Pre-Doctoral Psychology Internship Program

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Description of the Pre-Doctoral
Psychology Internship Program

The Pre-Doctoral Psychology Internship at Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services is designed to prepare interns to become independent practitioners. The training program utilizes the Practitioner-Scholar Model, with an emphasis on integrating personal faith with empirically supported clinical practice. Our mission is to provide excellent clinical training in psychological assessment, intervention and consultation within a variety of rotations (i.e. outpatient, inpatient and urban outreach) to equip graduates with the competencies needed to succeed as generalists in applied clinical settings.

Pine Rest is an organization that strives toward its mission of expressing the healing ministry of Jesus Christ. The focus of this goal is the provision of mental health services with combined professional excellence and Christian integrity. In practical terms, Pine Rest works toward this goal with a wide-ranging continuum of clinical care options and a unique perspective of integrating clinical care with faith values. Pine Rest is passionate about training Doctoral Psychologists who can draw upon their clinical foundations and faith perspective to make a difference in this world. We hope you consider our site as a place to be welcomed and challenged toward that end.

Practitioner-Scholar Training Model
The Pine Rest Pre-Doctoral Psychology Internship utilizes a Practitioner-Scholar Model in order to emphasize the integration of clinical practice informed by science within the context of a faith perspective. Such incorporation is fostered during the Pine Rest internship through professional development seminars, case conferences, supervision, modeling, teaching, and mentoring that are provided to promote critical thinking and stimulate growth. Articles, guest speakers, and discussions are focused into a curriculum designed to help interns become aware of how personal beliefs influence clinical choices.

Within the context of the Practitioner-Scholar Model, the primary objective of the internship program is to help interns make the transition from graduate student to independent practitioner by equipping them with the ability to integrate psychological theory, research, and practice within a Christian framework. Our internship is dedicated to training clinically proficient graduates who are able to analyze, discuss, and apply scholarly material as well as identify how faith shapes clinical practice.

We expect interns' work to be constantly informed by current advances in the field of psychology, and by an ever developing sense of who they are and what they believe. Students will be encouraged to apply their academic knowledge and personal worldview toward problem-solving in a variety of clinical settings, with challenging cases of diverse issues, backgrounds and belief systems.

Interns will be challenged to further their understanding of the often complex relationship between personal history, worldview, ability to build rapport, intervention utilization and therapy outcomes. The premise of the program is that the best clinical work arises from clinicians who are very self-aware, and appropriately use their personal awareness, growth, and beliefs positively to affect for change in those they serve.

Our philosophy of training emphasizes creating an environment that simultaneously nurtures and challenges interns, both as professionals and people. We encourage collaboration and discourage competitiveness. We view interns as colleagues who are valued members of our staff. In sum, Pine Rest strives to equip interns with the ability to integrate science, practice, and faith values, while constantly evaluating the fit, appropriateness, and impact of all three domains.

Training Specifics
Professional Development Seminar
One of the primary objectives during the internship year involves the development of professional identity; achieving a comfort level with who one is as a clinician, and understanding the implications of one's emerging role as a Doctoral Psychologist. The Professional Development Seminar is designed to facilitate this process, as guest speakers from a variety of roles throughout Pine Rest and the community present on important professional topics. The goal is to provide interns with a variety of perspectives on professional issues; to challenge them to think critically about who they want to be as emerging Doctoral Clinicians.

Seminars are designed to build competence in areas of:
Psychological Assessment
Treatment Intervention & Outcomes
Diversity & Spiritual Integration
Consultation & Outreach
Supervision & Scholarly Inquiry
Professional Conduct & Ethics

Case Conference Seminar
Interns gather weekly with the Training Director to discuss readings and apply them to current clinical cases they are working on. The readings are integrative in focus, with an emphasis on understanding the philosophical bases of the intersection between psychology and faith perspectives. Readings are assigned weekly from the following texts:

A Spiritual Strategy for Counseling & Psychotherapy, 2nd Edition by Richards & Bergin (APA, 2005)

Addressing Cultural Complexities in Practice: Assessment, Diagnosis, and Therapy, 2nd Edition by Hays (APA, 2007)

Spiritually oriented psychotherapy by Sperry & Shafranske (APA, 2005)

Clinical Supervision: A Competency-Based Approach, by Falender & Shafranske (APA, 2004)

Integrative Psychotherapy: Toward a Comprehensive Christian Approach by McMinn & Campbell (IVP, 2007)

Darkness is My Only Companion: A Christian Response to Mental Illness by Greene-McCreight (Brazos, 2006)

The Gift of Therapy: An Open Letter to a New Generation of Therapists and Their Patients by Yalom (Harper Collins, 2002)

In addition to these readings, supplemental materials—including journal articles and book chapters—will be utilized during the course of the training year.

