Clinical Practicum

One of the significant strengths of our location in the Research Triangle area is the wide population diversity to which students are exposed during their clinical training. While the majority of Triangle area residents are Caucasian or African American, North Carolina also has the highest growth rate of Latinos (primarily of Mexican heritage) in the country. In addition, counties just outside the Triangle offer our students valuable experience in consultation and clinical practice with rural residents from different ethnic backgrounds. Our practicum sites offer experiences in providing clinical services to ethnically and socioeconomically diverse populations within the settings of campus counseling centers, state psychiatric facilities, elementary and middle schools, and medical facilities. Students and supervisors alike are routinely surveyed for inclusion of diversity training and sensitivity to issues of diversity within these experiences.