Program Director: Claire Schneckenberger, RN, CS

The goal of the Clinical Nursing Training Program is to provide clinical experience with a broad range of adults, adolescents, and children in a comprehensive ambulatory setting with multiple disciplines. The program provides high-quality training for masters level students as well as fellowships and continuing training and supervision in psychotherapy for post-masters clinicians.

The objective of the program is to provide an integrated understanding of the psychodynamic, sociocultural, and biological perspectives of the etiology and treatment of mental illness. The program provides:

• Training in the fundamentals of: assessment, including observation, communication and interviewing techniques; psychodiagnostic history; mental status evaluation; psychodynamic formulation; differential diagnosis; and treatment planning
• Training in the fundamentals of clinical practice utilizing a variety of therapeutic approaches, including psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, group, and family psychotherapy
• Training in the fundamentals of biologic therapies, including extensive seminars in physical assessment, neuroscience, and psychopharmacology
• Interdisciplinary seminars during the training year as well as for post-masters clinicians
• Multidisciplinary supervision during the training year as well as for post-masters clinicians