These readings inform active discussion and analysis of issues in an attempt to apply insights to current complex clinical cases.

Supervision
Interns receive two hours of individual supervision per week from a fully licensed psychologist at Pine Rest. For the outpatient training, the intern will have one supervisor for the whole year. The intern will also have a supervisor for each of the two rotations. In addition to this 1:1 weekly individual supervision, the intern will have supervision with the Caring Communities supervisor and with other site-specific staff assist in their training. For example, lead case managers, psychiatrists and staff social workers often provide interns with ancillary supervision. Interns are also part of multidisciplinary teams that meet regularly, as collegial supervision is an important part of the program. Finally, the weekly case conference seminar provides two hours of group supervision per week.

Evaluation
Although feedback is continuous, supervisors formally evaluate interns with verbal and written feedback at the end of each four month quarter. At the half-way point of the training year, the Training Director sends a copy of supervisor evaluations to each intern’s graduate school along with a summary letter. Since evaluation is a two-way process, we ask for intern feedback at the halfway point of the year and at the end of the internship year. As part of our continuous performance efforts, and to ensure that we are meeting the training needs of future psychologists, we also request feedback nine months and two years post-internship. Intern feedback is highly valued as our goal is to continually enhance the training program.

Stipend
Psychology Interns are employed and privileged for one year, full-time, from July 1 through the following June 30. The current stipend is $18,000. Interns are eligible for medical insurance and may elect one of three available plans. Cost varies according to the coverage selected. During the training year, interns receive 14 days of Earned Time Off (ETO), which includes sick days, time for professional conferences, dissertation-related activities and vacation time. In addition, interns receive 6 paid holidays.

Schedule
Although individual intern schedules will vary, interns typically spend four and a half days per week at their various placement sites and rotations. The average intern work-week is approximately 40 hours and includes one evening. Training seminars occur Wednesday mornings each week. * If you would like additional information on the administrative policies of the Pine Rest Pre-Doctoral Internship, please contact brant.vanorman@pinerest.org to request an email copy of the Intern Handbook.

Rotations
In order to provide interns with a rich breadth of training experiences, the Pine Rest internship blends outpatient, inpatient, residential and urban underserved service opportunities. The outpatient placement (16 hours/week) and the urban underserved projects (4 hours/week) are year-long. The inpatient/residential placements (16 hours/week) involve six-month rotations. Training Seminars are scheduled for Wednesday mornings (4 hours/week) throughout the year.

Outpatient (1 X 12 months, 16 hours per week)
For the entire internship experience, sixteen hours per week are spent in a traditional outpatient setting within the Pine Rest Clinic Network (known as the Professional Practice Group, or PPG). The mission of the PPG is to provide high quality, cost effective clinical services in a Christian context utilizing a multi-disciplinary model. The PPG provides comprehensive service to patients of all ages, which address a variety of presenting and identified problems. Services are tailored to address the needs of individuals who are depressed, experiencing anxiety-related disorders, marital and family dysfunctions, eating disorders, substance abuse, impulse control problems, and other behavioral disorders.

Providing individual, marital, group and family therapy are all part of the outpatient training experience. Interns have the opportunity to build, maintain and manage a professional caseload in a collegial environment with other psychologists, psychiatrists and social workers. PPG Clinics are open daily, Monday through Friday. As evening hours are the most popular appointment times for clients, interns are expected to work one evening per week at their clinic. Current sites include the Campus Clinic, Northwest Clinic, Psychological Consultation Center, and the Southwest Clinic.

Additional PPG information: http://www.pinerest.org/services/outpatient/default.asp

Rotations (2 X 6 months each, 16 hours per week)
The remainder of the internship experience (16 hours per week) involves six month rotations within either Pine Rest’s Residential or Hospital-Based Services.

