Adler School of Professional Psychology Catalog 2008 – 2009

licensed by the State of Illinois’ Department of Financial and Professional
Regulation. The PSC has a dual mission: to provide psychological services to
underserved populations and to serve as a clinical training site for the School’s
doctoral and master degree program’s students.
Services: Services provided to the public include individual, group, family,
and couples psychotherapy; neuropsychological, personality, and cognitive
ability assessment; support groups; parenting classes; consultation;
psychological testing; and psycho-educational programs. In addition to its
centrally located clinic, the PSC offers community based services through a
variety of satellite locations. Community based services include: prison
aftercare programs, behavior health/primary care programs, and a school
program. Community based services are growing and incorporating a variety of
changes in response to the changing needs of our communities.
The PSC’s programs and services are designed to assist children,
adolescents, adults, couples, families, and groups in dealing with personal
issues including marital/family problems, depression, anxiety, stress, school
adjustments, family conflict, couple distress, grief/loss, substance abuse, and
other emotional/psychological issues. Clients come from a wide range of
educational, ethnic, economic, and cultural backgrounds.
The PSC’s psychological services are primarily provided by master’s,
doctoral, and post-doctoral trainees under the supervision of the Adler School’s
core faculty (licensed clinical psychologists). Additional supervision may be
provided by adjunct faculty or individuals holding supervisory responsibility at
satellite locations.
Clinical Training: The PSC offers a Pre-Doctoral Internship Program in
Clinical Psychology that is approved by the American Psychological Association
(APA) and is a member of the Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and
Internship Centers (APPIC). The internship is a partially affiliated program,
reserving four of its five positions for Adler School students. The PSC’s
internship program participates in the APPIC match process.
All trainees offer clinical services at the central clinic and a community
based satellite. A trainee will be assigned to a particular community satellite
based on his/her interests, training and education needs, and abilities. In
addition to providing direct clinical service, trainees receive individual, group,
and peer supervision; participate in case management and case disposition
meetings; and attend didactic workshops and seminars. For more information
on clinical training opportunities, e-mail the PSC at psc@adler.edu, or call (312)
327-0959.
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