Sample Schedule (Fall/Spring Semesters)
| Activity | Hours |
|---|---|
| Total Direct Client Contact | 24 (23.5) |
| Assessment Interviews | 2.0 |
| Individual Therapy | 12.0 (2nd semester 10) |
| Crisis Coverage | 3.0 |
| Group Psychotherapy | 2.0 (2nd semester 3.5) |
| Focus Area (some direct/some not) | 4.0 |
| Programming | 1.0 (average across year) |
| Activity | Hours |
|---|---|
| Total Supervision Received | 5.5 (6.5) |
| Primary Supervision | 2.0 |
| Group Therapy | 1.0 (2nd Semester 2.0) |
| Supervision of Supervision | 1.5 |
| Focus Area Supervision | 1.0 |
| Activity | Hours |
|---|---|
| Total Supervision Provided | 1.0 |
| Case Supervision of GA | 1.0 |
| Activity | Hours |
|---|---|
| Total Other Training | 4.0 |
| Clinical Team Meeting | 1.5 |
| General Staff Meeting /other mtgs. | .5 |
| Training Seminars | 2.0 |
*Preparation time/Recordkeeping 5.0
**Research/Professional Development 3.0
***Total Time Per Week 42.5 (2nd semester 43)
*The amount of time actually required to prepare for activities (e.g., receiving supervision, providing supervision, developing a program) or write effective clinical notes is quite idiosyncratic. The numbers provided here assumes a level of training and experience in these areas typical for the average intern.
**Hours represent the average number of research/professional development hours logged by interns. Given other responsibilities during peak times, interns typically choose to bank research hours and use them during less intense clinical times (e.g. intersessions, summer, etc.). When research hours are saved for non-peak times, weekly hours worked are much closer to 40/week.
***By the nature of the University calendar, the Counseling Center’s student service demands ebb and flow. This reflects peak hours during first and second semesters; intersession and summer hours are significantly lower.