Inpatient
Pine Rest Hospital Based Services (HBS) provides 24-hour / seven-day per week service for acute inpatient mental health care, as well as integrated care for co-occurring disorders (mental health and substance abuse). Partial hospitalization services are provided as well five days per week. Psychology interns and other mental health professionals (including social workers, psychiatrists, mental health workers, case managers, nurses, teachers, dietitians, chaplains, and activity therapists) provide services according to identified patient care needs (such as running groups, consulting with multi-disciplinary teams, and providing case management). Current sites include the Van Andel Center South and North units; Mulder West unit; and the Child and Adolescent Unit

Additional HBS information: http://www.pinerest.org/services/inpatient/default.asp

Residential
One of the internship six-month rotations involves serving an adolescent residential population at the Center for Psychiatric Residential Services (CPRS). Interns and staff provide comprehensive psychological treatment to severely emotionally-impaired adolescents through a variety of group therapies. Specialized groups address issues of grief and loss, conflict resolution, independent living skills, social skills, sexual abuse victimization, sexual offenders, and substance abuse. The high staff-to-resident ratio allows residents to explore new coping skills. All of the programs teach, model, and promote the development of social, coping, and living skills necessary to succeed in the community. Advancement of the development of these skills is tested in the unlocked programs where residents interact with the community on a daily basis. Each of the five programs is based on a level system with daily points assigned for socially appropriate behaviors. In addition to providing direct services to the adolescents, interns also will provide 2 trainings over the course of the year to direct care staff.

Additional CPRS information: http://www.pinerest.org/services/adolescent/program.asp

Caring Communities (1 X 12 months, 4 hours per week)
Each intern is involved (4 hours per week) with a special grant-funded project to reach underserved persons in downtown Grand Rapids. The Pine Rest Board of Directors has endorsed a commitment of $500,000 over a five-year period to be used toward efforts in urban ministries. Members of our Caring Communities Ministries team, which is comprised of both Pine Rest employees and other community members from local churches, health systems, and non-profit agencies approach community leaders with the question: What does your neighborhood and agency need within the arena of behavioral health? Efforts to collaboratively answer that question involve partnerships with the Grand Rapids Public School system, The Other Way Ministry, and United Methodist Community House. Efforts have included a variety of service opportunities ranging from consulting with teachers and parents to running psychoeducational groups. Interns are involved with such community partnerships in inner-city schools and ministries to help broaden their scope of intervention and to enable them to reach out to underserved populations.

Additional information about partnering organizations:
http://www.grps.k12.mi.us/
http://www.theotherway.org/
http://www.umchousegr.org/

Expectations
The program length is one year full time, 12 months. Interns are expected to work a 40 hour week, which includes time allotted for specific training activities: 2 hours individual supervision, 2 hours Case Conference Seminar, 2 hours Professional Development Seminar, plus other weekly training and committee meetings.

The internship at Pine Rest is designed to “meet interns where they are at” with regard to professional development. Initial assessment of skills is followed by goal setting, and then evaluation of such goals. Interns are expected to begin at an entry level of practice skill, then advance to doctoral competence throughout the year, with achievement of intermediate or advanced skill levels upon completion of internship. Internship programming facilitates this process of development through a systematic curriculum of case conference and professional development seminars, in addition to graded progression of complexity with clinical cases, and a gradual movement toward the independent practice of psychology.

Upon orientation, initial intern skill ability is assessed across a broad range of clinical and professional competencies (the same competencies that will be measured throughout the year). Such indicators include skills regarding the following six core goals of the program:

1. Competence in Professional Conduct and Ethics
2. Competence in Scholarly Inquiry and Supervision
3. Competence in Diversity and Spiritual Integration
4. Competence in Psychological Assessment
5. Competence in Treatment Intervention and Outcomes
6. Competence in Consultation and Outreach

The overarching goals of the program are then re-clarified to interns (from the application process), and specific individual goals are then specified with each intern to help them focus their efforts while also meeting the pre-programmed goals of the program. Honest self-assessment is the baseline for this process. Orientation also provides interns with a basic overview of the organizational structure and functioning of Pine Rest as a whole.

Competencies
Training Goals
The Practitioner-Scholar modality is the umbrella overriding the program, and competencies stem from that perspective. With that in mind, the Pine Rest Internship is designed to develop Doctoral Psychologists who practice at a high clinical and professional level. Graduates of the program embody professionals whose clinical practice is informed by the consumption of scientific research, and the reflection that comes from a desire for integration. The goal is to develop clinicians from student-level to independent practitioners. There are six broad goals that drive the program, and each of the six central competency goals is broken down into specific objectives that are designed as targets for each goal. Beyond that, objectives are measured by specific behavioral anchors that will be evaluated throughout the year.

