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About Us
Mission: Inspire Hope, Promote Wellness
Compass Health Network, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit community mental health center. We identify as both a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) and Certified Community Behavioral Health Organization (CCBHO). We are the largest provider of behavioral healthcare services within the state of Missouri and the 3rd largest provider in the US! A community-based organization with a history that spans over 40 years, Compass Health serves numerous rural and urban counties throughout Missouri. We are a member of the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) loan repayment program, and our employees also qualify for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program.
Compass Health employs nearly 4,500 staff members including 35+ psychologists, as well as psychiatrists, advance practice nurses, social workers, licensed professional counselors, substance use disorder counselors, case managers, and support staff. Pre-doctoral interns work collaboratively with these multi-disciplinary team members.
With nearly 80 offices across Missouri, Compass Health provides opportunities for psychology interns to work with a diverse client base. Services include outpatient therapy, comprehensive substance use services, case management, a 24-hour crisis line, psychological assessments, psychiatric care, medical detox, and primary medical and dental care.
Compass Health clinical programs are designed to meet the individual needs of each person and their family and focus on the strengths of each person to facilitate the achievement of goals. Services provided include brief or longer-term individual, group, or family counseling across the lifespan. Presenting concerns in our client base range from depression and anxiety to substance use disorders and psychosis. We provide long-term care and support for adults with serious mental illness as well as children with serious emotional disturbances. More specialized services are provided at select locations with the Compass Health system.
Training Opportunities
192513 – Compass Health: Rolla Autism Center
Positions: 1
Setting
Outpatient
Services Provided by Interns
his placement emphasizes assessment and treatment of individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder between the ages of 2-21 years. Within the ASD center, there are also opportunities for group and individual therapies with clients on the Autism Spectrum and ongoing consultation with case managers and other treatment professionals. Minor or supplementary experiences are available in Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), School Based Therapy, and traditional outpatient therapy (family, individual, and group). Interested interns should have a strength in report writing and experience with neurodevelopmental testing.
An average of 15 intervention hours per week is expected and a minimum of ten psychological evaluations are completed during the training year.
Schedule Considerations
No weekend work or after-hours on-call is required. Schedule specifics may vary based on training needs and intern preference when possible.
192516 – Compass Health Outpatient: Columbia
Positions: 1
Setting
Outpatient
Services Provided by Interns
Services provided range from brief individual or family counseling dealing with issues such as depression and anxiety to long-term care and support for adults with serious mental illness and children with serious emotional disturbances. The intern will provide outpatient therapy and psychological assessment.
Additional training experiences that are subject to availability include:
- School-based therapy
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) consult team, skills group, and individual therapy
- Group therapy (schedules and specific groups vary)
- Autism Spectrum Disorder assessment with the ADOS-2
Schedule Considerations
No weekend work or after-hours on-call is required. The intern will spend all their time in their assigned outpatient office(s), with testing taking place in the Jefferson City location.
192517 – Compass Health Outpatient: Rolla
Positions: 2
Setting
Outpatient
Services Provided by Interns
Services provided range from brief individual or family counseling dealing with issues such as depression and anxiety to long-term care and support for adults with serious mental illness and children with serious emotional disturbances. The intern will provide outpatient therapy and psychological assessment.
Additional training experiences that are subject to location and availability include:
- School-based therapy
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) consult team, skills group, and individual therapy
- Group therapy (schedules and specific groups vary)
- Autism Spectrum Disorder assessment with the ADOS-2
- Engagement in the Assertive Community Treatment for Transitional Aged Youth (ACT-TAY) program
- Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT)
- Behavioral Health Consultant (BHC) work
Schedule Considerations
No weekend work or after-hours on-call is required. The intern will spend all their time in their assigned outpatient office(s).
192518 – Compass Health Outpatient: Raymore
Positions: 1
Setting
Outpatient
Services Provided by Interns
Services provided range from brief individual or family counseling dealing with issues such as depression and anxiety to long-term care and support for adults with serious mental illness and children with serious emotional disturbances. The intern will provide outpatient therapy and psychological assessment.
