APA Accredited Internship in Professional Psychology 2010-2011

The University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley, with a student body of approximately 35,400 undergraduate and graduate students, is located in the heart of the San Francisco Bay Area. Long noted for its excellence in academics and research, CAL Berkeley has an intellectual and educational community of outstanding depth and achievement. The University has produced a number of Nobel laureates and includes numerous members of the National Academy of Sciences. Enhancing this excellence is the rich cultural, ethnic, social and socioeconomic diversity of the University community in which every state and over 100 foreign countries are represented. Over half the undergraduates are people of color; 5,000 are re-entry students; 2,200 are foreign students; 3,200 are immigrants and refugees; and 68% receive financial aid.

The city of Berkeley is a vibrant, multi-faceted, culturally diverse college town. The campus is close to two beautiful parks offering cycling and hiking trails, picnic areas and scenic reservoirs. Another 5,000 acres of state, regional and national parklands lie within a twenty-mile radius of the campus. The cities of Oakland and San Francisco, with all of their cultural, architectural, sports and culinary delights, are each twenty minutes away by car or commuter train.

Counseling & Psychological Services
As part of a diverse, urban campus, Counseling and Psychological Services (CPS) provides a wide range of services and programs to meet the academic, career and personal needs of students.

The mission of CPS is to support the academic mission of the University by providing comprehensive counseling services to assist students with a variety of concerns including academic success, life management, career and life planning, and personal growth and development. Services include individual and couples counseling; groups and workshops; crisis intervention; hospitalization; as well as consultation, education and outreach for student groups, academic departments and administrative units.

The multidisciplinary, multicultural staff includes counseling and clinical psychologists, clinical social workers and psychiatrists. The Testing Center and the Career Library are integral to the academic and career counseling components of CPS services. As part of the University Health Services, CPS staff work closely with Psychiatry Services (which provides psychiatric evaluations for medication and medication monitoring), Social Services and the medical staff and health educators to provide quality programs and services for the campus community.

CPS focuses on providing timely access to counseling services for students. CPS staff utilize brief models of intervention which integrate developmental perspectives with other theoretical models. A substantial proportion of staff resources are devoted to crisis assessment, intervention, and consultation. Outreach and consultation to the campus community are also major components of CPS services. Interns are considered a vital and integral part of the staff and are involved in all aspects of CPS programs.

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