Objectives
1. Competence in Professional Conduct and Ethics
Develop and Maintain Effective Working Relationships
Use Positive Coping Strategies
Manage and Document Patient Care
Manage Time and Administrative Tasks
Apply Knowledge of Ethics and Law

2. Competence in Scholarly Inquiry and Supervision
Seek Scientific Knowledge
Seek and Effectively Use Supervision
Demonstrate Knowledge of Supervision Models and Issues

3. Competence in Diversity and Faith Integration
Demonstrate Sensitivity to Patient Diversity Issues
Demonstrate Awareness of Own Cultural, Ethnic, and Faith Values
Demonstrate Knowledge of Faith Integration Theories and Methods
Integrate Faith Issues in Case Conceptualization

4. Competence in Psychological Assessment
Formulate Diagnoses
Conceptualize Cases
Select and Administer Assessments
Interpret Assessment Results
Write Reports and Provide Feedback

5. Competence in Treatment Intervention and Outcomes
Develop and Maintain Patient Rapport
Manage Patient Risk
Develop Treatment Goals
Use Empirically Supported Treatments
Apply Faith Integration Intervention(s)
Use Counter-Transference in Therapy
Prepare for and Facilitate Group Therapy
Evaluate Treatment Outcomes

6. Competence in Consultation & Outreach
Consult Collaterally
Develop and Manage Referrals
Develop and Deliver Outreach Presentations

Selection Considerations

Pine Rest computer match: #137011

Pine Rest is a member of the Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers (APPIC) and pledges to adhere to APPIC and the National Matching Services selection and notification procedures. We accept applications from students in both clinical and counseling psychology and give preference to those from APA Accredited programs. To be competitive in the selection process, you should have received substantial training in psychopathology and psychotherapy, and be interested in integrating clinical practice with personal faith.

Because of the number of applications received, only those who have been pre-selected are invited to schedule in-person interviews. We value early applications and in-person interviews, and schedule interviews as soon as possible. The program notifies applicants of selection or non-selection for an interview prior to the APPIC December 15 interview notification deadline. Individual interviews take place with the Training Director at the Psychological Consultation Center on Pine Rest’s Main Campus, followed by a group lunch with other applicants and current interns. After lunch there is a group interview at the main campus with the Chief Operating Officer and select supervisors and training committee staff. Interviews conclude with a group tour of the Pine Rest Main Campus, including residential and inpatient rotation sites and the Campus Clinic. The tour is given by current interns and provides a further opportunity to ask questions of the current interns.

After the interviews are completed and before the February notification date, the training committee rank candidates. Because of Michigan's licensure laws, only interns who have a formal master's degree in clinical or counseling psychology or social work can be licensed. Licensure is necessary for interns to receive third party reimbursement for outpatient services. Therefore significant preference will be given to applicants eligible to obtain Limited License Psychologist (LLP or LPC) status in the state of Michigan prior to the internship start date of July 1. (TLLP licenses are acceptable as well.) In short, the primary distinction between the LLP and TLLP is that the LLP requires 2000 hours post-masters degree. The hours need not all be direct client care, but do need to involve the provision of psychological services and must be supervised by a licensed psychologist. For the current year, two of the four matched interns were LLP eligible by the time the internship began; two were TLLP eligible.

Licensure requirements: www.michigan.gov/documents/mdch_psyc_full_app_pkt_92012_7.pdf

* For additional information on Pine Rest's APA Accreditation, please contact:

APA Committee on Accreditation
750 First Street, NE
Washington D.C. 20002-4242
(202) 336-5979

Training Setting & Organizational Mission
Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services is a comprehensive mental health facility offering a continuum of care options and programs for all ages. Services are offered at various sites across western Michigan, including clinics along the lakeshore and Kalamazoo, though Pine Rest’s central campus is ten miles from the center of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Greater Grand Rapids has a population of nearly 500,000 people, and there are 5 colleges and 3 universities within a 60-mile radius.