Additional training experiences that are subject to location and availability include:
- FQHC integration with other healthcare professionals
- Autism Spectrum Disorder assessment with the ADOS-2
- ACT-TAY Team (Assertive Community Treatment for Transitional Age Youth)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills and Consult Groups (adult)
- Triage/crisis intervention
Schedule Considerations
No weekend work or after-hours on-call is required. The intern will spend all their time in their assigned outpatient office(s).
192524 – Compass Health Outpatient: Wentzville
Positions: 1
Setting
Outpatient
Services Provided by Interns
Services provided range from brief individual or family counseling dealing with issues such as depression and anxiety to long-term care and support for adults with serious mental illness and children with serious emotional disturbances. The intern will provide outpatient therapy and psychological assessment.
Additional training experiences that are subject to location and availability include:
- School-based therapy
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) consult team, skills group, and individual therapy
- Group therapy (schedules and specific groups vary)
- Autism Spectrum Disorder assessment with the ADOS-2
Schedule Considerations
No weekend work or after-hours on-call is required. The intern will spend all their time in their assigned outpatient office(s).
1925XX - Compass Health Outpatient: Arnold
Positions: 1
Setting
Outpatient
Services Provided by Interns
Services provided range from brief individual or family counseling dealing with issues such as depression and anxiety to long-term care and support for adults with serious mental illness and children with serious emotional disturbances. The intern will provide outpatient therapy and psychological assessment.
Additional training experiences that are subject to location and availability include:
- FQHC integration with other healthcare professionals
- Autism Spectrum Disorder assessment with the ADOS-2
- ACT-TAY Team (Assertive Community Treatment for Transitional Age Youth)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills and Consult Groups (adult)
- Triage/crisis intervention
Schedule Considerations
No weekend work or after-hours on-call is required. The intern will spend all their time in their assigned outpatient office(s).
192521 – Compass Health: Dual Track with Royal Oaks Hospital
Positions: 3
Setting
Inpatient and Outpatient
Services Provided by Interns
Interns in these positions will split clinical time between Royal Oaks Hospital and a Compass Health outpatient office.
Royal Oaks Hospital: At Royal Oaks Hospital, interns will provide inpatient services including individual, group, and family therapy with children, adolescents, and adults. Interns at this location will also experience placements in child, adolescent, and adult inpatient units, and will also have the opportunity to engage in Substance Use Disorder treatment and psychological assessment.
A caseload of 4-6 patients will be carried on each rotation at Royal Oaks Hospital as well as family therapy, treatment team meetings, and conducting five to ten clinical groups per week. During some rotations, interns will participate as a member of a multi-disciplinary treatment team led by an Attending Psychiatrist. Other members of the treatment team include psychologists, registered nurses, licensed professional counselors, clinical social workers, expressive therapists, educators, utilization review staff and a clinical case manager. Interns not only present case conceptualizations but will also convey findings of psychological testing.
Compass Health Outpatient Office: The primary focus will be working with a team of behavioral health providers to provide outpatient individual and family therapy with children, adolescents, and adults. Possible outpatient experiences that may be available include group therapy, psychological assessment, Dialectical Behavior Therapy consult team, and substance use disorder treatment.
Schedule Considerations
Interns will generally work a typical 8:00 am – 5:00 pm schedule on the two days they are in their outpatient placement. No weekend work or after-hours on-call are required. On days interns are placed at Royal Oaks Hospital, they will typically work an 8:30 am – 5:00 pm schedule except that once each month, interns will provide serves Friday evening and Saturday and/or Sundays. On this weekend, interns will work from 5:00 – 8:00 pm Friday and all day on Saturday and/or Sunday. On these weeks, interns will be given the Monday before or after the weekend off in exchange for working.
