The major goal of the SJSU COUNSELING SERVICES' CLINICAL TRAINING PROGRAM is to provide high quality learning experiences to graduate students and post graduate students in counseling, clinical psychology, or social work in preparation for a career in mental health. To help attain the goal, staff has a strong commitment to supervise, teach, and mentor our trainees. Additionally, our specific goals for trainees are to assist them in:
1) increasing their levels of effectiveness and confidence;
2) understanding and integrating theoretical learning with clinical experiences;
3) finding their individual therapeutic style;
4) developing professional relationships and assuming a professional identity; and
5) learning about agency norms and decision-making processes. 
These goals are addressed and facilitated by supervision, modeling, didactic training, experiential learning, peer group consultation, and mentoring. Our supervision staff currently is composed of six licensed psychologists and one licensed social worker.

AGENCY DESCRIPTION: San José State University Counseling Services is a department within the Division of Student Affairs at San José State University. Counseling Services offers services designed to help San José State's diverse student body of 28,000 identify and accomplish their academic and career goals, enhance personal development, meet life's challenges, and improve interpersonal relationships. Counseling Services is established as a comprehensive counseling center offering core clinical services, developmental and life skills interventions, consultations, and outreach to our diverse student population. Short-term counseling and psychotherapy are the primary means of direct service delivery.

AGENCY OBJECTIVE: Counseling Services provides quality services to students so they can achieve their goals of becoming successful graduates of San José State University, both academically and socially. To fulfill this objective, we look at the whole student and provide guidance and tools to become productive and well-rounded. To do that, professionally trained psychologists, social workers, and counselors are available for students on an individual or group basis for counseling on a myriad of psychological and academic issues. In addition, we provide services such as outreach presentations for students, student groups, staff/faculty, and staff consultations on issues of student mental health and campus climate; and professional training, teaching, and supervision for future mental health personnel, consistent with the educational mission of the university.

POPULATION SERVED: Counseling Services provides services for all enrolled students of San José State University. The student population of SJSU is a highly diverse group. For example, there is no one clear majority group (more than 50%) in terms of ethnicity on the campus and ages range from late teens to many students in their fifties. In addition, there is diversity around ability/disability, religion, culture, sexual orientation, value systems and lifestyles.

THEORETICAL ORIENTATION: Counseling Services' staff utilize a variety of theoretical positions including psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, feminist, gestalt, humanistic, and systems perspectives. Generally, an integrated approach to counseling and psychotherapy is shared by the staff.

CROSS-CULTURAL TRAINING: Training in cross-cultural therapy and counseling is integrated into most, if not all, training activities. As noted, SJSU Counseling Services serves a highly diverse population.

RESPONSIBILITIES: Responsibilities for trainees vary and depend greatly upon the maturity and experience level of the trainee. In general, new trainees do individual, group and couple counseling, receive supervision, attend a weekly trainee seminar, participate in weekly staff meetings, perform intakes, do weekly paperwork such as writing intakes and case notes and participate in consultation and outreach activities for student groups.

OTHER INFORMATION AND APPLICATION PROCEDURES: Our training program, pre-doctoral and practicum interns is for nine months. It generally begins around the third week of August and ends approximately during the first week of June. We generally have program accommodations for 4-6 trainees each year. Additionally Counseling Services' Clinical Training Program follows the California Psychology Internship Council (CAPIC) guidelines for Internships.

Applicants for our Clinical Training Program need to submit both the uniform CAPIC application and related documents, i.e. cover letter, three letters of recommendation, and a curriculum vita. Candidates may obtain the CAPIC application from their graduate school training office, from the CAPIC web site or by telephoning (510) 841-9230 Ext. 110. The closing date for acceptance of applications is determined by CAPIC. Selected applicants for interview will generally be notified two - three weeks after the CAPIC application deadline.

Due to the California State Budget, funds are pending. We will accept applications, but are unable to predict when we will have a final answer on fund availability.

DESCRIPTION OF RESIDENCY:   Two post-doctoral residencies, each with a $17,453 stipend, are available mid-August, 2004 (pending funding). There are also opportunities for volunteer residencies. The 1500 hour residencies end in early June 2005. A post-doctoral resident will be expected to perform all the duties of a generalist clinician in a comprehensive university counseling center and will receive supervision according to the State of California Board of Psychology guidelines. Duties include but are not limited to: short-term individual, group, and couples counseling; possible supervision of practicum students; counseling assessment and referral; crisis intervention; consultation with students, faculty, staff, and parents; and campus outreach activities.

Post-doctoral residents will have an opportunity to work with a student population which is very diverse with regard to ethnicity, race, sexual orientation, transgender, disability, age, and religion. SJSU's latest enrollment census shows that ethnically we have a student population which is approximately 32% Asian American/Pacific Islander, 7% Filipino, 11% Mexican American, 3% Other Hispanic, 28% European American, 4% African American. The mean age of students at SJSU is 26.

AGENCY DESCRIPTION AND SETTING: Counseling Services is a department within the Division of Student Services at SJSU. Counseling Services is accredited by the International Association of Counseling Services (IACS) and is established as a comprehensive counseling center offering core clinical services, developmental and life skill interventions, counseling for achieving academic and career goals, consultation, and outreach to our diverse student population. Short-term counseling and psychotherapy are the primary means of direct service delivery and all services offered by Counseling Services are consistent with the educational mission of our metropolitan university.

San José State University is California's oldest institution of public higher learning and is a leader of the 23-campus California State University (CSU) system. SJSU enrolls approximately 28,000 students and is a metropolitan university located in downtown San José), the third largest city in California (Pop. 919,000). SJSU interacts with the surrounding community in a wide variety of civic, cultural, athletic and professional activities. The new Martin Luther King Jr. Library, a cooperative venture between SJSU and the City of San José, is the first joint-use academic/public library partnership of its kind in the United States. Beyond the local community, many recreational, cultural, and tourist attractions are within easy driving distance, including renowned sites such as the Monterey Peninsula, San Francisco, Lake Tahoe, Yosemite, and Napa Valley.

QUALIFICATIONS AND STIPEND: Applicants must have completed a Doctoral degree in clinical or counseling psychology from an accredited educational institution and 1500 pre-doctoral internship hours. The post-doctoral residency carries a stipend of $17,453 and post-doctoral residents will have medical benefits, staff privileges that include a private office, secretarial/ administrative assistance, library use, gym privileges, and ten days off for holiday closures. Other discretionary days off are available with the permission of the Director of Counseling Services. No other benefits are provided.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE: Please submit the following: a letter of interest which includes a statement of your career goals and relevant history; a current curriculum vita that reflects all clinical experiences, and three letters of recommendation, including at least two letters from licensed clinical supervisors. Application material and questions should be forwarded to:

Terri B. Thames, Ph.D., Training Coordinator
Counseling Services
San José State University
One Washington Square
San José, California 95192-0035
(408) 924-5910
email: tthames@email.sjsu.edu
FAX: (408) 924-5933

Positions are open until filled; initial review of application materials will begin on Monday, April 12, 2004. Please check our website for updates. 

SJSU does not discriminate on the basis of accent, age, ancestry, citizenship status, color, creed, disability, ethnicity, gender, marital status, medical condition, national origin, race, religion or lack thereof, sex, sexual orientation, transgender, and veteran's status. This policy applies to all SJSU student, faculty, and staff programs and activities. Questions regarding this policy should be directed to the Office of Equal Opportunity, One Washington Square, BB Building, San José, CA 95192-0003, (408) 924-1115. SJSU is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Reasonable accommodations are made for applicants with disabilities