The organizational mission of Pine Rest is to express the healing ministry of Jesus Christ by providing behavioral health services with professional excellence, Christian integrity, and compassion. This mission guides the organization and the training program. We are looking for psychology interns who are passionately committed to the mission and future of Pine Rest and hope graduates of our program evidence that commitment by becoming leaders and mentors in their respective professional fields. Therefore, we value the following aspirational objectives:

Pine Rest’s professional staff includes more than forty Doctoral Psychologists who actively partner with Psychiatrists, Primary Care Physicians, Social Workers, Activity and Occupational Therapists, Pastoral Counselors, Psychiatric Nurses, and Teachers to meet the needs of patients.

Pine Rest serves an ethnically and socio-economically diverse client population that represents the greater Grand Rapids and West Michigan community. We provide services to people from various religious and non-religious backgrounds. While some clients come to Pine Rest specifically because of our sensitivity to spiritual issues, many come because of our long-standing reputation of providing comprehensive and expert behavioral health care.

Pine Rest is accredited by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO). The Psychology Internship received full accreditation from the American Psychological Association in 1982 and has been accredited continuously since that time. The next APA site visit is scheduled for 2009.

Additional information:
www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Rapids,_Michigan
www.city-data.com/city/Grand-Rapids-Michigan.html
www.apa.org/ed/accreditation/internm.html
www.pinerest.org/about/faith.asp

Diversity
Diversity is a capstone of the philosophy and training model of the program, as the privilege to integrate faith and practice is contingent upon psychology's valuing of religious differences. It is vital that all aspects of individual and cultural diversity (whether racial, ethnic, age, socioeconomic, or disability among others) are similarly valued and encouraged. Diversity discussions are infused in program training through the seminars and collaborative work in the community with Caring Communities Initiatives.

The program strives to integrate the question, "What is the role of cultural and individual diversity in _________ (current topic of psychological phenomena and / or professional practice)?" in all aspects of training. As interns present cases, they are challenged to explore diversity aspects intertwined with clinical issues. Oppressive societal factors affecting mental health are explored, as is the need for social justice and advocating for those who have not had the opportunity to be heard.

A Diversity Module highlights and supports an integrative focus on diversity in the program. Interns participate in outside trainings that promote diversity applications, such as a poverty simulation sponsored by ACCESS (All County Churches Emergency Support System) and an intensive two-day seminar exploring racial diversity at the Institute for Healing Racism.

Interns also have the opportunity to serve populations in the inner city of Grand Rapids through a five-year grant (of $500,000) offered through the Pine Rest Foundation. Interns experience a consultative role in providing psychoeducational programming and consults to organizational staff, students and families in the community. Building on these collaborative experiences, interns develop their own grant proposal to reach underserved populations as well.

The internship program also works in tandem with Pine Rest's Human Resources division and the Advocates for a Diverse Community Committee. This collaboration helps extend the organizational mission: to express the healing ministry of Jesus Christ by providing behavioral health care with professional excellence, Christian integrity, and compassion. Pine Rest specifically determines to respect the distinctive quality of each individual, and to encourage each person's unique contribution through living the mission of DIVERSITY:

Different Individuals Valuing Each other Regardless of religion, Skin or sex, Intellect, Talents, or Years

Additional information:
www.pinerest.org/community/urban.asp
www.accessconnects.org/Simulation/PovertySimulation.htm
www.grcc.cc.mi.us/ShowPage.cfm?PageID=1042

Training Staff

Brant VanOrman, PsyD is the Training Director for the pre-doctoral psychology internship at Pine Rest. He graduated from Wheaton College after completing his internship with Pine Rest. He then conducted testing and therapy at the Grand Haven clinic for two years before transferring in 2002 to the Psychological Consultation Center on Pine Rest’s main campus. His current outpatient work is largely related to psychological assessment and consultation. He was named Training Director for the internship effective July 1, 2007. He facilitates the integration of faith, science and practice through the Case Conference Seminar. He also supervises the Child Psychiatric Residential Services rotation.

Rachel Cheyne, PhD is a licensed psychologist who has been practicing with Pine Rest at the Northwest Clinic since 2005. Prior to joining Pine Rest, Dr. Cheyne provided outpatient therapy for special needs foster children in Muskegon for 7 years. Dr. Cheyne completed her undergraduate training at Calvin College and earned her Doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology from Bowling Green University. Dr. Cheyne’s primary clinical focus is on outpatient therapy for children and their families and adults providing solution focused family therapy and parenting techniques. She serves as supervisor at the Pine Rest Northwest Clinic.

