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Feedback from previous interns
Licensed Psychologists:
Dr. Victoria (Tori) Littlefield
Dr. John Fennig
Current Consultants in Training:
Sam Hintz - practicum
Dr. Megan Brogger - to licensure
News
related to the firm and the profession/teaching of consulting psychology:
2009: DRIC
completes a year-long distance delivered training program for the
Society of Consulting Psychology. It it the first ever
comprehensive training on the APA-recognized Competencies of
Consulting Psychology.
2008: Dr.
Fennig given Fellow status in Division 13 in recognition of his and
the firm's contributions to the Division/Society, including
providing traineeships.
2008: Dr.
Fennig continues to serve on the Education and Training Committee of
Division 13. He is co-chair of the 2009 mid-winter conference.
2007: DRIC
provides training to 4 graduate students this year and one
undergrad.
Summer 2006:
Dr. Fennig invited to present at the APA annual meeting in New
Orleans on DRI Consulting's 5 years of use, in its training program,
of APA's newly approved
Guidelines for
Education and Training at the Doctoral and Post-Doctoral Level in
Consulting Psychology/ Organizational.
As one of many
editors of this document in early 2000, Dr. Fennig was able to be an
"early adopter" of this framework.
Fall 2005:
Dr. Fennig joins the Division 14 (SIOP) Katrina relief leadership
team. DRIC offers volunteer time from student staff to this
effort.
Learn more about KARE
Fall 2005: Dr.
Fennig passes leadership of the Education and Training
Committee for the Society of Consulting Psychology (SCP)(Div 13 of
APA) to recent graduate students Scott Serviss and Natalie Monarch.
Dr. Fennig will continue on the committee in a mentor role to Scott
and Natalie. DRI will continue to provide survey services for
program evaluations.
Summer 2005: APA approves
the
SCP/Div 13
Guidelines for Education and Training at the Doctoral and
Post-Doctoral Level in Consulting Psychology/ Organizational.
Dr. Fennig
helped some in the editing of this. These serve as the basis
of our training program at DRI Consulting.
Read it.
August 2005:
Dr. John Fennig presents at the American Psychological Association
(APA) Annual Meeting, on the topic of the Ethical Use of the
Internet in consulting psychological service delivery, a 10 year
review of practices at DRI Consulting.
See
news clip
March, 2005: The Society
of Industrial Psychology (SIOP) studies the training and
employment of High School students. DRIC contributed as one
of the few identified firms doing this in the country.
Read Article
Fall 2004: First
Distance Learning program designed and delivered by Dr. John Fennig
and the E&T committee for the SCP. 3 courses to over 50 people
total.
Check
here for future offerings!
6/04: Dr. John
Fennig asked to lead the Education and Training Committee for the
Society of Consulting Psychology - Division 13 of APA. Major
project: Distance Learning design and launch in Fall 2004.
11/03:
Dr. John Fennig reappointed to lead the OD team for the SCP.
9/03:
DRI Consulting hired by SCP to generate their first formal list of
training sites, supervision and mentoring programs. Pre-doc
Gary Dumais leads this. Watch for it at
www.apa.org/divisions/div13
11/02:
Dr. John Fennig appointed to Society of Consulting Psychology (SCP)
(a division of APA) Presidential Task force on Training and
Education. This is our 5th year as a contributor to the
educational mission of the Society.
8/00:
Dr. John Fennig appointed to participate in the Division 13 -
Consulting Psychology Strategic Planning task force - the "Futures
Work".
Read the report.
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"From learning to
leading"
Practicum, Pre-Doctoral &
Post-Doctoral Internships:
Information and
Application
We highly value training and providing
students with a variety of experiences, and accept students
based on our staffing needs and availability.
Thank you for your
interest in DRIC. We are taking applications for
2010-2011.
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Important
information about training at DRI Consulting:
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Based on our
staffing needs and opportunities students present to us, we may
provide traineeships in Minnesota on a 9 to 12 month minimum basis
throughout the year.
- We do not offer summer-only internships.
-Our
commitment to training includes a continuum of opportunities you may
find helpful:
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Informational interviews
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Job
shadowing
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Project
work (paid or unpaid)
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Distance
Learning participation
(go to course page)
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Formal,
unpaid practicum
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Formal paid
pre-doctoral internship of pos-doctoral positions
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Customized
if/when available
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Introductory
Letter to Applicant;
Philosophy and Goals;
Practicum/Intern Role
Description;
Program Goals;
Training Methods;
Description of
Practicum/Internship Activities;
Evaluation; Business and
Benefits; Application Deadline;
Selection Process;
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Dear Applicant:
Thank you for your interest in our masters, pre-doctoral, or or
post-doctoral training programs in organization, individual, and
consulting psychology.
