Department of Psychiatry
Internship Programs 2008-2009
The University of Chicago Department of
Psychiatry is accepting applications for the Neuropsychology (3 Slots:
2 adult; 1 mixed child/adult) and Adult Tracks (1 Slot: Eating
Disorders interest). The child track is on hiatus this year
only.
Clinical Psychology Internship Program
October 30, 2007
Thank you for your interest in the University of Chicago Department
of
Psychiatry Clinical Psychology Internship Program. We are pleased to
provide you with our updated 2008-2009 internship brochure. Please
carefully read this entire document before deciding on applying to our
program. We'd like you to select this internship because you
believe it is a “great match,” one that will provide you with the
skills necessary to become a professional clinical psychologist,
specializing in Clinical Neuropsychological science and practice.
The University of Chicago Clinical Psychology Internship is
comprised of three tracks, but will only
be accepting applications for the Adult and Neuropsychology tracks.
The
Neuropsychology track adheres
to APA
Division 40 and
The Adult
Psychology track offers major core rotations that develop
competencies in providing treatment for individuals with Eating
Disorders. Interns may also select rotations that focus on
developing skills needed to work with adults with the following
disorders: Anxiety, Depression, Addictions (Alcohol/Smoking), and
Aggression Related Disorders. There is also is an opportunity to
conduct research in cultural diversity/health disparities areas. Each
of these rotations is described in detail in this brochure, along with
faculty interests: Drs. Chen, King, Le Grange, McCloskey,
Sanchez-Johnson, and Vas. If you are considering such a rotation,
please carefully read each faculty member's research interests, to
ensure a good match.
Along with offering specialized training experiences, we also
believe that the internship year should be focused on the rounding out
and further development of an intern's general clinical psychology skills. To
facilitate this, interns are required to conduct brief and longer term
individual psychotherapy with outpatients, (often geriatric clients for
adult focused interns and young adolescents for child focused interns),
under the supervision of departmental faculty. This requirement
encourages interns to develop effective empirically supported
intervention skills, through work with supervisors representing various
orientations, including cognitive behavioral, psychodynamic,
dialectical, and interpersonal models.
In addition to developing psychotherapy skills, internship will also
focus on professional development.
Interns will be assigned a primary mentor who will help guide them in
making rotation choices, monitoring their progress, and assisting in
career development and decision making. Interns attend didactics
conducted by senior and junior faculty members addressing these
professional needs. Seminars focus on issues such as creating an
effective job talk, attaining a postdoctoral fellowship, providing
supervision, attaining that “elusive” K-award or R01, and balancing
family and career, among other pertinent concerns.
Our focus is on assisting your development as a clinical scientist, through
specialty rotations, generalized training, didactics, and research
opportunities. You will interact with various supervisors from diverse
backgrounds and orientations, and develop the communication skills,
expertise, and confidence required to provide expert feedback to
patients, families, and physicians. Given these goals, we believe we
have developed an enriching, exciting, and challenging program. We hope
that this sparks your interest and that you will continue to carefully
read our brochure and choose to apply.
On behalf of the training committee, we look forward to reviewing
your
application. Please know that we appreciate the time you will invest in
completing this application. In return, we will carefully review
your
credentials and give your application serious consideration. The
University of Chicago participates in the APPIC Internship Matching
Program. Therefore, you must register for the Matching Program in order
to be eligible to match our program. As an accredited site, we also
abide by APA guidelines and principles.
If you have any questions, please call the Internship Secretary at
773-702-0529. If your questions can not be answered through such
communication, feel free to email us directly, through our interim
training directors.
We look forward to the prospect of reviewing your application. We wish you the best of luck during this process and hope to have the opportunity to meet you in the future.
Sincerely,
Maureen Lacy, Ph.D.
Director, Clinical Psychology Internship
Program
mlacy@yoda.bsd.uchicago.edu
Shona Vas, Ph.D. & Scott Hunter, Ph.D.
