Prairie View, inc.

Prairie View is a non-profit regional behavioral and mental health system, offering a full continuum of mental health services in a variety of treatment settings. It is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO). Prairie View was founded by the Mennonite Church in 1954 for the purpose of improving conditions of psychiatric treatment. It maintains ties to its Mennonite heritage where emphasis is placed on a caring and respectful environment that encourages personal freedom and responsibility. The Prairie View main campus is located 20 miles north of Wichita, in Newton, and contains a 14-bed psychiatric hospital for adults, a partial hospital program, and a 14-bed adolescent residential program, as well as outpatient and community-based services for all ages. There are two outlying community mental health center offices further north, in McPherson and Hillsboro, and two private practice offices in Wichita. The intern will be located in the Wichita offices for their primary site with options to spend time on the Newton campus, depending on areas of interest.

COVID-19 Update:

Prairie View complies with all state and local requirements regarding COVID-19. Currently we are universally masking while indoors on campus property, regardless of vaccination status. Currently COVID-19 vaccines are not mandated, though this may change depending on future CMS and OSHA rulings. The annual flu vaccine is required by Prairie View as a condition of employment. Exemption requests for flu are considered on a case-by-case basis and are not guaranteed.

Prairie View's Outpatient Services building

Intern Opportunities

Interns receive a wide variety of experiences designed to prepare them to be generalist practitioners in a world of managed care and fee-for-service practice. Interns also have the opportunity to observe the organizational and program challenges that characterize the complex, changing world of behavioral healthcare. Intern training focuses on adult outpatient treatment and assessment services, with DBT being an integral part of the experience. Supplemental opportunities may include work with older adults, caregiver family consultation, work with children and adolescents, treatment of patients with severe and persistent mental illness, and eating disorders treatment. Opportunities to work within inpatient, residential, and school settings can be arranged but will be limited. Interns will also be exposed to a variety of approaches in assessment, treatment planning, and intervention. Depending upon focus areas, the intern will likely spend some part of the week at a different training site that is only accessible by car.

Over the course of the year, the intern obtains assessment, consultation, and individual and group therapy experience. The intern is expected to actively participate in the Dialectical Behavior Therapy program and will gain experience in group skills facilitation, individual treatment, in-between sessions coaching (during business hours), as well as ongoing training and consultation in a team setting. The intern is encouraged to develop group treatment opportunities and learn about the process of creating, marketing, and running an outpatient group, outside of DBT. The intern is also encouraged to participate in Prairie View’s diversity taskforce and may opt to complete a small program evaluation to assess effective practices. Prairie View also accommodates local practicum students from Wichita State University’s Clinical Psychology program to gain experience and hours for internship; opportunities for the intern to provide supervision to these higher-level students are available. Flexibility is emphasized, and the intern is encouraged to be active participants in identifying desired experiences and designing their learning environments to meet those goals. It is not expected that interns have expertise in DBT, only an interest in learning.


Our intern's office in the Outpatient Services Building, where they work during their adult/older adult rotation
Our intern's office in the Youth and Family Services Building, where they work during their child/adolescent rotation

Internship Stipend and Benefits

The Prairie View, Inc. stipend is $24,000 for the 12-month, 2000-hour internship, with individual health insurance, vacation, and professional leave time provided. WCPIP provides professional liability insurance. Please note that Prairie View requires that all interns pass a background check before their contracts will be finalized. There is one internship position available for the 2022-2023 year. The interns are based primarily in the East Wichita office.

Erin Auvinen, Psy.D.

Alliant International University, 2019

Outpatient Therapist-Child

T-Licensed Psychologist-KS

Primary Interests:

    • DBT

    • Child, Adolescent & Family Therapy

    • Gender and Sexuality Issues

    • Mood Disorders

    • Psychological/Neuropsychological Evaluation

    • Anxiety

Keith Buhr, Ph.D.

Indiana State University, 2009

Outpatient Therapist & Assessor

Licensed Psychologist-KS

Primary Interests:

  • Individual and Marital Therapy for Adults

  • Trauma Treatment & EMDR

  • Psychological/Neuropsychological Assessment

  • Anxiety and Mood Disorders

  • Assessment Supervision

Dawn Gettman, Psy.D.

University of Denver, 1997

Licensed Psychologist-KS

Primary Interests:

  • Adolescent, Adult and Older Adult Therapy

  • Eating Disorders

  • Prolonged Grief Disorder

  • Depression

  • Anxiety

  • ADHD

  • Health Psychology

Elizabeth A. Guhman, Ph.D.

University of Denver, 1994

Vice President of Clinical Services

Licensed Psychologist-KS

Primary Interests:

    • Child, Adolescent & Family Therapy

    • Depression

    • Organizational Change & Political Action

    • Anxiety

    • P.D.D. issues

    • Behavioral/Mental Health Supervision/Training

Lily Lai, Psy.D.

Spalding University, 2018

Outpatient Therapist-Child

Licensed Masters Level Psychologist-KS

Primary Interests:

    • Parent-child attachment

    • Trauma Treatment

    • Developmental Disorders

    • Psychological Evaluation

    • Anxiety and Mood Disorders

Kathryn Minick, Ph.D.

University of Kansas, 1989

Internship Program Adviser

Licensed Psychologist-KS

Primary Interests:

    • DBT

    • Trauma Treatment

    • Women's Issues

    • LGBTQA Issues

    • Long-Term Mental Illness

    • Supervision

Mandi Turner, Psy.D.

University of Denver, 2018

Internship Program Coordinator

Licensed Psychologist-KS

Primary Interests:

  • DBT

  • EMDR

  • Trauma Treatment

  • Aging

  • Caregiver Consultation

  • Psychological Assessment

  • Clinical and Administrative Supervision

  • Diversity Taskforce/Organizational and Program Development

Contact Us

Mandi Turner, Psy.D. | 9333 E 21st St N | Wichita, KS 67206 |

316-284-6400 | turnermj@pvi.org | Prairie View, Inc.