DRI Consulting is committed to training the
scientist-practitioner with an emphasis on incorporating data-based
decisions into professional practice with organizations and
individuals. Some primary purposes of the internship are to help you
further professional development and competence providing consulting
services in the following areas: individuals (coaching, counseling,
and career assessment and development), organizational development,
psychological assessment and feedback, and management and leadership
development. Across all domains, we work to provide ethical
services.
It is our goal to provide high quality training for
practitioners. Our training program focuses on breadth and
quality of service, and we provide an atmosphere where the intern
can gain exposure to the many facets of functioning as a consulting
psychologist while developing a personal style as a consultant.
Further information about training program accountabilities,
responsibilities and goals follow.
We are particularly proud of the
following advantages of our internship:
- Opportunity to take leadership roles in
projects that significantly influence clients and our own
company.
- Exposure to and involvement in all
aspects of a for-profit consulting business.
- Exposure to and involvement in a culture
that is cutting edge and extensive in its use of the internet
and other technologies for the delivery and management of
psychological services.
Why we do this (since few other firms
do!)
- We are good at and committed to
developing professionals within the profession.
- It is a recruiting and selection method
to grow the firm. We have a career path for you here and hope
many of you stay with us (pre-doc, post-doc, consultant, senior
consultant, manager, partner).
- Interns are a lower cost method of
delivery high quality services. We stay competitive with
clients and can reinvest in the success of the firm and its
training mission.
For complete applications instructions, see our "Selection
Process" below.
Consulting Psychology is an old and well-respected practice with
pre-professional roots in such roles as the advisors to the Court of
Queens and Kings. Professionally, it was an early division of APA at
the turn of the century. Historically, it has been a second or third
career for older practicing psychologists. Recently, it is evolving
into a first professional career for many new psychologists at any
age of entry into the field.
The work of a consulting psychologist is very rewarding and
quite challenging. It allows you to use and hone your counseling,
clinical and social psychological skills to meet the needs of
leaders and entire populations of people. It is based on a positive
psychology of development related to the work and non-work
situations faced by individuals, groups, organizations and entire
communities.
I hope that you will consider submitting your application.
Sincerely,
John P. Fennig, Ph.D., L.P.
Director of Training, member of the Education and Training
Committee for the Society of Consulting Psychology [APA
Division 13]
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PROGRAM PHILOSOPHY AND GOALS
Our internship experience is based on APA's
Society of Consulting Psychologists' Principles for Training in
Consulting Psychology.

Practicum/Intern Role Description

Scientist-Practitioner Model
The internship is designed to provide training for entry-level
professional psychology-based consulting practice. The average
age of a DRIC intern is in the mid to late 30's with a wide range from
the 20's into the 50's. We excel at providing a relevant,
engaging and significant training experience - matched to your
previous work and life experience. We strive to help our
trainees integrate data based decision-making into practice, and
we define "science" broadly, valuing attention and
responsiveness to data, whether the source is a journal or a
specific consumer.
Because good science and practice are tied to theory, we strive
to instill an appreciation for conceptual systems. We encourage
our interns to experiment with and adopt theories that are
consistent with their preferences and worldviews while prompting
them to identify the conceptual basis on which they base their
psychological consulting practice.
We value and support the importance of identifying and aligning
with the positive in the work environments. Thus, a main theme
of any intervention will include positive as well as problem
areas. We pay particular attention to train interns to
effectively maintain an emphasis on identifying the positive in
any environment.
We attempt to model and provide opportunities for trainees to
critically evaluate ideas and possible courses of action. An
openness to ideas and differing philosophical stances within the
field will enrich practice, and we encouragement our trainees to
safely consider different theoretical orientations, as well as
specific interventions guided by a scholarly data base.
A related, but separate overarching aim of the internship
program, is to instill a commitment to ethical and relevant
practice for diverse consumers of our services. As a firm and
training program we strive to be inclusive, accepting, and
affirming of the full range of human diversity. This commitment
requires self-examination of our own values. As with other
training goals, interns are expected to be active in their own
growth process.
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PROGRAM GOALS
The training center’s goal is to provide high quality training
for graduate students interested in individual, career and
organizational psychology. The site holds itself to the highest
standards, and strives to create an environment that is both
comfortable and yet challenging for everyone, student and staff
alike.
The goals of the training program are as follows:
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Intern will learn to function effectively, efficiently and
ethically as a trained consulting psychologist to individuals,
groups and organizations.
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Intern will develop good assessment, diagnosis and treatment
consultation to individuals, teams and organizations.
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Intern will conduct prospective client needs assessments and
implement programmatic interventions.
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Intern will establish entry-level supervision capability.
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Intern will assist in generating new business, assessing needs
of prospective clients and client follow-up.