Associate Directors of Clinical Psychology Training
773-702-0529
svas@yoda.bsd.uchicago.edu
The
University Chicago
The University of Chicago Medical Center (UCMC) is one of the
pre-eminent academic medical centers in the country. It is
internationally known for the quality of its health care, medical
training, and research. The UCMC consists of the University of Chicago
Hospitals, the Pritzker School of Medicine, and the Division of
Biological Sciences of the University of Chicago. The University of
Chicago Hospitals include the Bernard Mitchell Hospital, Duchossois
Center for Advanced Medicine, Rubloff Intensive Care Tower, the
Surgery/Brain Research Pavilion, Chicago Lying-in Hospital, and Comer
Children's Hospital. More than 90 specialty outpatient clinics are part
of the medical center. It is the second largest medical system in the
Chicago area, with over 1,000 beds. The Pritzker School of Medicine
trains a higher proportion of academically oriented physicians than any
other medical school in the country. The Division of Biological
Sciences is composed of faculty-researchers in both basic and clinical
areas, including a collection of Nobel laureates, and receives over $80
million annually in research grants. The principal location of the University of Chicago Medical Center is adjacent to the campus of the University of Chicago, in the Hyde Park section of Chicago. The university has an excellent library system, computer services, and many intellectual and social offerings. Hyde Park is a quiet residential neighborhood in the city, centered around the university, and is noted for its cultural activities and offerings, and its historical architecture. The University of Chicago and the Medical Center are situated five miles south of Chicago's downtown area and one-half mile from Lake Michigan, affording access to a wide variety of cultural, recreational, and professional opportunities. Affordable housing close to the medical center is readily available.
The Department of Psychiatry
The Department of Psychiatry is both a clinical service and training unit of the University of Chicago Hospitals, and an academic unit within the Division of Biological Sciences and the Pritzker School of Medicine. The Department has a long history of distinguished research, integrated with clinical service and mental health training. Its faculty includes psychologists, psychiatrists, and social workers who have made major research contributions to behavioral, cognitive, biological and psychodynamic theories of development and intervention, and their application to assessment and treatment. Ongoing areas of research include therapy outcome, developmental psychopathology, substance abuse, psychopharmacology, developmental epidemiology, biological psychiatry, medical neuropsychology, neuroimaging, and disorders such as aggression, eating disorders, and neurodevelopmental concerns such as Autism, ADHD, and epilepsy.The Department is comprised of two sections: 1) General Adult Psychiatry and 2) Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Each section provides a combination of inpatient, outpatient, and specialty programs within the UCMC, as well as affiliates and satellite clinics around the Chicago area.
A. Adult Section
The Adult Section consists of a number of
outpatient specialty clinics and one inpatient unit. The outpatient
clinics include: the Schizophrenia Clinic, the Affective Disorders
Clinic, the Neuropsychology Service, the Neuropsychiatry Clinic, the
Obesity and Eating Disorders Clinic, the Anxiety Clinic, the
Consultation-Liaison Service, the Substance Abuse Clinic, and the
Geropsychiatry Clinic. The inpatient unit is dedicated to addressing
acute needs of general psychiatry patients, persons with severe
personality disorders, and neuropsychiatric disorders.
Patients coming to the Adult Section of the
Department of Psychiatry present with a wide variety of mental health
problems. The intern is likely to be involved in the assessment and
treatment of patients with affective, cognitive, or substance use
disorders, aggression management, psychophysiologic disorders,
relationship problems, sleep disorders, adjustment disorders associated
with medical conditions, and personality disorders. Many patients are
self-referred from throughout the Chicago area, while other patients
are referred by physicians within the hospital for assessment and
treatment. The patient population includes the full range of the
Chicago and Midwest area's diverse socioeconomic, racial and ethnic
mix. Interns in the neuropsychology track with carry a caseload with an
emphasis on treating older adults.