Didactics
Didactic trainings are typically held every other Friday from 8:00 am to 12:00 pm. Two times per year interns will attend an all-day training from 8:30 am - 4:30 pm which will allow in-person socialization and interaction. Interns spend a minimum of eight hours each month in seminars and workshops with required learning objectives and a reading list covering relevant journal articles, etc. Please email applicant@psychologyinterns.org for access to our current training manual which includes the full didactic training policy (policies subject to change).
Supervision
All interns receive at least four hours of supervision per week. The requirement includes at least two hours with a licensed psychologist in individual, face-to-face supervision. The other two hours include secondary supervision with a licensed psychologist and/or ancillary supervisor in a group or individual setting. Please email applicant@psychologyinterns.org for access to our current training manual which includes the full supervision policy (policies subject to change).
Clerical and Technical Support
Office locations have support staff on-site, and a full Information Technology department available 24/7.
Training Materials and Equipment
The agency offers a full training library of web-based programs for the interns and staff to access as they are able based on their licenses/interests. Interns are provided with office space complete with a computer and access to the internet and printer. Each location is equipped with the testing and training materials necessary for the interns to complete the requirements of their training year.
Schedule
Each intern’s schedule may vary according to special interests and needs of the training site.
Example Schedule
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |
| AM | Therapy sessions, group supervision | Psychological assessment |
Therapy sessions, admin time
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Psychological Assessment
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NPTC didactics
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| PM | Admin time, therapy sessions | Report Writing | Therapy sessions, Report Writing |
Group supervision, individual supervision, admin time
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Report writing, admin time |
Site Training Director
Melissa Webb, Psy.D. – Director of Clinical Training
Dr. Melissa Webb is a licensed psychologist who has been with Compass Health since 2016. She earned master’s and doctoral degrees in Clinical Psychology from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and completed her internship and post-doctoral years with Compass Health (then Pathways Community Health). She currently works in Wentzville, MO, providing supervision for psychology students of varying levels. Clinically, Dr. Webb is a generalist, with clinical experiences including therapy and psychological assessment across the lifespan, as well as work in outpatient and primary care settings. She is trained in a variety of therapeutic modalities, with a preference for integration of cognitive-behavioral and interpersonal modalities.
Primary Supervisors
While we won’t know your exact supervisor assignments until the internship starts, these are examples of some of the individuals you may work with over the course of your year at the site.
John Dandurand, Ph.D., Director of Outpatient Services
Dual Track with Compass Health and Royal Oaks
Dr. Dandurand has been a licensed psychologist in Missouri since 2018. He earned his degree from the California School of Professional Psychology (CSPP) at Alliant International University – Los Angeles in 2016. While at CSPP he completed practica at the University of California, Los Angeles Semel Institute and at Aegis Treatment Centers, giving him varied experience in working with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Intellectual Disability, Substance Use Disorders, as well as a variety of frequently co-occurring disorders. He completed his internship and post-doctoral residency at Pathways/Compass Health Network, where he continues to see a wide variety of clients in a rural mental healthcare setting. Dr. Dandurand is primarily cognitive-behavioral in his theoretical orientation and draws significant influence from more behaviorally oriented approaches from his work as a Behavior Specialist while in graduate school. He continues to appreciate the contributions of other theoretical approaches to the field.
Tenea Lowman, Psy.D., Director of Psychology and Clinical Services
Dual Track with Compass Health and Royal Oaks
Dr. Tenea Lowman is the Director of Psychology and Clinical Services at Royal Oaks Hospital. She completed her Masters and Doctoral Degree in Clinical Psychology at the former Forest Institute of Professional Psychology in Springfield, Missouri, in 2005. She then completed her internship and post-doctoral training with NPTC at Royal Oaks and continued on as a full time Licensed Psychologist with the agency. Dr. Lowman specializes in inpatient psychiatric behavioral health. She has been supervising pre-doctoral interns and post-doctoral residents since 2006.