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Intern will develop and use skills to administer project work
for clients and DRI.
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Intern will remain aware of research in the field, and continue
to develop research skills that he/she has established in the
course of doctoral training.
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Intern will incorporate awareness of and responsiveness to
issues of human diversity throughout professional work.
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Intern will base his/her professional decisions and behavior on
ethical principles.
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Intern will strive to develop a sense of identification with the
profession of consulting psychology.
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TRAINING METHODS
Provision of Services
The largest proportion of time is spent providing
client/consumer services. Interns gain experience and training
in providing services to individuals, organizations, the
development of managers, the development of leadership,
psychological assessments, technology integration, ethical
considerations and case consultation. Interns may also provide
supervision to a practicum level student.
Individual Supervision
For individual supervision, interns have a primary supervisor
and an adjunct supervisor. Interns will receive one-and-a-half
hours of regularly scheduled, face-to-face, individual
supervision with a Ph.D. psychologist. Interns will also spend
an additional half-hour designed for supervision of supervision
with a mentor supervisor. Interns are expected to be active
participants in negotiating the goals and process of their
supervision. The primary supervisor will be licensed in the
state of Minnesota, and have supervision as an area of
competence with the State Board of Psychology.
All client projects are team staffed for apprentice-like
learning. We meet daily when possible as an entire staff
to discuss client projects and communicate progress/needs.
Seminars/Continuing Education
Regularly scheduled continuing education workshops and other
training experiences designed by DRI Consulting staff take place
monthly. Workshops topics include assessment, program and
consultation, supervision, group dynamics, career counseling
theory, psychology in the workplace and ethics. Each doctoral
intern will make one presentation to staff and other interns, on
a topic agreed upon by both the intern and supervisor.
Support of Scholarly Inquiry
DRI Consulting provides resources for research. Two hours of
the workweek are allocated for professional development; interns
generally use this time to work on a client project requiring
in-depth research. Alternatively, interns may propose another
project such as poster or paper presentations at professional
conferences. Each intern has a computer with current programs
available as well as connection to the Internet, and networking
within DRI Consulting in order to facilitate research interests.
Attendance at annual APA convention, as well as Division 13
conferences may be supported. Each intern will be encouraged to
attend and participate in these professional venues.
Developmental Sequencing
While interns function quite autonomously, the experience
sequence incorporates increasing complexity of tasks and greater
independence within each task over the course of the year. The
developmental sequencing is incorporated in several ways.
The internship begins with a two-week orientation program.
During the first week, interns spend much of their time with the
Director of Training and the preceding 13 month post-doctoral
intern, working to get acquainted with site policies and
procedures. Interns are also given information relevant to
supervision. During the second week, the emphasis is on exposure
to services provided by the firm, and staff associated with
these services.
During the next month, interns are paired with a
consultant-on-duty or mentor who provides modeling,
consultation, and supervision for the interns’ initial provision
of services. For the next 3 months, mentors work with their
assigned mentees in the delivery of individual, team, and
organization development services. A half-hour of supervision
time is provided weekly by the mentor.
Interns may provide supervision for practicum students during
the third month on site. The task of balancing client concerns
with responsibility for facilitating growth in the supervisee is
a highly complex task. Thus, supervision is introduced after
interns are familiar with DRI.
During the third month, programming is structured and
prescribed. Throughout the remainder of the year, interns
initiate and develop their own programs. During the final three
months, interns contract to complete a project related to
product or service development. Some have opted to develop
brochures, programs, or organize resources relevant to
programming topics. Additionally, interns have increasing
influence in the seminar topics over the course of the year.
All interns assume significant leadership roles for internal
DRIC and external client projects as soon as they are ready.
The interns client responsibilities progress from
individual
assessment and coaching to small team
facilitation/consultation to
organization-wide
interventions.
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DESCRIPTION OF
PRACTICUM/INTERNSHIP ACTIVITIES
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Consulting Services. Each intern will have a major
concentration in the areas of direct individual services,
organizational development, assessment profiling and management
and leadership development training. This focus includes work
with individuals, groups, and experience with diagnostic
assessment and test interpretation.
- Professional Development Time. Each intern will
identify areas of professional strengths and weaknesses and
continue development as a consulting psychologist.
- Seminars, Workshops and Case Conferences. Monthly as
outlined above.
- Didactic Activities. Each intern will participate in
a programmatic sequence of learning including observation,
role-playing and service delivery.
- Scholarly Research Activities. Activities include
time spent on poster or oral presentations to professional
conferences or other negotiated research proposals.
- Staff Development. Interns are included in staff
development activities of the professional staff, which are
scheduled regularly.
- Supervision of Practicum Students. An intern may gain
experience in one-to-one supervision of a practicum student in
program work. Interns also participate in training staff
meetings, and supervision case conferences.