B. Child and Adolescent Section
The Child and Adolescent Section consists of psychologists, psychiatrists, and social workers who share a primary interest in clinical service, research, and training in child and adolescent mental health. Serving both traditional psychiatric and medical populations, the Section also collaborates with pediatric specialists in other areas, including Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, and Pediatric Neurology. The section has a long and rich tradition of training mental health professionals. Current training and intervention orientations include interpersonal, cognitive, behavioral, and biological perspectives. Specialty services within the Section include Pediatric Psychosocial Consultation-Liaison, Adolescent Eating Disorders Clinic, and the Pediatric Neuropsychology Service. There is a general Child Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic, which provides services for the community, including pharmacotherapy and psychotherapeutic interventions. Although the population served by the Child and Adolescent Section is clinically and economically diverse, a substantial number of clients come from disadvantaged and minority backgrounds.
C. Core Training Faculty
The supervisory psychologists and
psychiatrists associated with the internship are faculty of the
Department of Psychiatry.
Maria
Caserta, M.D. is a geropsychiatrist whose clinical interests
include geriatric psychiatry, neuropsychiatry, the diagnosis and
treatment of neurodegenerative disorders (such as Alzheimer's disease
and other dementias), and psychopharmacological management of memory
disorders. She is Director of the Geropsychiatry Clinic and the
Geropsychiatry Training Program, and is active in research utilizing
neuroimaging techniques.
Angela Celio Doyle, Ph.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist who specializes in the identification and treatment of eating disorders, principally in adolescents and young adults. A member of the Department’s Eating Disorders team, she focuses her research and clinical practice on multimodal interventions, with expertise in family based treatment.
Eunice
Chen, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist who specializes in the
treatment of eating disorders, obesity and suicidal behavior. Research
interests are in the efficacy of cognitive-behavioral therapy,
interpersonal psychotherapy, behavioral weight loss and Dialectical
Behavior Therapy. Dr Chen is part of the Weight Loss Surgery
multidisciplinary team.
Tina Drossos, Ph.D. is a
pediatric psychologist on faculty in Child and Adolescent
Psychiatry. Dr. Drossos specializes in consultation and liaison
with pediatric medical services concerning the psychosocial needs of
children and their families. She also provides outpatient
diagnosis and intervention in the Child Psychiatry clinic.
Joseph
Fink, Ph.D., ABPP/CN is a clinical neuropsychologist with
interests in medical neuropsychology, the neurocognitive sequelae of
electrical trauma, neuropsychological detection and characterization of
neurodegenerative conditions, and investigation of various classes of
memory disruption and their neural substances.
Sharon Hirsch, M.D. is the
Interim Chief of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. She coordinates
training and supervision in consultation/liaison psychiatry and
psychology and provides supervision for outpatient child and adolescent
psychotherapy cases.
Renee
Hoste, Ph.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist specializing in
the treatment of adolescents and adults with eating disorders.
She is a member of the Department’s Eating Disorders team, addressing
the clinical needs of patients with anorexia nervosa and bulimia.
Scott Hunter, Ph.D. is Director
of Pediatric Neuropsychology and the coordinator of Child Psychology
training in the Department. His clinical and research interests include
the identification of neurocognitive factors underlying the development
of attention and self-regulation, the neuropsychological sequelae of
developmental and behavioral disorders, specifically epilepsy,
neurofibromatosis, and hydrocephalus, and medical neuropsychology in
pediatric populations.
Andrea King, Ph.D. is a
clinical psychologist specializing in the treatment of addictions. Her
research focuses on the biological and psychosocial factors involved in
predisposition to substance abuse and in mechanisms of alcohol and drug
reinforcement.
Maureen Lacy, Ph.D. is a
clinical neuropsychologist with interests in examining the cognitive
aspects of neurologic diseases, with a special interest in caring for
individuals with hydrocephalus, brain tumors, movement disorders, and
epilepsy.
Eric R.
