rural communities) and Warriors Research Institute (providing treatment via telehealth to first responders and military veterans). Interns will have the opportunity to learn and apply several evidence-based approaches including cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), solution focused therapy (SFT), motivational interviewing (MI), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), the Unified Protocol (UP), cognitive processing therapy (CPT), trauma focused-cognitive behavioral therapy (TF-CBT), Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT), narrative therapy, and Prolonged Exposure (PE). Interns will also be trained on how to manage intake appointments, how to coordinate care across disciplines, how to appropriately document/chart clinical work, and how to manage crisis/safety situations. Both the art and science of psychotherapy are emphasized as are the human qualities that each clinician brings to the therapy room.

Provision of Supervision

During the fall semester of the internship, interns will provide clinical supervision to a practicum counselor at Warriors Research Institute. During the spring semester of the internship, interns will provide clinical supervision to a practicum counselor at the Telehealth Institute. Each week, this role will be supported with 1 hour of supervision preparation time and 1 hour of group “supervision of supervision.”

Supplemental Activities

Intern orientation, weekly didactic seminars, case presentations, community partner outreach, Operation Boarder Health Preparedness, one-two day intensive trainings on evidence-based therapies, staff meetings, military simulation training at Fort Cavazos.

Supervision Received

Interns receive four hours of clinical supervision each week: two hours of individual primary supervision from a licensed psychologist, one hour of intern support, and one hour of supervision of supervision. In addition to these designated supervision times, an “open door policy” is highly valued at the Texas Telehealth Internship Consortium. Interns are encouraged to consult with any professional staff member regardless of supervision assignment.

Breakdown of hours

The structure of an intern's week may vary depending on specific training opportunities that they choose to emphasize. However, the schedule below will serve as the default:

Types of clients
Client Contact	Fall Hours	Spring Hours	Summer Hours
WRI clients (2 days/week)	13	13	12
*WRI Triage	Flex	Flex	Flex
*Individual veterans, veteran family members, and firefighters	Flex	Flex	Flex
Telehealth Institute clients (2 days/week)	13	13	12
*TeleBehavioral Care (lifespan community mental health)	Flex	Flex	Flex
Total	26	26	24

Provision of Supervision
Provision of Supervision	Fall Hours	Spring Hours	Summer Hours
Providing Supervision (WRI)	2	0	0
Providing Supervision (Telehealth Institute)	0	2	2
Supervision of Supervision Prep Time	1	1	1
Total	3	3	3

Supervision Received
Supplemental Activities	Fall Hours	Spring Hours	Summer Hours
WRI Staff Meeting	1	1	1
WRI Supervision Prep Time	1	1	1
Didactic Seminar	2	2	2
Didactic Case Conference	1	1	1
Community Outreach Events	Flex	Flex	2
Telehealth Institute Staff Meeting	1	1	1
Telehealth Institute Supervision Prep Time	1	1	1
Total	7	7	9

Supplemental Activities
Supervision Received	Fall Hours	Spring Hours	Summer Hours
WRI Primary Supervision	1	1	1
Telehealth Institute Primary Supervision	1	1	1
Intern Support Meeting	1	1	1
Supervision of Supervision	1	1	1
Total	4	4	4