Nashville Psych (NP) is a Nashville, Tennessee-based private psychology practice offering a wide range of psychological and counseling services, including individual therapy, child therapy, couples therapy, group therapy, family therapy, career counseling, and comprehensive psychological evaluations. NP’s offices are centrally located in Hillsboro Village, in close proximity to Vanderbilt University and Downtown Nashville.
Training Program Overview
The aim of NP’s training program is to better serve Nashville’s diverse populations while providing graduate students with the supervised experiences necessary to become highly-skilled and competent mental health professionals. NP accomplishes its mission by offering a combination of individual and group supervision, as well as a wide range of cases and clinical opportunities.
NP offers two tracks for student trainees: Psychotherapy and Psychological Assessment.
Both tracks are open to master’s and doctoral students in clinical and counseling psychology programs with relevant coursework in counseling theories, psychopathology, and assessment.
Psychotherapy Track
Students placed in the psychotherapy track are exposed to a variety of presenting concerns, which provides opportunities to engage in psychodynamically-oriented psychotherapy with adolescents and adults. Students build caseloads through the initial intake process and/or transfers from outgoing student trainees. NP’s client care coordinators match clients to therapists including trainees. While the needs of NP are factored into therapist-client matches, students’ clinical areas of interest and desired areas for growth play a role in those decisions.
All students receive one hour of individual supervision per week. Supervisors provide support at NP by facilitating the development of the person-of-the-therapist, assisting in enhancing trainees’ case conceptualization skills, guiding trainees’ choices with regard to interventions, as well as approving clinical documentation. Supervision throughout the year will involve reviewing recorded sessions.
As a cohort, practicum students will participate in a monthly seminar, which includes a combination of didactics and discussion. Seminar topics are associated with the mental health field and address core competencies expected for professional development. Depending on the size of the cohort, students can participate in a weekly case consultation with NP staff, or will form a new consultation group led by senior staff.
Ideal candidates for the Psychotherapy Track are:
- Mature and professional
- Engaged in his/her/their own self-care and process of healing and growth
- Self-motivated, timely, and organized
- Motivated toward a deep understanding of themselves and others
- Flexible and open to feedback
- Self-aware and conscious of his/her/their impact on clients’ unique experiences
- Passionate about the process of therapy
Assessment Track
Practicum students selecting this track will gain experience conducting comprehensive evaluations for individuals who present with a variety of mental health concerns. Under direct supervision by a licensed psychologist, practicum students will:
- assist in conducting clinical interviews;
- collaborate on selecting the battery of tests;
- administer, score, and interpret tests of cognitive abilities, academic skills and personality functioning;
- prepare integrated psychological evaluation reports; and
- provide feedback to clients and their families, as well as other providers
Assessment practicum students are expected to attend weekly assessment group supervision which takes place every Monday from 3:00pm to 4:00pm.
Students on the Assessment Track also receive at least one hour of individual supervision with a licensed psychologist for each assessment case seen, in addition to receiving detailed feedback on their writing.
Ideal candidates for the Assessment Track are:
- Mature and professional
- Driven by solving complex problems
- Self-motivated, timely, and organized
- Detail-oriented
- Engaged in his/her/their own self-care and process of healing and growth
- Flexible, eager to learn and open to feedback
- Solid independent workers, and also skilled in collaborating with other professionals