Prairie View, inc.

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.