Larson, Ph.D. is a clinical neuropsychologist with interests in
the cognitive aspects of aging and dementia. Dr. Larson functions
as the attending neuropsychologist at The University of Chicago Memory
Disorders Clinic. Current research projects involve ethical
issues in the aging population and how social functioning is affected
by various dementias
Michael McCloskey, Ph.D. is a
licensed clinical psychologist whose academic and clinical activities
focus on the etiology and treatment of aggressive disorders. Current
research activities include treatment outcome studies of aggression
using cognitive-behavioral therapy, emotional information processing
among individuals with aggressive and self-aggressive disorders, and
laboratory measures of aggression and self-aggression.
Lisa
Sanchez-Johnson, Ph.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist who
specializes in the development of culturally proficient assessments and
interventions for diverse ethnic groups. Her current research
involves diet, physical activity, body image/eating pathology, and
tobacco education interventions for overweight Latinos.
Shona Vas,
Ph.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist specializing in the
diagnosis and treatment of anxiety disorders using cognitive-behavioral
and dialectical behavior therapy. She also provides assessment
and treatment of comorbid psychopathology on both Axes I and II.
Additional interests involve multicultural competence and the provision
of culturally sensitive services in socially and ethnically diverse
populations.
Leoneen Woodard-Faust, M.D. is a child and adolescent psychiatrist on faculty. She provides supervision and teaching regarding consultation/liaison and multidisciplinary interventions for children and their families.
In addition to the core psychology training
faculty whose primary appointments are in the Department of Psychiatry,
other psychologists, psychiatrists, physicians, and social workers are
affiliated with the Departmental internship and provide additional
multidisciplinary training and supervision to interns. Clinical
psychology postdoctoral fellows also provide guidance and supervision
during the internship year.The supervisory psychologists and
psychiatrists associated with the internship are faculty of the
Department of Psychiatry.
The Internship
Program
The internship is a yearlong, full-time
experience devoted to training in providing clinical service, didactic
seminars, and supervision in the areas of psychological assessment,
treatment, and consultation. The emphasis of the internship is on
developing core skills in these areas, and on fostering the development
of the intern's professional identity. The program has four principal
components: 1) didactic education, 2) supervised clinical experience,
3) specialty clinic rotations and 4) research opportunities.
An important feature of our
approach to training is that, at the beginning of the internship, the
intern formulates a plan for meeting his/her training goals in
conjunction with a primary advisor and other faculty members. Individually determined combinations of rotations,
clinical supervisors, patient populations, seminars and other
opportunities within the medical center are selected to optimally meet
each intern's training needs. This flexibility allows the intern to
maximize the value of the internship year by making unique choices from
among the diverse educational opportunities the program offers.
A. Didactic Training
All interns attend several core seminar
series as part of APA requirements and recommendations. In addition,
interns have the opportunity to attend any elective seminar offered
through the psychiatry residency program or the medical school. In
addition, each track presents its own more specific seminar(s). These
are described later.
The Department of Psychiatry Grand
Rounds offers presentations on a wide range of topics in
mental health by renowned speakers from around the country. The seminar
includes Clinical Grand Rounds and research presentations by faculty
from within the department and the medical center, as well as
researchers from outside the
Memory Disorders Conference provides interns the opportunity to interact with
geriatricians, neurologists, nurses, and social workers during a
multidisciplinary conference. During this
meeting, interns will learn to integrate data from multiple sources and
develop a comprehensive analysis and treatment plan.
The Professional Issues Seminar provides
the opportunity for interns and psychology training faculty to discuss
important issues central to our work and identity as psychologists
including: ethics and standards of practice, psychology as a
profession, legal and political issues, minority issues, sensitivity to
cultural diversity, the integration of research and clinical work,
career development, scientific bases of important content areas, and
socialization into the profession of psychology.
