The COVID-19 pandemic turned the nature and scope of clinical training and supervision on its side (Soheilian et al., 2023). Essentially overnight, supervisors and supervisees were forced to adapt to online platforms for supervision and psychotherapy. They were put in a position of having to use technological applications they had previously used only occasionally, if […]
Written by Blue Door Consulting on December 5, 2019
To meet entry level requirements for independent professional practice, mental health professionals are required to obtain relevant supervised experience under an experienced professional.1 For example, clinical psychologists in training programs approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) obtain a minimum of 400 supervised practicum hours of training (number of hours no longer specified in current […]
Written by Blue Door Consulting on December 5, 2019
It may come as a bit of a surprise when you receive a call from the training director of a local psychology graduate program asking if you would be interested and willing to supervise one or more of their trainees. Feeling honored and intrigued by the idea, you want to give this serious consideration. After all, […]
Written by Blue Door Consulting on December 5, 2019
Internship training consortia offer programs an opportunity to create a meaningful number of accredited internship placements for their students while at the same time establishing a training experience that mirrors the program’s model and philosophy, and contributing to the development of mental health resources within their communities. At the same time, consortia also require an […]
Written by Blue Door Consulting on December 5, 2019
At their February 2006 meeting, the APA Council of Representatives approved the following policy: The American Psychological Association affirms the doctorate as the minimum educational requirement for entry into professional practice as a psychologist. The American Psychological Association recommends that for admission to licensure applicants demonstrate that they have completed a sequential, organized, supervised professional […]
Written by Joe Truesdale on March 30, 2016
Telehealth applications are rapidly evolving as a near-normative vehicle for a variety of medical and psychological interventions. Increasingly, health professionals are coming to realize the benefits of currently available technologies in the delivery of distance services to populations where face-to-face consultations are not possible on a regular basis. As these applications are gaining acceptance through […]