Sarah Lea, Ph.D., Director of Autism and Testing Services
Rolla Autism Center, Southern Region
Dr. Lea earned her doctoral degree in Psychology in 2018 at Oklahoma State University. She completed her internship and post-doctoral residency at Compass Health Network in Rolla, MO. She has training and experience in a variety of settings, including community mental health, residential treatment, academic medical centers, schools, college counseling centers, and FQHC. Dr. Lea has specialty training in child psychology and has co-authored 11 peer-reviewed publications focused on cognitive deficits associated with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. In addition, Dr. Lea is a certified PCIT therapist and trainer and has specialty training in psychological assessment across the lifespan. She also has experience and interest in teaching, training, and disseminating academic research to staff and students. Dr. Lea’s theoretical orientation is cognitive-behavioral/behavioral.
Tosha Larson, Ph.D., OP Services Trainer & Psychology Trainee Supervisor
Central Region
Dr. Larson is a licensed psychologist in the state of Missouri. She has had training and experience in a variety of settings, including community mental health, university counseling, residential treatment, inpatient, and private practice. She has developed a specialty interest in psychological assessment, working with children and adults. Her current work focuses primarily on comprehensive psychological assessment of intellectual and cognitive processing, academic achievement, disability determination, autism spectrum, mood, anxiety, and personality. Further, in her training, she has had the opportunity to provide supervision to advanced doctoral and master’s level practicum students. She has also had experience providing individual, family, group, couples, and career counseling. Additionally, she is passionate about issues of diversity, activism, and social justice, and especially enjoys working with the LGBTQ community. Her theoretical orientation includes a combination of person-centered, CBT, and multicultural, and her research interests include positive psychology and gratitude.
Amy Meriweather, Ph.D., OP Services Trainer & Psychology Trainee Supervisor
Central Region
Dr. Meriweather earned her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from California School of Professional Psychology – San Francisco in 1996. She completed her internship at Children’s Hospital – Los Angeles, and her residency at Burrell Behavioral Health in Springfield, MO. She has experience across a range of settings, including leadership coaching, teaching, consulting, research, creation of various curricula for the community and professionals, health psychology, integrated care, and psychological assessment.
Jonathan Rhodes, Psy.D., Staff Psychologist
Central Region
Dr. Rhodes is a Licensed Psychologist who is Board Certified in Behavioral & Cognitive Psychology. While completing his Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, he completed internship and post-doctoral training in substance-use disorder (SUD) treatment. Upon being licensed in Missouri, while providing care at a state, psychiatric hospital, he also delivered services to clients with severe psychosis, personality disorders, and trauma.
Since joining Compass Health in 2022, Dr. Rhodes has worked to provide evidence-based therapies (e.g. CBT, ACT, etc.) to his clients. Additionally, he delivers training and supervision to psychiatry residents and psychology interns. He is passionate about helping his clients and supervisees learn and apply skills that are empowering – and allow them to do meaningful and important things in their lives.
Taylor Montgomery-Bridges, Ph.D., Assessment Psychologist
Eastern Region
Dr. Taylor Montgomery completed her Masters of Science degree at the University of Kansas in Counseling Psychology. She then attended Saint Louis University where she earned her Ph.D in Clinical Psychology with a research emphasis in health, performance, and sport psychology. Dr. Montgomery completed her pre-doctoral internship in St. Louis at the University of Missouri-St. Louis Psychology Consortium. Dr. Montgomery has a generalist training background and has clinical experience in a variety of settings including university counseling centers, athletic departments, business consulting settings, community mental health agencies, trauma centers, adult and child inpatient hospitals, and residential treatment facilities. Dr. Montgomery enjoys utilizing her skills in various activities including conducting individual and group therapy, administering psychological testing, supervising, and consulting. At Compass Health, Dr. Montgomery provides direct clinical services to clients through therapy and testing. She also provides supervision to pre-doctoral students and practicum students. Dr. Montgomery adopts an integrated approach that includes aspects from interpersonal therapy, emotion-focused therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, CBT, and mindfulness.
