Updated September 23, 2024
encouraged to use paper-and-pencil symptom measures to track treatment outcome. Occasional opportunities for personality assessment and/or cognitive screens utilizing MMPI, PAI, RBANS, and MoCA are available. Cultural Competence Training: Outpatient mental health (through BHIP) trainees will primarily work with Veterans spanning from the Vietnam era to the current OEF/OIF/OND conflicts era. In addition to the wide array of patient ages, trainees working on this rotation will also see Veterans with diverse racial, ethnic, educational, and socioeconomic backgrounds. Moreover, occasional opportunities to work with LGBT patients also arise within the rotation. Supervisors on this rotation strive to expose trainees to an intersectional approach to diversity consideration, whereby relevant background factors are taken into account during assessment, treatment planning, and intervention phases of therapy. Common issues associated with working in the VA setting, such as how to deal with encountering various forms of prejudice, will also be a focus. 10. Outpatient Mental Health – Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs) Laguna Hills Supervisor: Tammi La Tourette, Ph.D. Placentia Supervisor: Katherine Jazyk-Larson, Psy.D. Program: The CBOCs serve a diverse population of Veterans and trainees will be exposed to a variety of presenting problems including depression, anxiety, PTSD, chronic pain, acute and chronic medical conditions, relationship difficulties, and anger management. Psychology Training Provided : Trainees will participate in the triage clinic, as well as provide individual psychotherapy to a diverse population of Veterans. Additional opportunities include co- facilitating psychotherapy groups such as STAIR, ACT for PTSD, and Men’s MST Groups. Because of the nature of the CBOC, trainees can expect to treat a wide variety of presenting problems and obtain a solid foundation of outpatient psychotherapy experience. Trainees on this rotation will have the opportunity to provide individual and group psychotherapy in an outpatient setting. Trainees can be expected to carry a caseload of individual therapy clients, assist in running time-limited therapy groups or process-oriented groups, and participate in outreach efforts to the community. Depending on the clinical interest of the trainee, there may also be limited opportunities for long-term therapy, psychological testing, crisis intervention, and primary care consultation as well as opportunities to interact with the Veteran’s court and/or VASH program staff. Additional training opportunities may include Gender Affirming Care (assessment for readiness for gender affirming therapies such as hormone replacement therapy and/or surgery) and marital/family therapy. The clinic offers the opportunity to be part of an interdisciplinary team of psychologists, social workers, nurses, primary care physicians, and an addiction therapist as well as opportunities to interact with other medical services (e.g., optometry, audiology, pharmacy) housed at the clinic. EBP opportunities: The staff psychologists are trained in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and Skills Training in Affective and Interpersonal Regulation (STAIR).
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