Pre-Master’s Mental Health Internship – Roseville

Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) are vital parts of training in North Valley. We have a diverse staff, which is reflected in our diverse supervision team. In addition to regional didactics, here are some of the local JEDI trainings we offer:

• Cultural Humility and Unconscious/Implicit Bias
• Transgender and non-gender conforming population
• Culturally Responsive Care: Integration of an Anti-Oppressive Framework
• ADDRESSING/Intersectional approach
• IPV in Communities of Color/South Asian Community
• Muslim American Populations in Behavioral Health Settings
• Black Men’s Experience of Police Harassment

Furthermore, Journal Club is specifically focused on JEDI issues and research. Trainees are also invited to join the local JEDI improvement planning group for the North Valley.

Interns will attend didactic seminars within their clinics and have opportunity to attend regional seminars organized by Mental Health Training Programs as their schedules permit. Didactics will cover a range of clinical and professional development topics as well as explore culturally responsive care. Interns will have access to both live and asynchronous exposure to various speakers and topics which are designed to meet their developmental needs over the course of the training year.

Meetings and seminars are aimed at supporting professional developmental and clinical growth. Pre-Masters Interns can expect to attend the following meetings.

• Weekly Huddle: 15-minute meeting with training director to review and prepare for the day.
• All Staff Meeting: Monthly meeting with department staff. Focus is on operations and announcements.
• Journal Club: Weekly meeting to review research. Research articles are selected by the trainee. Twice a month the research article is focused on Justice Equity Diversity and Inclusion topic.
• Trainee Hike (optional): At the start and end of the training year we take hike in the Auburn Forest to reflect on the training year and connect as cohort.
• Mentorship: Pre-masters interns are offered the opportunity to be a mentee through our regional mentorship program.
• Licensure preparation: Interns are provided 1 hour per week to prepare for licensure.

All interns are supervised by licensed mental health professionals who are responsible for overseeing the direct delivery of clinical services. The supervisor takes a role in developing the intern’s learning plan, monitoring their progress, and evaluating their training schedule. The supervisor is also responsible for completing the intern’s evaluation.

Interns will receive a minimum of one hour of individual supervision a week. Two hours of individual supervision will be provided for every 20 hours of service provision at minimum. Interns will also receive at least one hour of group supervision per week which may include case consultation, and topics related to professional development, interdisciplinary communication and systems issues, and multicultural competence and diversity awareness.

Pre-Master’s Interns in the Adult or Child Outpatient Clinic can expect to work with a range of presenting disorders, including behavior and relational problems, depression, anxiety, psychosis, psychosomatic concerns, trauma, personality disorder and more. Treatment in the North Valley is grounded in evidence-based practices, such as CBT, ACT, DBT, among others.

On average, Pre-Master’s Interns are expected to see 8-12 patients per week. Caseload size will vary depending on the number of new patients seen, groups run, cadence at which patients are scheduled, and the interns school requirements. Pre-Master’s Interns are also expected to co-lead therapy groups and assist in the teaching of psychoeducational classes.