PHDAT 850 - Doctoral Internship & Seminar I

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The Doctoral Internship & Seminar will provide students with a field experience designed to apply socially responsible practice within a focus of their choice, to engage in research activities, to enrich their professional portfolios and to strengthen their career possibilities as researchers, clinical supervisors, and educators. This course will also offer opportunities to consult with professional colleagues, to develop effective working relationships and to build awareness of clinical art therapy. The Doctoral Internship & Seminar provides the foundation for the dissertation and the development of the student’s advanced clinical theory. Students are responsible for developing a 700 hour internship, in consultation with a core faculty and advisor and will be encouraged to tailor their individual experiences in a manner that best enhances their unique professional goals. The 700 total hours will span Doctoral Internship & Seminar I, II, and III. The course serves as a peer consultation group in which students learn to present information in a standard format to question and analyze their work and to function as peer consultants to their colleagues. Students participate in supervision through case presentations, discussion, art-based experiential activities, reflecting upon and evaluating their field experiences in research, teaching, clinical supervision, and/or social action. A credentialed clinical art therapist guides interactive dialogue and experiential exercises. Students are expected to connect emerging theoretical foundations in art therapy with their internship experiences. Students will be introduced to Adlerian concepts and asked to consider how Adlerian art therapy relates to their experiences in their internship.

Prerequisites: Prerequisites: Student must complete SJP-513 SJP-514 and PHDAT-825 prior to completing this course.