Scott Halstead, Ph.D., is a supervisor for the Van Andel inpatient rotation and neuropsychological testing. Dr. Halstead received his degree from Fuller Theological Seminary in 1992, served as a psychologist with the U.S. Air Force from 1991 to 2003, and completed a two-year neuropsychology fellowship at Brown University in 2000. Joining Pine Rest in 2003, he is the Director of Pine Rest’s Psychological Consultation Center and provides outpatient and inpatient neuropsychological evaluations. Dr. Halstead specializes in working with older adults with memory disorders, and presents to interns on this and other assessment issues.

Ryan Jaarsma, Psy.D., graduated with his doctorate from Wheaton College in 1998 after completing an internship at the Western Michigan University Counseling and Testing Center. He began working at Pine Rest in 1998, became an outpatient supervisor in 2001, Assistant Training Director in 2003 and Training Director in 2004. Dr. Jaarsma was instrumental in remodeling the internship program in 2004, proposing the inpatient / outpatient / outreach model and securing a grant to reach underserved populations. He is a member of APA and the American Association of Christian Counselors. Since 2007, he has served as Executive Director of the Pine Rest Family Institute. He continues also to provide psychotherapy to adults, teens and children at the Pine Rest Southwest Clinic, where he serves as a supervisor.

Suzann Ogland-Hand, PhD is a geropsychologist at Pine Rest’s Psychological Consultation Center (PCC), and the Director for the Center for Senior Care at Pine Rest. An Iowa native, Dr. Ogland-Hand received her PhD in clinical psychology from Fuller Graduate School of Psychology at Fuller Seminary, Pasadena, CA, in 1993. She completed her pre-doctoral internship in the Interdisciplinary Team Training Program at the Palo Alto VA in California, and her post-doctoral fellowship training in geropsychology at Palo Alto VA. Dr. Ogland-Hand is a member of the American Psychological Association, the Gerontological Society of America, and Psychologists in Long-Term Care. She currently serves on the Michigan Dementia Coalition. She was selected to be a delegate to the 2005 White House Conference on Aging. She has published and presented on topics pertaining to the assessment and treatment of late-life depression, and family caregiving for dementia. Among her publications, she co-authored “Assessing & Treating Late-life Depression: A Casebook & Resource Guide” and co-edited "Emerging Trends in Psychological Practice in Long-term Care." She provides neuropsychological evaluation, with a focus on older adults, at the Psychological Consultation Center.

Kim Prose, PsyD, is a clinical psychologist who has been at Pine Rest since September of 1998. A Michigan native, she completed her undergraduate degree at Western Michigan University. She worked as a special education teacher for six years, providing services to children and adolescents with learning disorders, behavior disorders, and developmental disabilities. Dr. Prose returned to school and earned her doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology, with a minor in Health Psychology, at the Illinois Institute of Psychology. Dr. Prose currently works at the Psychological Consultation Center and provides psychological assessments for children, adolescents and adults. Her clinical interests include the assessment of ADHD, mood and anxiety disorders, personality disorders, and learning disorders. She supervises the Child and Adolescent Hospital-Based Services rotation.

Bruce Retterath, PhD, is a licensed psychologist who has practiced at Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services since 1993. Dr. Retterath completed his undergraduate and doctoral degree at the University of North Dakota. His prior work experience includes inpatient, outpatient and residential settings. Dr. Retterath’s current clinical areas of interest include the assessment and treatment of ADHD, anxiety disorders and mood disorders, diagnostic/personality evaluations, pre-surgical evaluations, learning disability evaluations, and management consultations. Dr. Retterath is a member of the Critical Incident Response Team at Pine Rest through which he provides services to individuals, families, and organizations. He has participated in research projects including an assessment of patient response following bariatric surgery. Dr. Retterath is a member of the Anxiety Disorders Association of American, American Association of Christian Counselors, and Michigan Psychological Association.

GraceAnn Robertson, Ph.D. is a training committee member and supervisor for the program. Dr. Robertson received her undergraduate education from Wheaton College and her doctorate from the University of Kansas in 1994. She interned at Pine Rest in 1993 and then began work at the Pine Rest Caledonia Clinic. She currently works for Psychiatric Associates of West Michigan, providing individual, couple, and family therapy and psychological testing for all ages. She has also taught as an adjunct professor at Grand Valley State University and Western Michigan University.