The Psychological Practice in the
Medical Setting Seminar consists
of readings, didactic lectures, case presentations, and open discussion
intended to familiarize the intern with the medical center setting,
emphasize the application of clinical psychology principles to modify
biological functioning and adjustment to illness, as well as to survey
different disorders areas, which are common in psychiatric and medical
settings. Also, members of the training faculty present their
research, with the intention of demonstrating how to: 1) integrate
clinical and research activity in an academic medical center; 2) secure
funding from federal agencies and foundations; 3) respond to reviewers;
and 4) develop clinical-research relationships with medical
services.
In addition to these core seminars and the
seminars offered for each track, the department, hospital, and
university offer many other seminars, lectures and various other
educational resources throughout the year, including a Psychiatry &
Law series, various Grand Rounds, Cultural Issues in Psychiatry, etc.
B. Supervised Clinical Experience
The core of the internship is supervised
clinical experience that challenges the intern to expand his or her
conceptual and practical skills in the assessment and treatment of
psychological disorders. Each intern is matched with a primary advisor
who has the responsibility of overseeing the intern's program and
progress. Supervision is done primarily on
an individual basis, although some supervision is also done in group
format and through seminars. Close attention is paid to balancing the
intern's core caseload and their supervision. Interns typically receive
one to two hours of psychotherapy supervision per week, depending on
their choice of rotations and caseload.
C. Specialty Clinic Rotations
Specialty clinics are an important
component of the Department of Psychiatry. They provide interns with
the opportunity to work alongside skilled psychologists, psychiatrists,
neurologists, geriatricians, and social workers in a variety of diverse
settings, across various areas of clinical psychology and psychiatry.
Rotations in the specialty clinics introduce interns to the differing
areas of practice and help them refine their own specialty interests.
In consultation with their primary advisor, interns choose a total of
four full time rotations: two rotations are completed each six month
period of the training year. An intern may elect to take the same
rotation again (i.e., depth of training approach) or may choose another
rotation to gain a wider training experience. Interns must participate
in at least three clinical rotations related to their designated track.
Neuropsychology Interns must complete:
Memory Center Rotation, Adult Rotation, and a Research Rotation. They
may elect to keep one of these rotations or opt for a rotation from the
Adult or Child tracks. Each rotation involves clinical work and
supervision, and many rotations also include a seminar or case
conference. The various specialty clinics that are currently available
to interns are described for each track. It is important to note,
however, that rotations may change over time, with some added or
unavailable for the training year an intern enters the program.
D. Research Rotations
While the internship year is devoted
primarily to clinical training, the
The Internship Tracks
The University of Chicago APA-Approved
Clinical Psychology Internship Program offers only one track this year.
Neuropsychology Track interns may opt to complete one rotation from the
other tracks: Adult Psychology, Child Psychology. Once an intern is
admitted to the internship he or she will be expected to complete four
rotations over the course of the year. Each track and its offerings are
detailed below:
NEUROPSYCHOLOGY TRACK – This
is the only Track open this year, although interns may select one
rotation from the other tracks:
The Neuropsychology Track is
designed to provide a primary training experience in neuropsychological
assessment and treatment for individuals interested in pursuing a
career in clinical neuropsychology. While the Neuropsychology intern
will also participate in all aspects of the general internship
including supervised psychotherapy and seminars, a yearlong experience
in neuropsychology is the hallmark of this program. The Neuropsychology
Track Program adheres to the APA Division 40 and Houston Conference
guidelines for training in clinical neuropsychology, and is designed to
prepare the intern for advanced postdoctoral residency work in the
field.
The Neuropsychology Service
at the University of Chicago Hospitals
receives inpatient and outpatient requests for assessment and treatment
from Neurology, Neurosurgery, Neuropsychiatry, Geriatrics, Pediatrics,
Oncology, Inpatient Psychiatry, and General Medicine clinics, as well
as from private referral sources and school settings. These referrals
span the entire list of neuropathological
entities such as aphasia, epilepsy, degenerative disorders, tumors,
learning disabilities, and traumatic brain injury. Assessment with both
adult and pediatric populations is offered. Treatment experiences are
available through the Memory Disorders Treatment Clinic and the
University of Chicago Outpatient Psychiatry
Department.
