Mentored Clinical Internship (MCI)
The MENTORED CLINICAL INTERNSHIP (MCI) course (two semesters -fall and spring consecutively) offers psychological science students opportunities to apply their academic learning experiences to a wide variety of mental health related placements. Placement agencies range on a continuum from advocacy to programs serving people of all ages experiencing mental health challenges. The course connects you to agencies that fit your interests and/or future goals. Second, the weekly seminar is an opportunity for all interns to share experiences, appreciate the importance of ethics and confidentiality in clinical psychological work, and offer advice about how to handle thought-provoking, sometimes perplexing placement situations. The seminar is a kind of “think tank,” a way to discuss situations, cases, and specific concerns in a safe and confidential environment. The Capstone Research Project (both semesters) provides an opportunity to apply what you learned academically to benefit your host agency. See the list of organizations in which students are currently enrolled in the right sidebar on this page. For more information.
Recent MCI Collaborations
- Baird School (Howard Center Department of Children Youth and Families)
- Bellcate School
- Champlain Valley Head Start
- Chittenden County Public Defender’s Office
- Chittenden Regional Correctional Center (serving women)
- Converse Home Memory Care Program
- Howard Center Adult Developmental Services: Person Centered Thinking Program
- Howard Center Comprehensive Care Programs (Jarrett House serving children and Transition House serving adolescents)
- Howard Center Community Intervention Program
- King Street Youth Center
- Lund Family Center
- Mansfield Hall (Residential: Young adult students with social interactional and learning challenges)
- Migrant Justice
- Outright Vermont
- Phoenix House Drug & Acohol Treatment: RISE Supported Living Program
- Sara Holbook Community Center
- Spectrum Youth and Family Services
- Turning Point Substance Abuse Recovery Center
- UVM Athletic Dept. of Sports Psychology & Counseling Program
- UVM Department of Psychiatry, Achenbach System of Empirically Based Assessment (ASEBA)
- UVM Dept. of Psychiatry, Vermont Center on Behavior and Health
- UVM Dept. of Psychological Science, Vermont Psychological Services (out-patient clinic)
- UVM Living Well - Step-Up Program
- UVM Living Well - Catamount Recovery
- Vermont State Department for Children and Families (DCF)
- Winooski Family Center