The CPC is a training, research and service unit of the Department of Psychology’s doctoral training program in Clinical Psychology and School Psychology. At the CPC, clients are provided services by closely-supervised student clinicians who are graduate students with at least one full year of clinical training and experience. CPC student clinicians receive regular, intensive supervision either from faculty members at the Department of Psychology at the University of Montana, or from licensed clinicians from the community who are affiliated with the Department.

Please note: Because we are a training clinic, your clinician will discuss your (or your child’s) treatment with a supervisor and a clinical team of 4-6 other students. Your clinician will share with you a list of names of his/her clinical team members and clinical supervisor. In addition, your (or your child’s) sessions will be recorded via video camera and some sessions may be observed live through a one-way mirror. Any recordings made of sessions will be destroyed after they have been reviewed with a supervisor, unless a student receives your explicit, written permission to preserve them.

Our student clinicians generally work at the CPC for 1-2 years before leaving to continue their training. If your (or your child's) clinician plans to “graduate” from the CPC, you will either work together toward termination or, occasionally, be transferred to a new clinician. In this event, you (or your child) will be notified of a likely termination or transfer far in advance, so that you can discuss and prepare for it together.