The Neuropsychology intern
devotes 60% of the full year training experience to the various
programs within the Neuropsychology Service and 40% to the general
internship program, although these percentages could vary based on the
experience of the intern. As part of their general training in
neuropsychology, interns also participate in an assessment clinic,
working independently with the postdoctoral fellow, supervising externs
and technicians. The intern also attends a number of specialty seminars
including: The Clinical Neuroscience Series which is a weekly meeting
devoted to special topics and clinical case presentations in
neuropsychology and neuropsychiatry, Brain Cutting, which is devoted to
the examination of gross brain anatomy, and is geared towards
understanding the neuropathology of neurological diseases, and
Neurology Teaching Rounds, which provides the intern with the
opportunity to participate in bedside evaluations conducted by
neurologists on their inpatient service.
Specific clinic rotations
offered within the Neuropsychology Track are detailed below:
The Memory Disorders
Treatment Clinic Rotation exposes the interns to patients for whom memory
impairment is a major complaint or feature of their cognitive
impairment profile. The etiology of the deficits can vary widely, and
include patients with primary progressive dementias, vascular dementia,
or amnestic syndromes (e.g., alcohol-related illness, traumatic head
injury, brain tumor resection, etc.). On the memory disorders rotation,
students will learn to administer a brief and focused
neuropsychological evaluation with an emphasis on differential
diagnosis and treatment recommendations. Students will learn to
gather relevant information in a timely manner yet remain sensitive to
individual patient concerns and needs. In the biweekly Memory
Disorders Journal Club, students will select and moderate discussion on
peer reviewed articles that pertain to dementia or related
topics. Students will learn the basics of clinical neuroimaging
techniques and will learn to identify structural brain abnormalities
that are associated with aging. Participation in a weekly team
conference will allow students to learn the process of
multidisciplinary differential diagnosis and the unique contributions
made by neuropsychological assessment.
The Adult
Neuropsychology Rotation is geared towards refining skills in the
neuropsychological assessment of adult inpatients and outpatients drawn
from Neurology, Neurosurgery, Neuropsychiatry, Geriatrics, Oncology,
Inpatient Psychiatry, and General Medicine clinics, as well as from
private referral sources and school settings. These referrals span the
entire list of neuropathological entities
such as aphasia, epilepsy, degenerative disorders, tumors, learning
disabilities, and traumatic brain injury. The experience focuses on the
selection, administration, and scoring of neuropsychological tests, as
well as in formulating test interpretations and communicating test
results through written reports and oral presentations. Outpatient
evaluations are typically conducted in day-long (seven hour) sessions.
The intensive nature of these assessment sessions provides an
opportunity to learn in a more in-depth fashion about different types
of neuropsychological syndromes as well as to participate in case
formulation and plan test selection. Interns will also be exposed to intracarotid amytal
(WADA) testing used in prospective neurosurgical patients.
COMPETENCIES
At the end of the internship
year, interns in the Neuropsychology Track will have mastered the
following specific competencies:
§ Assessment and
treatment of psychological disorders stemming from cognitive,
psychiatric, and medical disability
§ Selection,
administration, scoring, and interpretation of neuropsychological tests
§ Case
conceptualization through integration of history, test data, and
behavioral observation
§ Communication of test
results through written reports and oral presentation
§ Development of a
working knowledge and experiential base in neurological diagnosis,
neurosurgery, and psychiatry
§ Capacity for
neuropsychological consultation to neurology, neurosurgery, psychiatry,
pediatric, other medical services, and other referral sources
§ Provision of feedback
to patients and families
ADULT PSYCHIATRY TRACK –Neuropsychology Interns may select one rotation
from this track
The Adult Psychology Track of the
internship program has a dual focus on training in clinical work with
medical and psychiatric populations. Interns will have the opportunity
to develop their skills with both inpatients and outpatients, with and
without primary psychopathological conditions, who range in age from
early adulthood to older adults, and who represent a diverse set of
cultural and ethnic backgrounds. Opportunities for psychological and
neuropsychological assessment exist. Although faculty
endorse various theoretical orientations, behavioral,
cognitive-behavioral, and interpersonal therapies, both brief and
long-term, are emphasized.
