Welcome!
And thank you for considering our Counseling Center as a potential Psychology Internship training site!
Ball State University Counseling Center has a long history of investing in training students for professions in behavioral health care. Our doctoral internship placement was originally accredited with the American Psychological Association in 1983.
The core values at the Counseling Center include the integration of social justice concepts, multicultural competencies, and the development of an increased awareness of diversities and intersecting identities. Our training program recognizes that training placements are a critical period of transition and integration in our professional development as behavioral health providers. The philosophy of our internship is developmental and focuses on learning and skill building through experience and understanding.
Interns are provided opportunities for experience in clinical work, including individual and group therapy and crisis intervention. Our training staff is committed to providing an opportunity for interns to learn and work as practitioners using evidence-based practices in an applied setting. This emphasis translates into a model of experiential and didactic processes which facilitate development through supervision and feedback. Our training program is based on the belief that professional and personal development are mutually inclusive processes.
Additionally, interns are an integral part of our outreach and consultation program which provides information and training to our campus community. Over the course of the training year, interns are provided opportunities for assuming increasingly more responsibilities in all areas of their practice. As a training program, we aim to provide support for the interns throughout their placements with us and as they move forward into their chosen profession in behavioral health services.
Information regarding our Internship Admissions, Support, and Initial Placement Data are included on the left of this page. Additional information about the training program, the training staff, a typical week, supervision structure, didactic programming, and the training handbook are also provided. Please take a moment to review our information! And if you have any additional questions, please feel free to get in contact.
I look forward to hearing from you!
Brenda Karns, Ph.D., HSPP
Associate Director for Training and Psychologist
CCIntern@bsu.edu or bmkarns@bsu.edu
For questions or information regarding accreditation, please contact:
Office of Program Consultation and Accreditation
American Psychological Association
750 1st Street NE, Washington, DC 20002-4242
Phone: 202-336-5979, Fax: 202-336-5978
Email: apaaccred@apa.org
Web: www.apa.org/accreditation