Baylor University Counseling Center
Doctoral Internship in Psychology
About the Counseling Center and the Training Site
Baylor University is a nationally ranked institution with a strong Student Life Division that values
diversity and cross-cultural competencies, is intentional about building leadership in students,
invests in the broader health and wellness of its students – including mental health, and strives
to be a transformative presence in our students’ lives.
As part of Student Life, the Counseling Center staff also strives to be a transformative presence
in the lives of our students, as well as with training our interns. We are a multidisciplinary staff,
including 6 licensed psychologists, 1 post-doctorate fellow, and 5 doctoral practicum students.
Our vision for the Doctoral Internship in Psychology is to develop professional psychologists
with the conceptual and clinical competencies necessary to deliver psychological services in a
manner that is effective and responsive to individual and societal, needs both now and in the
future. The underlying philosophy for the training program is a practitioner-scholar model that
integrates theory, research, and clinical practice. We believe sensitivity to individual
differences and cultures in a diverse society, and openness to self-reflection and life-long
learning are necessary to bring these together. The person of the therapist, with a set of
cultural / life experiences and personality, is an integral part of translating theory and research
into practice; all counseling is multicultural. Growth in this comes by attention to the process
of our work, and attention to our own personhood; our philosophy can be captured by the
training questions we will ask interns to reflect upon, “Who am I as a therapist?” and “What are
the ways I am therapeutic?”
It is within this philosophical framework, that the Baylor Counseling Center Internship has 3
primary goals of 1) developing interns’ core clinical skills to be a transformative presence, 2)
developing an intern’s multicultural competence and respect for diversity, and 3) interns will
grow in professionalism as future leaders in the field.
Counseling Center’s Programs
Programs offered through Counseling Services are organized into these categories:
1. Outreach –Outreach programming focused on the development and educational needs of students.
2. Clinical Services –Individual, couples, and group counseling for students with psychological
concerns, crisis intervention for students experiencing a psychological crisis or emergency,
psychiatric evaluation and treatment, medical nutrition therapy, and consultation services for
faculty, staff, families, and friends of students
3. Training – Internship training for doctoral level graduate students in psychology and practicum
training for 5 clinical psychology doctoral students.
4. Sexual Assault Prevention, Outreach, and Clinical Services
5. Diversity Focus and Multicultural Competency Development
Counseling Center’s Services
To effectively fulfill its mission and accomplish its goals, the Baylor Counseling Center provides:
Individual, couples, and group counseling for students with psychological concern
Crisis intervention for students experiencing a psychological crisis or emergency
Psychiatric evaluation and treatment by a licensed psychiatrist
Addictive Behavior Specialist services
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Medical nutrition therapy by a licensed and registered dietitian
Outreach and prevention programs for students
Consultation services for faculty, staff, families, and friends of students
Case management services for students needing referral to community resources
. Pre-doctoral Psychology Internship
Practicum training for clinical psychology doctoral students, graduate students from the
Higher Education Student Affairs program, and social work students.
Counseling Center Personnel
The Counseling Center staff is comprised of 6 licensed psychologists, 1 psychiatrist, 1 post-doctoral
fellow (will be licensed by 2015), a clinical case-manager, a part-time addictive behavior specialist, a
part-time registered dietician, 5 part-time contract therapists, a medical assistant, 2 appointment
clerk/billing specialists, 1 office manager, 5 doctoral practicum students, 2 doctoral interns(planned).