Consortium Sites

Interns placed at Valley Behavioral Health have the opportunity for a broad training experience, including diagnostic evaluation and multiple treatment settings, populations, and modalities. Interns will choose a clinic for a full-year two-day per week rotation, and have two half-year two-day per week rotations, one of which will be conducting psychological evaluations. The fifth day each week (every Friday) is primarily committed to didactic training, group supervision, and individual supervision. 

 

Clinics that may be selected for either a full-year or half-year rotation:

 

Psychological evaluations (mandatory rotation)

 

All interns participate in at least a half-year rotation for psychological evaluations, which is embedded within the Child, Youth, and Family (CYF) Outpatient clinic in Salt Lake County. Evaluation types available to interns include ADHD, autism, disability, mental health severity, and diagnostic clarification with children and adults. 

 

Child, Youth, and Family (CYF) Outpatient 

 

Treatment opportunities at the Child, Youth, and Family (CYF) Outpatient clinic include mental health outpatient services for children, teens, and the adult family members of these youth, primarily with clients with Medicaid, which often means families with fewer economic resources. Individual therapy and family therapy are the primary modes of treatment. Interns would also participate in assessments and care planning. The CYF  Outpatient clinic is in the same building as the CYF Day treatment clinic, located in  West Valley City in Salt Lake County.

 

Child, Youth and Family (CYF) Day treatment 

  

At the Child, Youth, and Family (CYD) Day treatment Clinic, four programs interconnect to provide both intensive outpatient (afterschool) and day treatment levels of care for both elementary school age children and for adolescents with severe mental health conditions, such as anxiety, trauma, oppositional defiant disorder, and other conditions. Interns provide individual, group, and family modalities of psychotherapy. Clients primarily have Medicaid, which often means their families have fewer economic resources. Alyssa Levy, Ph.D., provides supervision for services provided by interns for the elementary school age children at the CYF clinic. 

 

Tooele County Clinic

 

The Tooele clinic offers outpatient treatment services for clients of all ages with mental health or substance use needs, in addition to a clubhouse program for adults with severe mental health conditions. Interns provide psychotherapy in individual and group settings as well as outpatient intake evaluations. Children and youth receive individual, family, and group services as well as assessments and care planning. Training and collaboration occur with the Children's Justice Center allowing treatment providers specialized training and practice in TF-CBT. A child and youth treatment team clinical meeting occurs once per week. Adults receive services for mental health and substance use disorders, with both individual and group services, as well as assessments and care planning. An intern will likely work at least one evening per week to assist with the group services offered for adults in the evening. Adult clients represent a variety of referral sources including self, child protective services, and the courts. An adult treatment team clinical meeting occurs once per week. The Tooele County Clinic is in the county to the west from Salt Lake County, which is a more rural county, and for which interns generally have a commute of 40-50 minutes.

 

North Valley

 

The North Valley Clinic provides outpatient mental health services to adults with severe mental health conditions. Interns would primarily provide intake assessments and individual therapy. Clients primarily have Medicaid which often means they have fewer economic resources. The North Valley clinic is in the same building as the Forensic Clinic in downtown Salt Lake City in Salt Lake County. 

 

Forensic Clinic

 

The Forensic clinic provides outpatient mental health and substance use disorder services to adults with severe mental health conditions who are court-referred to services. Interns would provide intake assessments, individual therapy, and group therapy. Clients primarily have Medicaid which often means they have fewer economic resources. The Forensic Clinic is in the same building as the North Valley Clinic in downtown Salt Lake City in Salt Lake County.

 

Mini-Rotations

 

In addition to the above specialty rotations, Valley Behavioral Health hosts the Utah Psychology Internship Consortium interns for a mini-rotation with homeless and housing programs that allows interns to receive an overview of services in Salt Lake County for unsheltered persons with a focus on service of individuals with severe and persistent mental illness and/or substance use disorders. Interns also participate in April in a university campus outreach event at Utah Tech University in St. George, Utah. 

 

Supervision

 

Official supervision is provided by the Liz Albertsen, Psy.D., with additional on-site clinical guidance provided by clinical leadership at specialty sites. At the CYF Day treatment program, Alyssa Levy, Ph.D., provides a portion of the supervision provided to interns.