Sean Sargent, Psy.D., Assessment Psychologist
Western Region
Dr. Sean Sargent earned his degree in Clinical Psychology in 2010 at Forest Institute of Professional Psychology, completing his master’s en route (with a certificate in Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT)). He completed his internship and post-doctoral residency at Burrell Behavioral Health. His training and experience have primarily consisted of community mental health settings. He has developed a specialty interest in psychological assessment for children and adults, including diagnostic clarification, autism spectrum diagnoses, and disability determination evaluations. He has experience providing individual and couples counseling, utilizing primarily cognitive-behavioral therapies. Dr. Sargent has had the opportunity to provide supervision to pre-doctoral interns and residents. His theoretical orientation emphasizes aspects of systemic and cognitive-behavioral approaches, while utilizing a multicultural lens to provide a further understanding of his clients.
Cody Bond, Psy.D., Director of Outpatient Services
Western Region
Dr. Cody Bond is a licensed clinical psychologist who has been with Compass Health since 2019 and has over a decade’s worth of experience working in rural community mental health. He earned his master’s and doctoral degrees in Clinical Psychology from the Forest Institute of Professional Psychology in Springfield, MO, and his internship and post-doctoral residency were both completed at a forensic residential facility working with civilly committed sex offenders. While Dr. Bond no longer works in forensics, he takes what he learned from that experience and uses it to help the clients he works with today. Dr. Bond takes an eclectic approach with his clients and firmly believes in individualizing a variety of evidence-based practices for his clients when formulating treatment and interventions. He is trained in CBT, CBT-I, CPT, DBT, and Biofeedback (BF)/Neurofeedback (NF). He provides clinical supervision for pre-doctoral interns, residents, and practicum students.
Angela Meyers, Psy.D.
Dr. Meyers earned her doctorate in Clinical Psychology in 2022 from Fielding Graduate University. Her first master’s degree was in counseling with emphases in Marriage, Family, and Child therapy. She completed her doctoral internship at Compass Health Network where she is currently employed as part of the autism testing services, as an assessment psychologist in Rolla, MO. She has training and experience in a variety of settings including residential facilities, community mental health, schools, and private practice. She is licensed as a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and as a Licensed Psychologist (LP) in the state of Missouri.
Dr. Meyers maintains a humanistic theoretical orientation while utilizing a variety of evidence-based practices when formulating treatment and interventions. She is trained in PRT, SPARCS, CBT, TF-CBT, CAMS, and DBT. She has experience with several play modalities including CPRT, Theraplay, and Child Centered Play Therapy. In previous roles she has provided general psychological assessment, psychotherapy to clients aged 2+, and family therapy. In her current role she provides psychological assessment of children and young adults (2-20 years of age) for autism spectrum disorder. She provides clinical supervision to graduate students, provisionally licensed counselors, and doctoral interns.
Dr. Meyers has experience with and a passion for qualitative research, teaching, training, consultation, supervision, and assessment.
Kayla Campbell, Ph.D.
Dr. Kayla Campbell is a licensed psychologist and clinical supervisor for post-doctoral residents and pre-doctoral interns at Compass Health. Dr. Campbell earned an M.A. and a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Rosemead School of Psychology in La Mirada, California, and she completed her pre-doctoral internship at a forensic residential facility working with civilly committed sex offenders. Dr. Campbell takes an eclectic approach with her therapy clients, believing in utilizing a variety of evidence-based approaches to best meet client needs. She has taken courses particular to CBT, DBT, EFT, EFT for Couples, and Time-Limited Dynamic Psychotherapy. She has also received brief training in MI and ACT. She also conducts psychological assessments, primarily related to executive dysfunction and ADHD-like symptoms in children. Her current field interests are trauma, grief, and gender-related issues.
Forrest Rackham, Psy.D.
Dr. Rackham earned his Doctor of Psychology degree in Clinical Psychology in 2012 at Georgia Southern University, with specialty training in rural psychology. He completed his internship and post-doctoral residency at Stone Mountain Health Services in Virginia. Soon afterward, he was the Behavioral Health lead at Community Health Centers of Southeastern Iowa, assisting with the development of the behavioral health program and integrated care services. Later, he moved to Rolla, MO to work with Phelps Health. There he helped to develop three integrated care clinics in internal medicine, family medicine, and pediatrics. When Compass Health took over Phelps Health’s Behavioral Health department, he began working more exclusively in community mental health care.