Pamela White, Ph.D., is a fully licensed psychologist who has practiced at Pine Rest since 1994. She completed her undergraduate degree at Miami University and earned her doctorate in clinical psychology at Kent State University in 1987. She completed her internship at Ohio State University Hospitals and her post doctoral fellowship at a behavioral medicine/rehabilitation center affiliated with OSU hospitals. Prior to joining Pine Rest, Dr. White provided outpatient therapy and consultation at Children’s Hospital of Columbus, Ohio. She currently provides outpatient therapy and consultation to children, adolescents, and adults at Pine Rest’s Campus Clinic, where she serves as supervisor.

Timothy Zwart, Ed.D. is a supervisor for the Mulder West inpatient rotation. Dr. Zwart graduated from Western Michigan University in 1988. At Pine Rest he administers the ADD Institute and provides assessments, consultation and therapy. Dr. Zwart provides psychoeducational presentations to parents on ADHD, stress management and parenting issues. He is member of the Michigan Psychological Association and American Association of Christian Counseling and also serves as chair of Pine Rest’s Psychology Peer Review. Dr. Zwart also provides personality and career assessment training. He supervises the Mulder West rotation.

Executive Leadership
Mark Eastburg, PhD: President / Chief Executive Officer
Alan Armstrong: Vice President/Chief Medical Officer
Bob Nykamp: Vice President / Chief Operating Officer
Paul Karsten: Vice President of Finance / Chief Financial Officer
Sue Kellar: Director of Operations, Hospital Based Services
Scott Wagner: Corporate Director, Professional Practice Group
Al Jansen: Director, Residential Services
Gary Burkhart: Chair of Psychology Department

Managers
Holly VanderPlaats: Campus Clinic
Scott Halstead: Psychological Consultation Center
Pam Wright-Hachet: Northwest Clinic
Larry VanderPlaats: Southwest Clinic
Bob Bouws: Mulder West Unit
Tiffany Idziak: CPRS
Becky Haas: Child and Adolescent Unit
Ric Lutke: Van Andel South Unit

History of the Pre-Doctoral Psychology Internship
The Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services Pre-Doctoral Psychology Internship was developed over 25 years ago to reflect the integration of professional psychological intervention and the values of Christian faith. Pine Rest is one of a few nationally recognized programs that offer distinctively Christian training while also meeting criteria for accreditation with the American Psychology Association (since 1982).

Pine Rest's training program is highly sought out by prospective psychology interns across the county, with typical application to acceptance ratios of 9 to 1. Many graduates of the training program have gone on to highly productive careers within the Pine Rest family or other respected institutions throughout the county. The training program has been highly successful in preparing psychologists for a variety of Doctoral roles, and is seen as a successful microcosm of Pine Rest's philosophy and mission in practice.

Pine Rest values the opportunity to provide an atmosphere of continual learning through training; fostering community partnerships while articulating and enhancing the organizational mission. We realize that good training challenges clinical staff as well as interns, and are determined to continually evaluate what we believe and how we practice in light of scientific discoveries and faith-based integration. We invite you to become a part of the history and relationship of reciprocal learning at Pine Rest.

Interns
* indicates employment with Pine Rest upon completion of internship

2007-2008	Graduate Program
Karen Cleveland*	Fuller Theological Seminary
Steven Runner*	Wheaton College
Nicole Ware Spencer*	Argosy University-Illinois
2006-2007	Graduate Program
Brenda Bratton	Western Michigan University
Kristen Kish*	Michigan State University
Brian Post	Wheaton College
2005-2006
Jessica Jenkins	University of Detroit Mercy
Jennifer McKay	Wheaton College
Tory Seif*	University of Mississippi
2004-2005	(program on hiatus)
2003-2004
Sameera Ahmed	Farleigh Dickenson University
Richard Baez*	Azusa Pacific University
Richard Bank	Georgia School Prof. Psych. Argosy
Shelley Dennis*	Univ. of North Carolina, Greensboro
Kris DeWitt	Florida School Prof. Psych. Argosy
Darryl Douglas	Regent University
Beverly Ingelse	Chestnut Hill College
2002-2003
Deborah Bryan	Gannon University
Rebecca Katovsich	Andrews University
Brandee Peikert*	California School Prof. Psych.
Gunther Swartz*	Andrews University
Michael Wolff	Azusa Pacific University
2001-2002
Matthew Bush*	Fuller Theological Seminary
Ani Dos-Dreyer	Pepperdine University
Jeff Eckert	Wheaton College
Kim Gaines-Eckert	Wheaton College