Clinical & Pediatric Psychology Doctoral Internship Program Rotations
Our Rotations
The internship program provides comprehensive training in child clinical and pediatric psychology, following a practitioner-scholar model. Interns gain diverse experience through clinical rotations, yearlong service provision and didactic supervision. The program is structured around 3 four-month clinical rotations and yearlong experiences in outpatient services, psychological assessment and emergency psychiatric evaluations.
- Outpatient Services: Interns work at the Bingham Clinic, one of the oldest child and adolescent mental health clinics in the country. They provide intake evaluations, individual and family therapy and serve a wide population ranging from ages 4 to 18, with cases involving a wide range of emotional, behavioral and medical concerns. Interns manage their own caseloads with guidance from faculty and can choose cases of specific interest.
- Psychological Assessment: Interns complete comprehensive psychological assessments, including evaluations for attention deficits, cognitive functioning, learning profiles and social-emotional concerns. These assessments help with treatment planning and diagnostic clarification.
- Emergency Department: Interns provide emergency psychiatric evaluations for children in the pediatric emergency department. They work alongside psychology interns and psychiatry fellows, performing evaluations on children referred by the emergency department team.
- Children's Health & Illness Recovery Program (CHIRP): CHIRP is a manualized intervention aimed at adolescents with chronic illness, such as chronic pain and fatigue. Interns co-lead both individual and group therapy sessions for adolescents and their parents.
- Cultural Diversity: Interns engage in clinics that serve diverse populations and participate in seminars addressing health equity and cultural competence. The program includes specific education related to LGBTQ+ care and interns may voluntarily participate in the LGBTQ+ Health Care Certificate series offered by the university.
- Pediatric Consultation-Liaison Service: Interns work in collaboration with psychology and psychiatry faculty to provide consultations for hospitalized children and adolescents. They address behavioral and emotional challenges related to physical illness or injury, such as anxiety, treatment noncompliance and adjustment disorders. Interns gain experience in consulting with medical teams and delivering interventions like coping skills training and anxiety reduction.
- Pediatric Specialty Care: Interns provide behavioral health services in specialty care clinics such as pediatric cardiology, nephrology, endocrinology and solid organ transplant services. They work in a collaborative care model, screening for adherence and mental health concerns, providing brief interventions and referring patients for further mental health services.
- Child and Adolescent Acute Inpatient Psychiatry: Interns rotate through the Ackerly Inpatient Psychiatric Service, a short-term unit for children and adolescents experiencing acute psychiatric disturbances. Interns serve as primary therapists for two to three patients, conduct individual therapy sessions, participate in unit rounds and lead a weekly DBT-based skills group for adolescents.