The Minnesota Consortium for Advanced Rural Psychology Training (MCARPT) is an innovative project designed to reduce the shortage of psychologists practicing in rural communities due to poor retention of mental health professionals in underserved parts of the state and thereby enhance access for rural residents to quality mental health services in their communities.


The Vision of MCARPT:

“Preparing psychologists for leadership in meeting the mental health needs of rural communities.”


The Mission of MCARPT:

To enhance the supply of rural mental health providers and their competencies through a one-year post doctoral training program and by addressing the following areas of need:

• Provide training in unique aspects of rural practice at the post-doctoral level as well as supervision toward licensure;
• Reduce professional isolation, lack of cohesive mental health community and stress of disconnected rural mental health providers;
• Increase the community resources to retain mental health providers; and
• Provide opportunities for familiarity with multidisciplinary crossover culture of mental health delivery in rural communities.

The Goals of MCARPT:

To provide trainees with an in-depth rotational experience in rural mental health which focuses on ten clinical core competencies necessary to assume clinical and leadership roles in service to rural communities as a professional psychologist. The trainees selected participate in providing clinic service, teaching, and consultation in member agencies and deliver clinical care. Each of the member programs is committed to providing a rich, integrated, rotational training experience for selected trainees.

"The APA Committee on Rural Health strongly supports innovative training projects aimed at fulfilling the mental health needs of rural Americans and views the MCARPT program as an exemplar of such training."
-American Psychological Association


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