Program - Clarity Child Guidance Center
For additional assistance,
please contact Dr. William Guy, Training Director
(210) 593-2157
william.guy@claritycgc.org

program

Our internship’s training model most closely fits the Practitioner-Scholar Model, emphasizing practical application of knowledge. However, traditional and contemporary psychodynamic and family systems clinical training also influences our program by making the clinician’s personal development into a core focus.

training philosophy

Clarity concentrates on clinical practice through service delivery, as well as learning by doing while receiving intensive, process-oriented supervision. Supervisors use a developmental model of clinical supervision used tailored to individual training needs. Case conferences and training seminars on psychodynamic case formation also support interns’ professional development.

Our training approach values working collaboratively and observing supervisors providing direct services. Interns benefit from real-time feedback, modeling, and live demonstration of techniques.

program aims

Our goal is to train competent child and adolescent psychologists who can provide psychological assessments and psychotherapy from a psychodynamic and family systems approach through an integrated developmental framework.

Graduate training programs often do not adequately prepare students in psychological assessment, let alone personality assessment. Clarity is excited to offer training in comprehensive psychological assessments, including the use of performance-based personality measures (e.g., Rorschach).

Clarity prepares our interns to navigate cultural and individual differences in research and practice, including conflicts or tension caused by the intersection of different areas of diversity. We discuss issues as they arise for both patients and interns.

  • Patients’ ages range from 3 to 17, with an average age of 14 years old. 66 percent of patients fall between 13 and 17.
  • Gender is evenly split for our patients, with 50.3 percent female and 49.7 percent male. Data is not available for gender nonconforming patients.
  • 59 percent of our patients identify as Hispanic or Latinx.
  • 67 percent of children receiving services are considered low income.

Clarity seeks interns and faculty from diverse backgrounds to ensure a supportive, encouraging learning environment. The program avoids any actions that would impose a significant, disproportionate burden based on personal and demographic characteristics.

fun facts

Each student is a “Doctoral Psychology Intern” at Clarity Child Guidance Center for a 12-month training period from July 1 to June 30.

Training for interns is very busy. 45-hour weeks are common, especially during certain times of year.

Interns receive 8.92 hours of paid time off per pay period, adding up to 29 days of PTO annually. Trainees are also eligible for 3 additional days of Professional Development or Dissertation leave time.

current faculty

cynthia díaz de león

Dr. Cynthia Díaz de León is a psychologist with more than thirty years of experience providing clinical services in English and Spanish. Her patients range in age from three to eighty-five. Her areas of specialty include working with children, adolescents, and families. She provides individual and family psychotherapy, as well as psychological evaluation. Additionally, Dr. Díaz de León has expertise in the areas of trauma, adoption, cultural diversity, gender issues, and parenting.
cynthia diaz de leon, PhD
therapy & first step supervisor
wayne j. ehrisman

Dr. Wayne Ehrisman began working at the Clarity CGC over 33 years ago. He directs Psychological Assessment Services, provides supervision, training, and consultation to clinical staff and trainees, and supervises the psychology residency rotation. Dr. Ehrisman is affiliated with several organizations, including the American Psychological Association, the American Academy of Clinical Psychology, the American Board of Professional Psychology, San Antonio Society for Psychoanalytic Studies, Texas Psychological Association, Bexar County Psychological Association, and the National Register of Health Services Providers in Psychology. His academic affiliations include Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry at UT Health San Antonio™, and Adjunct Faculty at the Houston-Galveston Psychoanalytic Institute. Dr. Ehrisman’s clinical interests include psychoanalytic/psychodynamic approaches to diagnostic assessment and psychotherapy with children, adults, and families.
wayne ehrisman, PhD, ABPP
seminar & therapy supervisor
reem eisa

reem eissa, PhD
assessment, therapy,
& IP/PHP consult supervisor
geoff gentry
Dr. Geoff Gentry is Clarity’s Senior Vice President of Clinical Services and Joint Commission Accreditation Survey Coordinator. He also oversees Clarity’s clinical training program and provides clinical supervision/consultation and individual and family therapy. Dr. Gentry is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Psychiatry Department at UT Health San Antonio™, formerly known as UT Health Science Center San Antonio, where he teaches and provides supervision for psychiatry and psychology residents and Fellows. He has provided training at Clarity CGC and in the community in several areas of child and adolescent mental health, including Trauma-informed Care, Collaborative Problem Solving, and the Child/Adolescent Symptom Intensity Instrument (AACAP Certified Trainer). Dr. Gentry is a member of the American Psychological Association, APA Practice Organization, Bexar County Psychological Association, Community Advisory Board of the Nurse-Family Partnership of San Antonio, and the San Antonio Society for Psychoanalytic Studies. His professional/clinical interests include psychodynamic psychotherapy, integration of individual and family assessment and therapy, staff development, and clinical consultation.
geoff gentry, PhD
senior vice president of clinical services
william c. guy

Dr. William Guy is currently a licensed psychologist providing outpatient treatment to children and families. His clinical interests include parent-child interactions, psychodynamic psychotherapy, family therapy, neurocognitive assessment, interpersonal therapy, and behavioral approaches to treatment with adults, adolescents, and children. Past clinical research interests with child populations include children with histories of early social deprivation and children diagnosed with Sturge-Weber Syndrome. Dr. Guy received his PhD in clinical psychology from the University of Detroit Mercy. He completed his internship at UT Health San Antonio™, formerly known as UT Health Science Center San Antonio and post-doctoral fellowship at Clarity Child Guidance Center before transitioning into a staff psychologist.
william c. guy, PhD
training director
karl koch

Dr. Karl Koch has been with the Clarity CGC since 1998. He is a native of San Antonio and earned his Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. His clinical interests include working with children and adolescents experiencing depressive disorders, anxiety disorders, school and family issues, coping with past trauma, and developmental disabilities.
karl koch, PhD
therapy & first step supervisor
leslie musgrove
Dr. Leslie Musgrove is a psychologist with experience providing assessment and therapy services to individuals and families across the lifespan. She earned her Master’s degree and Doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology from the University of Denver. Her areas of specialty include psychological assessment, trauma, family therapy, and individual therapy with children and adolescents.
leslie musgrove, PsyD
assessment & IP/PHP consult supervisor

evaluation

Supervisors evaluate intern performance each quarter. Feedback is provided to the trainee’s graduate department in January (mid-year) and at the conclusion of the internship.
Please review the Competency Assessment Introduction and the Competency Assessment Form to understand the evaluation criteria.

downloadable materials

equal employment opportunity statement (EEO)
ethical practice and sensitivity to individual and cultural differences
program disclosures
internship program admissions & application requirements
financial, benefit support, and organization requirements
initial post-internship positions
internship admissions support & initial placement data
vaccination acknowledgement & exemption request

750 1st Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002
202-336-5979
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Clarity Child Guidance Center’s doctoral psychological internship program is accredited on contingency through the American Psychological Association as of July 26, 2024. Questions regarding the program’s accredited status can be directed to the Commission on Accreditation.