The track has special strengths in clinical
and research areas of therapy outcome (i.e., CBT, DBT, depression,
anger, anxiety, and personality disorders) and obesity and eating
disorders. Adult psychology services are also provided to traditional
psychiatric outpatients, psychiatric patients in a progressive partial
hospitalization program, and patients who require rehabilitation for
neuropsychological and chronic psychiatric conditions. Services are
provided to patients adjusting to acute medical crises as well as those
managing chronic medical conditions. Many of these patients are
referred by other members of the psychiatry department,
Interns will have the opportunity to
develop their skills in the following clinical activities:
- Consultation
to medical inpatient services and outpatient clinics
- Collaboration
with health care providers and psychiatrists
- Psychological
and neuropsychological assessment of inpatients and outpatients
- Psychological
treatment with chronically medically and psychiatrically ill patients
- Clinical work
with minority populations
Interns in this track are required to
attend the Psychological Practice in Medical Setting Seminar. The Adult
Psychology Track also has a number of elective seminars open to all
interns. These are often connected with a specialty rotation (e.g., the
Consultation/Liaison Seminar, Clinical Neuroscience Series).
Specific clinic rotations offered within
the Adult Psychology Track are detailed below:
The Obesity and Eating Disorders
Rotation offers specialized
training in the assessment and treatment of anorexia and bulimia
nervosa, binge eating disorder, and obesity. Treatment modalities
utilized in this clinic include cognitive behavioral therapy
(individual and group) and family therapy for the eating disorders, and
psychological and/or surgical treatment for obesity. Individuals will
also be part of the Gastric Bypass Surgery Team and attend
multidisciplinary clinics and meetings, presenting psychological and
psychosocial data and literature. (Director: Eunice Chen, Ph.D.)
The Smoking Cessation Rotation will consist of experiences as a primary therapist
in a large-scale, nationally-funded smoking cessation treatment trial.
The trial examines sex differences in response to a combined
pharmacological/psychotherapy intervention. Trainees will learn smoking
cessation techniques through a semi-structured manual combining
Cognitive-Behavioral, Motivational Enhancement, and Addictions
Counseling methodologies. Sessions will be audiotaped
and reviewed in weekly individual and/or group supervision meetings.
Interns will provide the treatment in an individualized format.
Didactics include videotapes and readings in Motivational Interviewing,
tobacco and drug withdrawal, vulnerability/risk factors, and issues
related to addictions in women. The participants will be diverse in
terms of age range, socioeconomic background, and ethnicity. Training
and experience in administering modified diagnostic interviews may also
be included in the rotation. There are ample opportunities for research
experiences, if desired, as part of the training rotation or as a
separate research rotation. (Director: Andrea King, Ph.D.)
The Aggressive Disorders Rotation offers training in the assessment and treatment of
aggression, with an emphasis on the treatment of Intermittent Explosive
Disorder. Interns will receive training in the use of
cognitive-behavioral treatments of aggression, and will conduct therapy
with a clinically aggressive population in individual and/or group
settings. The assessment portion of the rotation includes training in
the administration of semi-structured diagnostic interviews including
the Structured Interview for the DSM-IV (SCID), The Structured
Interview for Disorders of Personality (SID-P), and the Intermittent
Explosive Disorder Interview (IEDI). There are also opportunities to
participate in ongoing clinical research projects. (Director: Michael
McCloskey, Ph.D.)
