THE PSYCHOLOGY INTERNSHIP
PROGRAM AT CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE
The Internship
at Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) is a full-time, APA-approved
clinical psychology internship. Interns are eligible for appointment
as Clinical Fellows at the Harvard Medical School, which provides
the appointee with access to university libraries, athletic facilities,
and other benefits. Most interns have reported that the internship
requires about 45-60 hours per week. All interns receive three weeks
of vacation, one week of research time, and one week of conference
time. The internship is full time for twelve months, from July 1
to June 30. Stipends are expected to be $20,000 per year. Health
insurance and other benefits are available to interns as employees
of Cambridge Health Alliance.
The Cambridge
Health Alliance Psychology Internship is accredited by:
The American
Psychological Association
Office of Program Consultation and Accreditation
750 First Street
NE, Washington, DC, 20002-4242
Telephone: 202-336-5979
How the Internship
is Structured
At Cambridge Health Alliance, the education of psychologists occurs
in multidisciplinary settings. A distinctive feature of our program
is that psychology interns work in two or more clinical sites during
their internship year enabling interns to pursue a wide variety
of individual interests. All interns share a dual responsibility
to the Psychology Division and to their placement sites, and report
to the Psychology Division Training Directors as well as to Service
and Team leaders.
All interns
are placed one of the Adult Ambulatory Psychiatry Services, either
on one of the General Psychiatry Outpatient Teams, or on one of
the Cultural/Linguistic Specialty Clinics (including the Latino
Clinic, the Portuguese Clinic, the Asian Clinic, or the Haitian
Clinic). The intern's other placement is a subspecialty experience
with Adult Acute Services or with child and adolescent outpatients.
Thus, applicant must select and apply for one of the following options:
Option I:
Adult Track (Adult General Psychiatry Outpatient Service and
Adult Acute Services)
Option II:
Combined Adult and Child Track (Adult General Psychiatry Outpatient
Service and Child/ Adolescent Outpatient Service at the Child and
Adolescent Ambulatory Services at the Cambridge campus)
Option III:
Placement in one of the following clinics:
Option
III-A: Latino Mental Health Clinic and, either Adult Acute
Services, or The Child and Adolescent Ambulatory Services at the
Cambridge campus
Option
III-B: Portuguese Mental Health Clinic and, either Adult Acute
Services, or the Child and Adolescent Ambulatory Services at the
Cambridge campus (not accepting applications for this option for
the 2010-2011 training year).
Option
III-C: Asian Mental Health Clinic and, either Adult Acute
Services, or The Child and Adolescent Ambulatory Services at the
Cambridge campus
Option
III-D: Haitian Mental Health Clinic and, either Adult Acute
Services, or The Child and Adolescent Ambulatory Services at the
Cambridge campus (not accepting applications for this option for
the 2010-2011 training year).
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