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TRAINING
OVERVIEW
Clinical
Psychology at Cambridge Health Alliance
Cambridge Health
Alliance (CHA), a Harvard Medical School Teaching Affiliate, has
three hospital campuses (Cambridge, Somerville, and Whidden) and
a network of primary care and specialty practices. We serve Boston's
metro-North region, including the communities of Cambridge, Somerville,
and Everett, MA.
Since its inception
in the mid-1960's, the Department of Psychiatry has been committed
to the tasks of preventing and treating of mental illness. With
an orientation to psychodynamically informed treatment and community
mental health, CHA is a nationally recognized center emphasizing
the individual and his or her social systems.
This commitment
to care includes, but is not limited to, clinical responsibility
for traditionally underserved populations, such as the persistently
and severely disturbed, the unprotected (infants and children at
risk), the impoverished, and the underprivileged. In all our training
programs, we aim to increase understanding of the forces that promote
health and adaptation within the individual and the community. A
multi-ethnic and multilingual staff is experienced in providing
services (including preventive services) to minority and low-income
groups as well as to university and middle-income communities.
The CHA Division
of Psychology includes approximately thirty-five core faculty and
staff. The Division also draws upon a significantly larger pool
of psychologists affiliated with Harvard Medical School for supervision
and supplementary services. The Division includes licensed full-time
and part-time staff (including clinical psychologists, psychoanalysts,
health psychologists, personality and developmental psychologists).
The Department places a strong emphasis on interdisciplinary training
in psychiatry, psychology, social work, and nursing. Psychologists
also hold central leadership positions in the Adult Ambulatory Psychiatry
Service, Center for Child and Adolescent Development, Child and
Adolescent Ambulatory Service, Victims of Violence Program, Behavioral
Medicine Program, Program for Psychotherapy, Portuguese Mental Health
Clinic, Latino Mental Health Clinic, Asian Mental Health Clinic,
and Adult, Child and Adolescent Inpatient Units, as well as on a
variety of research teams.
About Our
Clinical Psychology Training Programs
Cambridge Health
Alliance offers an APA-approved internship in clinical psychology.
This is based at its Cambridge campus and its community locations.
The Division of Psychology also sponsors an extensive post-doctoral
training program in clinical psychology in which fellows are based
on core clinical services throughout our system. Additionally, doctoral
students in clinical and counseling psychology are eligible to apply
for advanced practicum experiences.
The Clinical
Psychology Training Programs prepare doctoral candidates and postdoctoral
fellows in clinical psychology to understand and treat persons suffering
with a broad spectrum of emotional distress. In addition, we aim
to prepare psychology students in all of our programs to be future
leaders in service and training. Using a scholar-practitioner model,
our curriculum emphasizes a biopsychosocial approach to the understanding
of people and values the use of psychological intervention and psychotherapy.
Our talented and multidisciplinary faculty engage trainees in didactics
and in individual and group supervision designed to teach about
sponsoring change. With close faculty-trainee interaction, we provide
a solid grounding in case formulation utilizing psychodynamic and
developmental theories that take into account ethnic and cultural
influences. We also teach all psychology students to integrate a
variety of treatment modalities while working with persons with
an array of psychological problems, including persons diagnosed
with major mental illness and severe personality disorders.
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Related Links:
CHA
Dept. of Psychiatry
Psychiatry
Academics - Main Page
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