I am the supervisor of a treatment program through a CSB.  I have worked with several graduates from RU's clinical psychology program, their counselor education program, and their social work program.  I have found that the interns from the clinical program are no less capable of performing work in real clinical situations than interns from the other programs.  In many cases, the clinical program produces interns and residents who have superior skills and require less supervision than their cohorts from other programs; however, students from the other programs mentioned are deemed license-eligible because of the particular curricula are pre-approved.  At this point in time, the CSB is limited on who we can take as interns/residents for various positions because the students need to be license eligible.

As an employer, I respectfully request that the Board reconsider license eligibility for residents educated through clinical psychology programs.  They make excellent candidates to become strong counselors, not just clinical psychologists.

Thank you for your attention.

Heather Custer, LPC