He identifies as a generalist and has experience working in a variety of settings, including community mental health centers, primary care clinics in hospital systems, federally qualified health centers, college counseling, and military treatment centers. His special interest is in pediatrics but he sees all ages, for a variety of issues, with specialty training in ADHD, PCBH model of integrated care, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Hypnosis (in the general population and pediatrics). His theoretical orientation focuses on ACT, behavioral, and hypnosis-enhanced strategies. Dr. Rackham has been providing supervision off-and-on since 2012.
Example treatment modalities (as listed by APPIC):
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Assessment
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Experience (21% to 30%) |
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Individual Intervention
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Major Area (50%+) |
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Couples Intervention
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N/A |
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Family Intervention
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Exposure (1% to 20%) |
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Group Intervention
|
Exposure (1% to 20%) |
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Community Intervention
|
N/A |
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Consultation/Liaison
|
N/A |
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Crisis Intervention
|
Emphasis (31% to 49%) |
|
Brief Intervention
|
Exposure (1% to 20%) |
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Long-Term Intervention
|
Emphasis (31% to 49%) |
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Cognitive Rehabilitation
|
N/A |
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Primary Care
|
N/A |
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Supervision of Prac. Students
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N/A |
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Evidence-Based Practice
|
Major Area (50%+) |
|
Evidence-Based Research
|
Exposure (1% to 20%) |
Example supervised experiences (as listed by APPIC):
| Health Psychology | Exposure (1% to 20%) |
Forensics / Corrections
|
N/A |
| Women’s Health | N/A |
Sexual Offenders
|
Exposure (1% to 20%) |
|
HIV / AIDS
|
N/A | Geropsychology | Exposure (1% to 20%) |
| Eating Disorders | Exposure (1% to 20%) | Pediatrics | N/A |
| Sexual Disorders | Exposure (1% to 20%) | School | Exposure (1% to 20%) |
| Sports Psychology | N/A | Counseling | Major Area (50%+) |
| Rehabilitation Psychology | N/A |
Vocational / Career Development
|
N/A |
| Physical Disabilities | Exposure (1% to 20%) |
Multicultural Therapy
|
Experience (21% to 30%) |
| Learning Disabilities |
Exposure (1% to 20%)
|
Feminist Therapy
|
Exposure (1% to 20%) |
| Developmental Disabilities | Experience (21% to 30%) |
Religion / Spirituality
|
Exposure (1% to 20%) |
| Assessment | Experience (21% to 30%) |
Empirically-Supported Treatment
|
Major Area (50%+) |
| Neuropsychology – Adult | N/A |
Public Policy / Advocacy
|
Exposure (1% to 20%) |
|
Neuropsychology – Child
|
N/A |
Program Development/Evaluation
|
N/A |
| Serious Mental Illness | Emphasis (31% to 49%) | Supervision | Exposure (1% to 20%) |
| Anxiety Disorders | Emphasis (31% to 49%) | Research | Exposure (1% to 20%) |
| Trauma/PTSD | Major Area (50%+) | Administration | Exposure (1% to 20%) |
|
Sexual Abuse
|
Experience (21% to 30%) |
Integrated Health Care–Primary
|
N/A |
| Substance Use Disorders | Exposure (1% to 20%) |
Integrated Health Care–Specialty
|
N/A |
Compass Health serves a broad outpatient client base in a community mental health setting. We treat clients across the lifespan with a variety of presenting problems, with diagnoses ranging from adjustment disorder to schizophrenia or borderline personality disorder. Most commonly, clinical work focuses on depression, anxiety, and trauma. Frequently our clients are underserved and have limited financial means.
