Social Work

About our Postgraduate Social Work Fellowship and Internship Program

 

The fellowship and internship place a high priority on developing practitioners with a strong foundation in theory; a capacity to be reflective regarding their own values and use of self; and a capacity to assess the strengths and limitations of theoretical frameworks in the treatment process.

 

Training occurs through course work, clinical practicum opportunities and intensive supervision. Trainees also focus on careful and thorough diagnosis and a compassionate, patient-centered approach to working with patients at The Menninger Clinic.

 

Fellowship Opportunities

 

Fellows participate as members of interdisciplinary teams and work directly with patients and their families, often serving as a liaison between the patient, family and team. Fellows integrate diagnostic formulations into treatment planning, weekly team meetings and team rounds with patients.

 

In addition, fellows conduct group, individual and family therapy sessions and are involved in advanced case management. Generally, fellows have a caseload of three families and two individual psychotherapy cases at a time. Fellows are responsible for co-facilitating group therapy twice per week. In total, fellows carry four to eight hours of individual and group therapy per week and three to five hours of family therapy and/or intervention per week, in addition to other clinical duties.

Each week fellows participate in approximately 10 hours of individual supervision, group supervision and didactic seminars. Topics include family dynamics, individual case conference, clinical syndromes, group dynamics, group process, psychodynamic psychotherapy and seminar in psychological testing and assessment. Because Menninger is affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine, fellows may also attend the college's Grand Rounds and case conferences.

The deadline for the 2013 fellowships is February 15, 2013.

 

Complete the online application. Print and submit it with the following:

 

Official graduate transcript	Resume
Three academic or professional letters of reference	Field evaluations
Clinical paper or narrative report (de-identified clinical report that includes presenting problem, history, current symptoms, diagnostic formulation, treatment goals and intervention approaches) with approximately two pages of process recording included

 

Final candidates will be asked to interview at Menninger with a group of clinical supervisors and current social work staff and fellows.

 

For more information, email Tina Holmes, coordinator, Education & Research Support Services, or call 713-275-5339.

 

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