enter trains students for work in clinical psych
The UNL Psvnhn
ter offers immediate and prompt attention to
anyone with a problem in living, Herbert
Howe, assoc. psychology professor and
center director, said Tuesday.
The center, part of the clinical training
program with the Psychology Dept. accom
plishes two major goals in the process, he
said.
Its basic purpose, according to Howe, is to
train students in clinical psychology. To do
so, it is essential that the center provide a
mental health facility that closely approxi
mates the type students will encounter when
they complete their education.
"The better the clinic and, services we
provide In the clinic," Howe said, "the better
our students will be."
Center staff
Doctoral students in clinical psychology
and faculty members in the department staff
the nine-room center which is located in
Burnett 111. The center is open from 8 a.m.
to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and from 7
to 9 p.m. on Tuesday and Thursday.
"We have a consultant on duty from 8 a.m.
to 5 p.m. daily," Howe said. "Once we have
been contacted by a prospective client, the
consultant on duty will call back within two
hours. The client will meet with a staff
member to work out a preliminary treatment
plan within one day, and within one week the,
first therapy session will have been sched
uled." The case load varies during the year. By
early November, Howe said, the case load is
built up to a good point of efficiency within
the clinic, but during early to mid-December
with semester exams approaching, pressure
on staff members as well as clients increases.
One-third to one-half of the graduate
students are still taking courses with exams,
Howe said. The increased case load means
that some of the calls will have to be put on a
waitino list, and will be called at the earliest
possible time.
Two-hundred c!!sn!s
"We presently serve about 200 clients
annually in the Psychological Consultation
Center," Howe said. "About one-third of the
case load is from the UNL student body,
while the other two-thirds consists of people
from Lincoln and the surrounding area."
"Clients come to the center in several
ways," Howe said. The center receives many
referrals from the courts and various public
and private agencies in Lancaster County, he
said. Some of the clients simply call after
looking in the white pages of their telephone
books, where the center is listed separately
from the rest of the University under
Psychological Consultation Center.
"Many people also come to us through
'word-of-mouth,' " he said. "These are
people who have heard about us from other
people, including . former clients who have
profited from therapy some time in the
past." -
Howe said, the center receives no financial
support from the student activities fund and
is supported by center fees and a training
grant awarded to the department by the
National Institute of Mental Health. The fee
structure is applied to anyone and is directly
related to their income, he said.
Counseling and psychotherapy
The center 'provides counseling and
psychotherapy to solve a variety of personal
problems. Incompatibility and communica
tion breakdown in marriage is one type of
situation for which counseling is provided, he
said.
Members of the staff also deal with
child-parent disputes, alcoholism, persons
suffering from anxiety and depression, as
well as personal problems arising from job
dissatisfaction or vocational displacement.
Howe said, though, that the center tends not
to get involved In academic counseling.
Wmo eoirl mAAinn hiinnin
and staff member are "almost absolutely
confidential." Since the center is a training
setting, t,he work is supervised by faculty
memhprs hasairi.
According to Howe, each, of the sessions is
taped, listened to by the supervisor and
graduate student together and destroyed.
Staff licensed
All faculty staff members are licensed by
law, so they and their assistant's confi
dentiality with a client is protected.
Howe regards the number of referrals from
former patients as one major indication of the
success enjoyed by the center's efforts.
Another measure of success is the low "drop
out rate" at the clinic. While the number of
times a given client is seen in the center
varies greatly, the average is about ten
sessions, he said.
"If the graduate students are receiving
good clinical psychology training, half of the
goal has been achieved," Howe said. He said
the graduate student receive "outstanding
internships" at some of the best clinics in the
country, and on graduation . do incredibly
well.
Howe said the graduate students never
have difficulty getting good jobs, and
usually, except for those graduates with
military commitments, two to three good jobs
offer are waiting for the student on
completion of school.
"We feel that the Psychological Consulta
tion Center is helping many people solve
personal problems to their satisfaction,"
Howe said. "In so doing, we are providing
one more demonstration of the many ways in
which the University can be of service to the
community in which it resides."
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Babysitter; my home, 12:30
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' Call 489-5085 after 5:30 Profes
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STUDENTS: we need part
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DANCERS Full or part-time
day or night, up to $4hr.
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Experienced cleaning person,
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every other week. $2.25hr.,
475-9889.
Cocktail girls (3) needed, no
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or Dan at Der Loaf Und Stein,
12?R "P'
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Male roommate wanted, $65
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Female roommate. Own bed
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$80 mo. Call 472-2f89 and ask
for Kitty or leave name and
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Male roommate wanted $50
mo. new apt.; call 435-4150 after
5p.m.
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Quality watch and jewelry re
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Burr Hall 244, Love Hall.
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1121 N. 28th. 432-1187
One, two, three bedroom
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Complete clubhouse facility, ten
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Peace CorpsVISTA is seek
ing city planners, regional plan
ners, and construction science
grads for assignments in VISTA
and Peace Corps. Recruiter in
Placement Center Nov. 11-14
LAWYERS
needed to work in welfare
rights.counseling, consumer
protection, cooperatives, re
search studies, credit problems,
housing rights and other areas
with VISTA. Call 472-2161 to
make an appointment to see a
VISTA representative Nov. 12.
Sign up for interview and pick
up a VISTA law packet' from
JoAnn Pile in Rm. 208, Law
College.
College P.E.O. Group Meet
ing, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2 p.m.
Meet at Union fountain before
leaving for Beatrice. Call reser
vations no later than Thur.
eve. 432-6075.
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Fart-t.ms cashier for evenings
and weekends. Apply in person,
Robert Hall Clothes, 6105 "O".
tuesday, november6, 1974
DUG: your imk Jo a wnoie
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vel, study, hemestays, volun
tary service and jobs abroad,
visit your Overseas Opportuni
ties Center, 205 Nebraska
Union.
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IHTEiJATIOfiAL
'HOLIDAY
". folk dances from a dozen dif
ferent countries presented with
the relentless gaiety of a color
spread in National Geographic'
(NY Times review after. Lincoln
Center Performance)
Saturday flov. 9
iCICI IP.M.
fekf! Rocita! Bail
Tickets: $2.50 gen. admission; $1 .50UN-L students
Available at Union South Desk or Westbrook 113
Sponsored by Nebraska Union Contemporary Arts Committee
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