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EVALUATION
Interns are systematically evaluated in all areas in which they
work. Interns, in turn, evaluate their supervisors and the training
program. This evaluation process, including both written and oral
components, takes place two times per year.
We meet monthly as a company in order to review our goals and
activities. The supervisors and staff provide feedback to the intern
(and the rest of us!) to help him/her and all of us to reach our
performance and development goals.
Most importantly, our clients are a regular source of feedback on
intern and DRIC staff success meeting their needs. We collect
formal written (web-based) evaluations and conduct follow-up
interviews. Results are communicated to the project team
involved.
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PRE-and POST-DOCS: BUSINESS AND
BENEFITS
Pre and post-docs are a 50 hour per week minimum commitment for
12 months. Additional time may be required for projects,
learning and travel to clients and professional meetings.
- Stipend: The stipend is amount is negotiated. Checks
are issued on the first and fifteenth of each month and direct
deposited into your bank account.
Benefits:
- Holidays (10)
- Vacation (2 weeks or 10 working days)
- Wellness leave (up to 5 days)
- Professional development leave - DRIC may pay travel,
lodging and enrollment expenses (e.g.,
APA annual meetings,
Division 13 mid-winter meeting, local professional
meetings like ASTD, TCHRA, MNOD Network, MMPAW - up to 12
days)
- Free beverages
- Health insurance (single coverage)
- Dental insurance (single coverage)
- Computer account (email and high speed internet access)
- Free use of company lake cabin 2 hours away in Hayward,
Wisconsin (see at
2otter.com/newbliss/index.htm)
- Access to software and computer hardware to make
home/personal computers compatible with those at DRIC.
Application Deadline:
On-going through the year.
Start of Internship:
On-going through the year.
End of Internship: Determined based on your, your school's
and our needs. (Typically 12 months for full time position).
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PRACTICUM:
BUSINESS AND
BENEFITS
This is a 20 hour per week minimum commitment.
The office is open from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. In
consultation with the supervisor, the practicum student will
establish a regular weekly schedule.
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Stipend:
The Master’s level practicum carries no stipend.
- Benefits:
- Cell phone and monthly service
- Computer account (email and
high speed internet access)
- Free use of company lake
cabin 2 hours away in Hayward, Wisconsin (see at
2otter.com/newbliss/index.htm )
- Access to software and
computer hardware to make home/personal computers compatible
with those at DRIC.
- Application Deadline:
On-going through the year as positions are available.
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Start of
Practicum:
On-going through the year.
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End of Practicum:
Open.
The practicum student may be invited to continue at DRIC
following the end of the formal practicum.
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CANDIDATE QUALIFICATIONS
Candidates must possess or be pursuing an advanced degree in I/O,
counseling or clinical psychology. Our search committee will be
reviewing applicants for evidence of growth and development from
practical experiences.
Our clients are typically healthy, successful adults usually in
significant leadership roles seeking to optimize their future or
their organization’s future. Successful candidate for this position
will have:
- The maturity to work with healthy, successful individuals
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An interest in psychology applied to issues of work and daily
living
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and
written
- Skills and interest to work with individuals,
small groups and large groups
- A systems orientation
that looks at individuals in their work and personal environment
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Acceptance of profit as necessary and good for individuals and
companies with an understanding of the economic context of
situations in which we consult.
- Experience and/or
aptitude measuring, assessing, analyzing and reporting
personality and group psychological functioning.
- An
investment in self-examination of one’s own values and
willingness to grow in knowledge about individuals and groups in
the work place.
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Application Process
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Interested applicants should send the
following to Joe Wohkittel at
joseph.wohkittel@mnsu.edu
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Letter describing interest in the masters practicum or
pre- or post-doctoral training in consulting psychology
- include start and stop dates, special needs by your
program, personal training needs
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Curriculum Vitae
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Joe will contact you
to schedule an initial telephone
conversation to explore our mutual interests and needs and
timeframes. Depending on the outcome of the call, he may
invite you to submit a brief online application (See below).
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Given
a possible match, and only as invited by
staff, please anticipate the following:
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Provide three references, with their
role (i.e. advisor), address, phone number, and e-mail
addresses.
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Provide a list of psychological
assessments you have administered
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Participate in a second interview by phone with staff
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Complete the battery of tests for DRI
Consulting employees and training applicants
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Provide a copy of official graduate
transcripts
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Participate in a final Interview and presentation to staff
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DRI Consulting requests the above
information for the purpose of processing your application. No
persons outside the firm are routinely provided this information.
Responses to all items on the application are required.
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This internship based on the American Psychological Association's
Society of
Consulting Psychologists' Guidelines for Training in Consulting
Psychology.
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Go
to online application
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