Counseling Psychology

Students begin the application process to off-site practicum sites following consultation with their advisor the academic year prior to starting off-site. Often this is during student’s 2nd and 3rd years. In the spring semester, the program’s Off-Site Practicum Coordinator hosts a practicum fair for students to learn more about practicum partnerships in the community. After the attending the practicum fair, students contact practicum sites they are most interested in to set up an interview. Students should not contact sites directly before the practicum fair. Below are select examples of off-site practicum locations where our students receive training.

University Counseling Centers

• Purdue University, Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) – West Lafayette, IN
• Indiana State University Student Counseling Services – Terre Haute, IN
• IUPUI Counseling & Psychological Services – Indianapolis, IN
• Butler University – Indianapolis, IN
• DePauw University – Greencastle, IN

Veterans Hospitals

• VA Illiana Health Care System – Danville, IL
• Richard L Roudebush VA Medical Center – Indianapolis, IN

Community Mental Health Centers

• Indiana Women’s Prison – Indianapolis, IN
• Willowstone Family Services, Inc – Lafayette, IN
• Wabash Valley Hospital, Inc., Outpatient – Lafayette, IN
• Four County Counseling Center – Logansport, IN

Hospitals

• Wabash Valley / River Bend Hospital – West Lafayette, IN
• Logansport State Hospital – Logansport, IN

_{Please note: students may need to satisfy certain eligibility requirements (e.g., background check, drug screening) for some site placements. The placements change regularly as the program adds new sites and other sites become unavailable. Some sites accept only advanced students.}

Funding for Counseling Psychology doctoral students is complex and comes from multiple sources. First, students find assistantships in offices across campus, including the Academic Success Center, the Military Family Research Institute, and the Center for Career Opportunities. Students must apply and interview for these positions. Faculty and peers are supportive in filtering assistantship information to students, and faculty assist students in preparing their application materials. Nonetheless, the student is responsible for following up with the information and securing the assistantship. Although our students are very competitive for these positions, the process can be stressful.

Second, students may have opportunities to teach sections of undergraduate courses. These include EPDS 105: Academic and Career Planning, EPDS 315: Collaborative Leadership – Listening, EPDS 316: Collaborative Leadership – Cross-Cultural Settings, and EPDS 317: Collaborative Leadership – Mentoring. Students have also secured teaching assistantships in the Department of Psychological Sciences.

Finally, some students obtain faculty-nominated fellowships, which guarantee funding but require 20 hours per week of work for our home department, Educational Studies. Only a few fellowships are available each year, and they are competitive.

Although funding can be stressful, all current students in the program who want funding have at least a .25 FTE appointment. Regardless, some students obtain federal or private loans to supplement their income.

Additional funding information can be found on through College of Education graduate funding.