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Externship Training Program
Description of the College
Marymount Manhattan College is an urban, independent, liberal arts college serving approximately 2,300 students. The college was founded in 1936 by the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary as a two-year women's college and a New York City extension of Marymount College, Tarrytown in Tarrytown, New York. Although originally the College served women, over the years, Marymount Manhattan's mission as an urban, independent, coeducational nonsectarian liberal arts college has expanded to include a greater variety of students, including men, nontraditional students, and students from a variety of ethnic and geographic backgrounds. In 1948 the College moved to its present location on 71st Street, between Second and Third Avenues, and became a four-year bachelor degree-granting college. In 1961 MMC was granted an absolute charter as an independent four-year college by the Regents of the University of the State of New York.
The mission of the college is to educate a socially and economically diverse population by fostering intellectual achievement and personal growth and by providing opportunities for career development. Inherent in this mission is the intent to develop an awareness of social, political, cultural and ethical issues, in the belief that this awareness will lead to concern for, participation in, and improvement of society. To accomplish this mission, the College offers a strong program in the arts and sciences for students of all ages, as well as substantial pre-professional preparation. Central to these efforts is the particular attention given to the individual student. Marymount Manhattan College seeks to be a resource and learning center for the metropolitan community.
Description of the MMC Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS)
The Marymount Manhattan College Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) is a not-for-profit department in the Office of Student Affairs at Marymount Manhattan College. In general, CAPS provides free, short-term mental health services to the Marymount Manhattan College Community. The services are provided by a variety of mental health professionals including licensed Clinical Psychologists, a licensed Psychiatrist, and the Externs working under the supervision of the licensed psychologists. The main function of CAPS is to provide mental/behavioral health services to the students enrolled at Marymount Manhattan College. The facilities general hours are 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Monday through Friday and it does not operate on weekends, school holidays, and during semester breaks.
A broad range of behavioral, emotional, cognitive, developmental, life-span, health-related, family-of-origin, and interpersonal issues are addressed through Counseling and Psychological Services. Therapeutic approaches utilized by the staff include cognitive-behavioral, family systems, insight-oriented, interpersonal, analytic, and psychodynamic orientations. Available services include:
- Psychological Evaluations
- Psychiatric/Psychopharmacological Evaluations
- Individual Psychotherapy
- Couples Therapy
- Group Therapy
- Psychoeducational Workshops
- Peer Support Groups
- Community Outreach
Description of Training Experience
The Externship Training Program at Marymount Manhattan College Counseling and Psychological Services is founded upon the belief that the training of emerging psychologists is one of the most important and valued activities that can be performed. As a result, we invest a great deal of time and energy ensuring that externs are provided with the highest quality training and supervision possible. One of our objectives is to provide an individualized training experience that is unique to each of the extern's current and developing professional needs and abilities. The training program adheres to a scientist-practitioner model and seeks to provide externs with a broad-based experience working with the clientele, which are primarily college students, and the College staff.
Pre-Requisites:
Enrollment in a psychology master's or doctoral program in clinical, counseling, or school psychology is a pre-requisite for the externship experience. Externs are expected to have completed various academic coursework related to psychotherapy and psychopathology and to have experience conducting and reviewing empirical research. With this foundation in place, our goal is to provide externs with an opportunity to apply their skills and knowledge in a clinical setting under the supervision of licensed professionals. Our aim is that by the end of their externship experience, students will have an expanded knowledge base in psychopathology and psychotherapy.
Training objectives:
The primary objective of the Externship Program is to provide clinical experience and supervision in a college-counseling setting. Externs are expected to spend a minimum of 15 hours each week during the MMC academic year (from September through June). Responsibilities may include individual and group psychotherapy, consultation, peer supervision, research, program development, and community outreach. Externs gain direct experience as primary therapists for their clinical caseload and indirect experience via an "apprentice-training" model utilized by their supervisors (e.g., observing clinical evaluations). Externs are expected to carry an individual caseload that is established at the beginning of their externship period between the extern and the Director of MMC Counseling and Psychological Services. Externs also may be required to conduct group psychotherapy, perform psychological testing, and engage in community outreach projects as determined in collaboration with their clinical supervisor and the Director. Students range in age from 17 to late adulthood and represent a broad range of psychological difficulties. All externs are required to carry professional liability insurance.
Supervision:
Each extern is assigned to a specific supervisor for each of their case assignments and the extern coordinates supervision meetings in collaboration with their supervisor. Each extern meets for a minimum of one hour of face-to-face supervision per week. Externs may also meet with their supervisors for supervision on an as needed basis. In addition, supervision may occur in small groups which may include other externs and supervisors. Tape recordings of sessions are frequently reviewed during supervision.
Evaluations:
Supervisors and the Director evaluate the clinical and professional skills of the externs at the end of each semester. The objective of the evaluation process is to provide feedback to the extern regarding their clinical competencies and professional development and to evaluate the efficacy of the supervisory experience toward the promotion of the extern's professional goals. Criteria for professional development objectives are established collaboratively between the extern and the supervisor at the beginning of their externship-training period and at the end of each evaluation period. Oral and written feedback is provided to the extern by the supervisor.
Staff
Brian D. Quigley, Ph.D.
Director of Counseling and Psychological Services
Gayle Brodzki, Ph.D.
Staff Psychologist
Hayley Cort, M.D.
Psychiatric Consultant
Application Procedures
Students interested in applying to the Externship Program should submit: 1) a cover letter, 2) their curriculum vitae, and 3) a letter of readiness from the applicant's Director of Training to the address listed below. Early submission of applications is encouraged as the interview process will begin when an applicant's completed materials have been received. Applicants should submit their materials no later than the end of the academic semester prior to the semester they wish to start the externship. All received applications will be screened by the MMC Counseling and Psychological Services staff and selected candidates will be invited for on-site interviews. Accepted candidates will be informed of the externship start date and will be notified of any relevant materials needed for their training experience. Accepted externs will be required to carry professional liability insurance and to provide verification of such prior to beginning their externship period. Affordable liability rates are offered by the American Psychological Association's Insurance Trust.
Applications should be addressed directly to:
Brian Quigley, Ph.D.
Director of Counseling and Psychological Services
Marymount Manhattan College
221 East 71st Street - 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10021
If you have any additional questions about the Externship Program, please feel free to contact Dr. Brian Quigley at (212) 774-0727 or send an email to bquigley@mmm.edu
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