Psp Professional Services Internship Experience

My internship experience for this summer was quite engaging, exposing, knowledgeable, yet challenging at the same time. I began to serve at PSP Professional Services on May 31st. PSP Professional Services is a private practice created by one of the licensed counselors and it is funded through several insurances and/or employer-sponsored services. Moreover, my schedule consisted of going Monday through Thursday from 10 a.m. to 3p.m. Occasionally, I would attend Saturdays depending if there was an interpreter needed for the day. I chose this specific facility because it is located in the Hispanic area and I support the premise behind the foundation of this facility. PSP Professional Services hopes to reach out to those who have been victimized,
I had the privilege to interpret in sessions, as well as sit and observe them. Each session was about 50 minutes long; however, they could extend to 2 hours if it is family therapy. I would also help at the summer camps held at the facility. I would interact with the children and assist the counselor and graduate intern in terms of teaching the children coping skills, creating games, posters, crafts, cleaning, and translating to the children or parents who did not understand English so well. Camp meetings were about four hours. In addition, I would also assist in the front office by filing insurance claims, making files for the new clients, making reminder calls for the camps or group sessions, signing-in the clients, making copies of the forms used for intakes, and etc. Typically, each assignment I had at the front desk took anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour. Overall, my experience at PSP Professional Services was phenomenal! I would definitely recommend other students to intern at this facility, especially if they are seeking the counseling approach of the psychology field. They do a great job at allowing students to gain first-hand experience by allowing them to observe sessions, as well as exposing them new techniques. Additionally, counselors are very knowledgeable as they are willing to help you understand coping skills, counseling techniques, or certain terminology in general. The staff at this facility actually invests time in your education in terms of how to prepare for graduate school, how to interact with clients, how approach different types of clients, how to administrate the practice, how to do notes and diagnose, and etc. They really understand the concept of sharing knowledge in order to make a greater impact in the community. However, I would recommend that they should hire interpreters, whose job would solely be to interpret sessions, interpret for clients, forms, and