Intern - Counseling Services

Perform supervised individual therapy. Provide psychological assessments, intakes and appropriate referrals. May perform other related tasks that are a part of the LUMS student counseling services. Work is supervised by a licensed Clinical Psychologist registered with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulatory Authority and Psychology Board of Australia. This is a 3 month, full-time 40 hours per week internship.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Conducts intake interviews with students who request counseling services and completes the required clinical documentation.
• Provides individual counseling to students on a scheduled basis or through crisis intervention, and maintains supervision notes.
• Consults with supervisors and staff.
• Acts as a campus resource on psychology and represents Counseling and Psychological Services in the university community.
• Interacts with staff and students in a professional and ethical manner.
• Commits to a full-time, 40 hour per week internship.
• Participates in supervision and training with an openness to learning and receiving feedback.
• Utilizes psychodiagnostics assessment procedures and psychometric methods to facilitate psychotherapy as needed.
• Performs additional job-related duties and responsibilities as requested.

  Skills: 

• Knowledge and basic skills in counseling practices and methods.
• Ability to plan, implement, evaluate and report activities conducted.
• Ability to communicate orally in person and via email.
• Ability to establish rapport with others as a requisite for healthy and therapeutic relationships.
• Ability to present oneself in an appropriately personable and professional manner to students and staff.
• Ability to receive and utilize constructive feedback regarding performance, presentation and relationships with others.
• Ability to be both consistent and flexible as circumstances warrant.
• Ability to remain calm and supportive in psychological emergencies and/or crises when provided with appropriate supervision and direction.
• An enhanced level of self-awareness as to how he or she relates to others and an ability to effectively modulate this personal style as conditions warrant.