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TRAINING OVERVIEW
Clinical Psychology at Cambridge Health Alliance
Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA), a Harvard Medical School Teaching
Affiliate, consists of three hospital campuses (Cambridge, Somerville,
and Whidden hospital) and more than 20 primary care and specialty
practices. The Alliance serves 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, Cambridge Health Alliance is a nationally
recognized center emphasizing the individual and his or her social
systems. The 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 Division of Psychology at Cambridge Health Alliance includes
approximately thirty-five core faculty and staff. The Division also
draws upon a significantly larger pool of psychologists affiliated
with the 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.
The Clinical Psychology Training Program at Cambridge Health
Alliance
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
Cambridge Health Alliance. 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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