Annual Pay for the 2025-2026 Training Year: $40,000
Benefits provided at this site include:
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- 96 hours of PTO
- Sick leave accrual
- 16 hours of Professional Development
- Discounted health insurance
- Vision insurance
- Dental insurance
- 401(k) with 6% employer match
- Cafeteria Plans for medical and/or dependent care
- Intern-funded life insurance
- Intern-funded short-term disability
- Employee Assistance Program (free short-term counseling for intern/family)
- Professional liability insurance (for those not already covered)
- Licensure Assistance Program
- Mileage reimbursement
Compass Health observes the following 10 holidays:
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- New Year’s Day
- Martin Luther King Jr. Day
- Memorial Day
- Independence Day
- Labor Day
- Thanksgiving Day
- Friday after Thanksgiving
- Christmas Eve
- Christmas Day
- Personal Holiday
Interns at all office locations will be provided with access to support staff, office space, and technology needs. Compass Health utilizes both hands-on training as well as web-based training programs. The web-based training program offers a full training library for staff and interns to access as they are able based on their licenses/interests.
Please note that available benefits and observed holidays are subject to change. Matched interns will receive full benefit orientations at their site which will go over all benefit information for the training year. More information about the Support and Benefits offered in each of our regions can be found here.
Compass Health conducts background checks on interns prior to orientation.
Note these key factors that could cause the site to release an intern from match:
- Unsatisfactory background check where actions and/or crimes which prohibit patient/client contact pursuant to state law and regulations of accrediting entities.
- Found to be convicted of, guilty of, pleaded guilty to or nolo contendere to any of the following crimes:
- Physical abuse of Class I Neglect of a patient, resident, or client
- Furnishing unfit food to patients, residents, or clients
- Is listed on the DMH disqualification registry
- Is listed on the employee disqualification list of the Department of Health and Senior Services or Department of Social Services
- Failure of a specified professional to report suspected abuse or neglect of a patient.
- Found to be convicted of, guilty of, pleaded guilty to or nolo contendere to any of the listed felonies in the following website: http://dmh.mo.gov/about/employeedisqualification
- Found guilty or pleaded guilty to a violation of Driving While Intoxicated or Driving with Excessive Blood Alcohol Content and who is found by the court to be an aggravated (3 or more) or chronic (4 or more) violator
- Found to be guilty of any felony drug offense.
Please note that a criminal background check that reveals an intern’s past alcohol or drug-related crimes does not automatically release an intern from match. If otherwise qualified, if two (2) years have passed since the intern was convicted or found guilty and they are not currently on probation or parole, the intern is still eligible to be matched.
At Compass Health, the Director of Psychology Training and several intern supervisors review the applicants to determine who might be good fits for the various locations and tracks. From those they determine who will be offered interviews. These interviews are conducted by psychologists who supervise throughout the agency.
After interviews are completed, the Director and supervisors involved in the interview process review all applicant data, including their qualifications and goodness of fit with the training program to determine their rank for each location. Interns are encouraged to apply to and rank any of the sites at which they are interested in being placed and received an interview. Applicants are evaluated on a number of criteria, including:
- Application to a Compass Health site.
- Previous experience and/or interest in the opportunities provided at the location(s) to which they applied.
- Overall experience in intervention and assessment prior to internship.
- Relevant previous experience with treating severe and persistent mental illness and/or in a community mental health setting (outpatient & dual-track)
- Stated training goals for internship that can be met at our site(s).
- Likelihood to stay with Compass Health following internship.
Interns that have been successful at Compass Health tend to be flexible, good communicators, open to feedback, organized, and committed to evidence-based psychological practice. Applicants that are generally not good fits are those whose training goals cannot be met at Compass Health (e.g., board certification in neuropsychology) or who do not have previous experience with severe mental illness. Applicants at this site are not required to have received a master’s degree in order to be eligible to be considered.
The interview process with Compass Health is entirely virtual. However, any applicants that are nearby a Compass Health location are welcome to coordinate a visit. We host virtual Interview Days, during which applicants are able to experience an Informational Session, Q&A with Current Interns, and Q&A with Potential Supervisors. In the afternoon, 30-minute individual interviews are then conducted for each applied rotation. Current intern and potential supervisor contact information is available upon request.