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Practicum Training Program
Notice Regarding Training Program for 2025-2026 Academic Year
We regret to inform you that CAPS will not be accepting trainees for the 2025-2026 academic year. We are currently not taking applications but anticipate resuming our training program for the following academic year.
We appreciate your interest in our program and encourage you to check back for updates. Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at 805-437-2088.
Thank you for your understanding and patience.
Training future generations of clinicians is a fundamental component of the mental health profession across disciplines including professional counseling, marriage and family therapy, social work, psychology, and psychiatry. All disciplines require practical experience in various treatment settings. The purpose of a training program at CSU Channel Islands (CSUCI) Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) is to provide trainees with clinical experience in working with students in a college counseling center setting.
The training program at CSUCI CAPS subscribes to a Practitioner-Scholar model of training, which emphasizes the development of professional skills among clinicians who use evidence-based practices and a commitment to the ongoing cultivation of cultural humility. The training program is sequential and cumulative in nature and builds on the experience obtained at the clinic. The program is a hybrid of on-campus and telehealth services grounded in a brief therapy model.
Benefits
The benefits to the trainees are that they are provided with substantive and integrated clinical experiences in a college counseling center setting while being supervised by licensed mental health professionals. Trainees practice assessment, individual and group therapy, crisis intervention, treatment planning, case management, outreach to the campus community, and building skills in short-term, problem-focused treatment strategies. The practicum also provides an opportunity for professional and personal development. Further, following completion of the practicum, trainees will have skills to compete for employment opportunities in a variety of jobs in the field of behavioral and mental health.
If you have any questions regarding our training program, please contact our Senior Clinician and Outreach & Training Coordinator, Stacy Udolph, LCSW, via email at stacy.udolph@csuci.edu.