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Quick Links Accessing Counseling Services Outreach, Consultations and Mentoring Training Programs Service, Training and Administrative Activities Per Week Track 1 - College Mental Health & Disability Services Track 2 - College Mental Health & Sports Psychology
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Predoctoral Internship ProgramDear Prospective Applicant, Thank you for your interest in our program at the University of Southern California (USC). Below you will find information that will better help you to determine how your goals and needs for internship match what we have to offer. USC, a private university, has a student population of approximately 33,000 students with 17,000 undergraduate students and 16,000 graduate students drawn from all 50 states and 110 foreign countries. In fact, USC has the largest international student population of any University in the United States. USC is a tree-filled, spacious campus located near downtown Los Angeles. We are only thirty minutes from the beach or the mountains. The city is well known for its cultural events, recreational opportunities, professional and college sports and a wide variety of restaurants. Los Angeles, a mecca of cultural and ethnic diversity, has become home for many people from different countries. USC Student Counseling Services is staffed by thirty (30) employees: ten (10) psychologists, two (2) psychiatrists, three (3) social workers, four (4) interns, two (2) post doctoral fellows, four (4) practicum counselors, two (2) social work interns and three (3) support staff. We provide crisis intervention, short-term psychotherapy, group counseling, consultation and outreach services to the campus community. Career counseling and placement are offered by a separate department not directly linked to Counseling Services. Approximately 1,400 students per year utilize us for counseling and psychotherapy. Another 2,200 students, faculty and staff are served via consultation and outreach. Our staff is not only challenged with the normative developmental issues that one might anticipate in a college counseling setting (e.g., intimate relationships, individuation, cultural adjustment and identity development), but also with more serious or longstanding struggles (e.g., major depression, anxiety, and eating disorders). Our clients are diverse in terms of their age, socio-economic status, religion, sexual orientation and cultural backgrounds. We are part of the University Park Health Center (UPHC), yet we are housed at the YWCA Building which is physically separate from the other UPHC services. The center has portable video equipment for taping individual sessions, as well as two training areas for observation of individual and group sessions. Our training program offers the unique opportunity for live group supervision, collaboration with the athletic department, and collaboration with the Office of Disability Programs and Services. Our staff are also involved in training for the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Mentoring Program and Asian Pacific American Student Services (APASS) Peer Mentoring program. The internship program has been APA-accredited since 1989. Verification of our status can be found at the APPIC website: www.appic.org. The following links will provide you more information about our program: Service, Training and Administrative Activities Per Week
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