Internship/Externship/Postdoc Site Guide Below is the current listing of internship, externship and post doctorate sites confirmed for the 2020 Virtual Internship/Externship/Postdoc Fair, taking place on Friday, October 2, 2020 from 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. For the most up to date list, please visit the event page on our website. Externship Sites Academics West Academics West is a therapeutic education program designed for children and adolescents with diverse social, emotional, and academics needs. The therapeutic education program provides five-to-two academic instruction as well as multiple therapeutic supports, including individual psychotherapy, group psychotherapy, art therapy, speech-language therapy, occupational therapy, yoga, and expressive arts. The psychology externship program offers trainees an active role on a multidisciplinary treatment team. Externs provide individual and group psychotherapy to students with a wide range of presenting concerns. Externs also participate in the therapeutic milieu and consult with teachers and clinicians to provide comprehensive care. Externs receive training in nonviolent crisis intervention and provide crisis support to students as needed. Additionally, externs participate in weekly individual supervision, group supervision, treatment team meetings, and didactic trainings. Baruch College Counseling Center The APA-Accredited Baruch College Counseling Center Training Program offers psychological training at a public college with over 18,000 students. Trainees have the opportunity to work with a diverse group of undergraduate and graduate students through a culturally-responsive and trauma-informed approach. Brooklyn College Personal Counseling Program Brooklyn College is an urban, primarily non-residential college that serves students of varied age, culture, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and gender/sexual orientation. Presenting problems range from serious psychological disorders to problems of normal development and adaptation. The Brooklyn College Personal Counseling Program (BCPCP) provides students with intake assessment and referral, crisis intervention, brief and longer-term individual counseling, group counseling and counseling workshops. We also provide consultation and referral for faculty and staff members. Over 4,000 sessions of service are provided each year to more than 700 clients. We are seeking psychology externs as well as half or full time interns and post-docs for 2021-22 with flexible starting dates in summer, fall or mid-year. In a typical year we host 20-24 trainees of different levels from doctoral programs across the tri-state area and beyond. The Brooklyn College Personal Counseling Program offers an excellent and rigorous training experience in a fast-paced college counseling environment. The training program offers students a broad range of supervised clinical and counseling experiences, including: diagnostic NYSPA • 555 Eighth Avenue, Suite 1902, New York, NY 10018 518-437-1040 • [email protected] • www.nyspa.org assessment, brief psychotherapy, longer term psychotherapy, crisis intervention, couples and family therapy, group treatment, psychological and educational testing (not required but available), and academic and life skills workshops. In accord with APA guidelines, interns receive supervised experience in providing clinical supervision to practicum-level trainees. A personalized program of activities and supervision is planned for each student according to their training needs. We serve a very diverse, multi cultural (including international) college student and employee population which includes adults, adolescents and families with a range of income levels. Our clients are also clinically diverse and present with challenges ranging from normal issues of development and adaptation to a significant proportion of post-traumatic and other very serious, acute disorders. Individual and group supervision is provided by four licensed, full time clinical and counseling staff psychologists and approximately 7 - 10 additional part-time supervisors--psychologists and social workers (most in private practice) and other faculty from the psychology department. Psychodynamic, cognitive behavioral, humanistic, experiential and other treatment approaches are represented. Our intern and post-doc positions are unpaid, but we offer an excellent training experience in a college counseling environment and considerable flexibility with respect to special scheduling needs. The internship program conforms to APPIC standards, excluding stipend. It may be possible for interns and post-docs to teach one undergraduate psychology course per semester (approximately $2900 per course) during their training year internship, if they are interested in doing so. While teaching opportunities have usually been possible to arrange, unfortunately these cannot be guaranteed. Optional Special Training Tracks for Advanced Externs, Interns and Post-Docs Advanced externs (3rd year and above), interns and post-docs who can commit to working at least 20 hours/week at our site are invited to interview for placement in one of the four specialized training tracks we offer. In addition to providing services to the general college community, trainees in the Special Training Tracks will serve as counselors-in-residence for campus offices that serve special groups of students: Veterans Affairs and Counseling Center; the LGBTQ Resource Center; the Black and Latino Male Initiative; and the Center for Disability Services Office of Disabilities. Responsibilities will include providing individual and group counseling services; presenting targeted skills workshops; and serving as the liaison between the counseling center and the campus office. At least 3 hours of each 20 hour week will be spent providing services to the office where the trainee is assigned. _____________________________________________________________________ General information about the Brooklyn College Personal Counseling Program is here: http://pc.brooklyn.cuny.edu/ Information on our training program is here: http://www.brooklyn.cuny.edu/web/about/offices/studentaffairs/offices/counseling/contact/openin gs/students.php NYSPA • 555 Eighth Avenue, Suite 1902, New York, NY 10018 518-437-1040 • [email protected] • www.nyspa.org Burke Rehabilitation Hospital Rehabilitation Hospital offering psychotherapy and assessment opportunities. Child Mind Institute Nonprofit children's mental health organization with externship tracks in anxiety disorders, mood disorders, ADHD, neuropsychology, autism research, clinical research. Cognitive and Behavioral Consultants Cognitive Behavioral Consultants (CBC) is an evidence-based clinical and training center founded in 2004 by Drs. Lata McGinn and Alec Miller, both of whom are internationally recognized experts in their respective fields of Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). CBC is comprised of a select group of highly skilled clinicians, educators, and researchers who specialize in CBT and DBT. We offer a collegial and intellectually stimulating environment and an outstanding opportunity to receive training and supervision in comprehensive CBT and DBT for a broad range of disorders with children, adolescents, and adults, and experience working with individual clients, groups, couples, and families. We also offer specialized training with certified trainers in many evidence-based treatments including but not limited to Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), Prolonged Exposure (PE), intensive OCD treatment, social anxiety group treatment, executive functioning coaching, intensive DBT program (Steps) to meet the needs of young adults who require a higher level of care, and more. Externs conduct individual, couples, family, and group therapy, and co-lead one or more CBT groups and/or DBT skills training groups with highly trained therapists/supervisors. This comprehensive training experience includes a 5-day CBT foundational and a 5-day DBT foundational training at our Schwartzberg Training Center, several hours of individual and group supervision per week, weekly DBT consultation team, monthly CBT consultation team, didactic seminars on CBT and DBT, disorder-specific case conferences, and a lecture series in which nationally and internationally renowned speakers are invited. Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at NYU Langone Health The number of Externships Available: 2 Externships Length of Externship July 1, 2021 - June 30, 2022 Clinical Responsibilities Testing: The position will primarily involve performing neuropsychological, psycho-diagnostic, developmental, and psycho-educational evaluations. Patient populations include children with various learning disabilities, ADHD with comorbid learning problems, and other neurodevelopmental and neurological conditions affecting cognitive development and learning. The extern will be required to administer, score, and write reports based on test results. Externs NYSPA • 555 Eighth Avenue, Suite 1902, New York, NY 10018 518-437-1040 • [email protected] • www.nyspa.org will also participate in intake and feedback sessions. Opportunities for classroom observations to supplement the clinical evaluation are also available. Seminars/Didactics: Externs are required to attend the weekly NYU Child Study Center neuropsychological seminars and attend 2 case conferences that are held on Wednesdays weekly. Weekly Grand Rounds are also available, and an option for every extern. School Visits: Externs are expected to attend