Graduate Student Training
Pictured: Dr. Julia Buckner (center) during Anxiety and Addictive Behaviors Team clinical supervision with graduate student therapists
Dr. Buckner will accept applications for graduate student admissions for the upcoming academic year.
Graduate students working with Dr. Buckner receive specialized training in research methodologies relevant to understanding the nature and treatment of anxiety disorders and substance use disorders generally, as well as when anxiety disorders co-occur with substance use disorders. The majority of training occurs with adult populations. Students learn the overall process of clinical research, from study conception to execution of research projects to publication and presentation of research findings. Training occurs in three ways: (1) didactic instruction, (2) availability of multiple research projects in which students are encouraged to participate, and (3) provision of clinical services (assessment and treatment of anxiety and substance use disorders) by graduate student therapists under the supervision of Dr. Buckner. In addition to working on on-going research projects, students are encouraged to develop their own lines of research. We strive to promote the use of the scientific method to study and understand cognitive and behavioral processes relevant to psychopathology. Students are trained to become competent clinical psychologists. Thus, students are encouraged to develop skills such as critical thinking, public speaking, writing, research development and execution, and research dissemination, thereby promoting and fostering the production and training of competent clinical scientists.
Clinical Training Sites
LSU Anxiety and Addictive Behaviors Clinic
Graduate students working with Dr. Buckner obtain clinical experience and training in the context of the AABC, a specialty clinic housed within the Louisiana State University Psychological Services Center (PSC). At the AABC, graduate students conduct assessments and empirically supported treatments in this outpatient clinic. Cases seen include patients from the greater Baton Rouge area with primary anxiety disorders, substance use disorders, dually diagnosed patients, and students referred for treatment following violation of campus drug and alcohol use policies. Sessions can be conducted in-person or remotely using video conferencing.
Our Lady of the Lake Hospital
Graduate students working with Dr. Buckner can obtain clinical experience and training at the LSU-OLOL Psychiatry Resident Outpatient Clinic. Graduate students obtain experience working as part of an interdisciplinary team with psychiatry residents. They conduct assessments and empirically supported treatments with adults in this outpatient clinic. They also conduct MET-CBT for opioid use disorder at the Center’s MAT clinic. Sessions can be conducted in-person or remotely using video conferencing. Students can also lead group sessions using MET-CBT for substance use disorders at the inpatient psychiatry unit.
St Christopher’s Addiction Wellness Center
Beginning Fall 2023, graduate students working with Dr. Buckner can obtain clinical experience and training at St. Christopher’s. Graduate students can obtain experience working with patients in an inpatient and/or outpatient center for treatment of substance use disorders. They will conduct evidence-based clinical work with adult male patients with substance use disorders.
More information on the clinical psychology program at LSU, can be found on the Clinical Psychology Training Program page.