CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY PRACTICUM TRAINING

          A central component of the EKU Training Program in Clinical Psychology is the practicum training.  Students in the clinical program are required to complete six credit hours of practicum.  The field practica are typically completed during the first Spring and second Fall semesters.  These placements involve spending two full working days per week at the practicum site.  Examples of typical practicum sites include local comprehensive care enters, public and private psychiatric hospitals, residential treatment facilities for children and adolescents, as well as agencies working with various special populations.  

Examples of Past Practicum Assignments  

• Blackburn Correctional Facility (A minimum security prison).
• Pathways Community Mental Health Center
• Hospice of the Bluegrass
• Ridge Behavioral Systems
• Adolescent Chemical Dependency Unit
• Adult Substance Treatment Program
• Office of Student Disabilities, Eastern Kentucky University
• EKU Counseling Center
• Comprehensive Care Community Mental Health Center, Danville, KY
• Bluegrass Personal Care Home
• United Methodist Children’s Home
• Georgetown College Student Counseling Center
• Kentucky School for the Deaf
• Estill County Comprehensive Care Center
• Fayette County Detention Center
• Fayette County Juvenile Detention Center
• Woodlawn Children’s Home