INTERNSHIPS & SUPERVISORS:
BECOMING A SITE
An Internship Site must be able to provide our students with as culturally diverse a clientele as possible. During the 18 to 21-month internship, students will need at least 500 direct client contact hours, 250 of which with couples and/or families. It is also expected that sites provide individual supervision from a qualified supervisor at least every other week as part of the supervision team. Students are required to have 100 hours of supervision, 50 of which are individual and primarily occur at the internship site.
Within our clinical training program, during supervision we utilize live observation of sessions as well as review of videotaped sessions. Students will need to fulfill these requirements by videotaping their sessions and having access to necessary equipment.
Each internship site will provide an orientation to beginning interns, acculturating them to relevant paperwork, site policies and procedures. Internship sites usually send one or more site supervisors to attend SPU MFT meetings for site supervisors as well as participate in the bi-annual Internship Day.
If interested in becoming an Internship Site, please contact Scott Edwards, Ph.D., Director of Internships at 206-281-2681 or sedwards@spu.edu to discuss the requirements in more detail for both sites and supervisors.
