Consortium Sites
University of Texas at El Paso / Counseling Center
The University of Texas at El Paso’s Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) has been offering psychological services and support for its students since 1967. The Counseling and Psychological Services staff believes that good mental health is the cornerstone of personal, academic, and career success. As such, the University Counseling and Psychological Services’ mission is to support the students of the University of Texas at El Paso in their personal, academic, and career endeavors by providing developmental, remedial, and preventative mental health services to students. The center’s staff also believes that a healthy environment facilitates mental health. Therefore the Counseling and Psychological Services aims to support the learning environment of the University by providing outreach programming for students and consultative services regarding student concerns to faculty and staff.
Counseling and Psychological Services is dedicated to providing high quality mental health services that support the student’s ability to benefit from their experience at the University of Texas at El Paso. To this end the Center provides career counseling; psycho-educational workshops; individual, group, and couples counseling; crisis intervention; and professional training experiences that are responsive to the individual, cultural, and demographic diversity of our students.
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Interns should apply using the match number above. They may complete minor rotations at other sites in the Consortium.
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center/Department of Psychiatry
The Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso, Department of Psychiatry was founded in 1976, as part of what was then a two-year medical school in El Paso. Its mandate was to serve as part of a regional academic health center focused on primary care and the teaching of 3rd and 4th year medical students and residents. A residency in psychiatry was established and accredited in 1978. With the recent expansion to a four year medical school, the Department’s mission has grown to include teaching medical students in all four years of the curriculum.
The core faculty of the Department consists of clinicians and researchers from various disciplines, including psychiatry, psychology, and social work. There are various faculty and staff from the Department of Psychiatry that also serve clinical, research, and administrative roles. The Department has multiple clinicians and support staff who are fluently bilingual and who regularly provide services in Spanish. The Department conducts outpatient clinics daily in the El Paso Psychiatric Center located on campus.
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Interns should apply using the match number above. They may complete minor rotations at other sites in the Consortium.