The Adult Anxiety Clinic provides outpatient individual and group assessment
and psychotherapy for adults suffering from anxiety-related disorders
including Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Social Phobia, Specific Phobia,
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, and Post Traumatic Stress
Disorder. Treatment is provided from a cognitive-behavioral
perspective using empirically supported treatments. However
patients also learn skills taught as part of dialectical behavior
therapy (DBT) in a group format. Interns will conduct diagnostic
evaluations, provide individual therapy and co-facilitate one or more
time-limited psychotherapy groups for different disorders.
Interns may also be requested to conduct evaluations for patients with
anxiety disorders who are hospitalized in the Department of Psychiatry
or other departments of the medical center. In addition, interns
will have the opportunity to gain experience in providing individual
and/or group supervision for advanced graduate students who also
provide services in the clinic. Interns will receive one hour of
individual and one hour of group supervision each week and will carry a
caseload of 4-5 individual patients. This rotation requires
participation in a weekly seminar focusing on providing CBT for anxiety
disorders. (Director: Shona Vas, Ph.D.)
Anxiety Disorders and Neuroimaging
Research Rotation offers
interns the opportunity to actively participate in research studies on
the affective neuroscience of anxiety disorders in the Brain Imaging
and Emotions Laboratory (BIEL). In this rotation, interns
will receive training on the design, conduct, and analysis of
behavioral experiments and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) imaging studies that focus on emotion,
affect regulation, and/or social interactions in healthy volunteers and
patients with various anxiety disorders including Social Anxiety
Disorder (Social Phobia) and Generalized Anxiety Disorder.
Reading and critical analysis of the relevant scientific literature,
and training in administering standardized structured diagnostic
interviews (e.g., SCID) and clinical assessments of anxiety are part of
this rotation. (Director: Luan Phan, M.D.)
The Adult Psychiatry Consultation
Service (APCS) provides
consultations and acute management services to UCH inpatients on all
medical, surgical, and obstetrical services. Delirium, depression,
adaptation to illness, and co-occurring psychiatric disorders are the
most common reasons for referral. Interns on the APCS can participate
in biopsychosocial evaluations of referred
patients and have the opportunity to offer psychotherapeutic services
at the bedside with acutely ill patients. Interns can see a broad array
of cases from general medical or surgical services or focus on
particular areas of interest (such as burns, organ transplants,
neurological conditions, cardiac disease, etc). (Director: to be
announced)
At the end of the internship year, interns
in the Adult Psychology Track will have mastered the following specific
competencies:
- Assessment
and intervention skills suitable for improving the functioning of
psychiatric and medical patients, both via individual and group
intervention formats.
- Use of
cognitive-behavioral and interpersonal approaches to the evaluation and
treatment of major mood and anxiety disorders, personality disorders,
chronic mental illness, neuropsychological disorders, obesity and
eating disorders, substance abuse and psychological aspects of medical
conditions.
- Knowledge and
competence in the use of empirically supported treatments for major
Axis I and Axis II disorders.
- Cultural
competence in working with an ethnically and socially diverse urban
population.
- Capacity for
consultation to other health professionals including physicians and
social workers using a multi-disciplinary approach.
- Exposure to
and familiarity with all aspects of clinical research including
development, implementation, analysis and dissemination of
results.
THE
CHILD PSYCHOLOGY TRACK Neuropsychology Interns may select one rotation
from this track
The Child Psychology Track is primarily
oriented towards advanced clinical psychology trainees seeking to
specialize in the assessment and treatment of developmental disorders
in children and adolescents, consultation to pediatric health services,
professional practice and research in pediatric neuropsychology, or in
the treatment of adolescents with eating disorders. Interns will have
the opportunity to develop and refine their clinical skills with both
inpatients, as part of a consultation/liaison rotation, and
outpatients, through rotations within Child Psychiatry and its
specialty clinics, or through a rotation with the Developmental and
Behavioral Pediatrics section. Clients may or may not present with
primary psychopathology; some cases will be more medically based, with
co-occurring psychosocial or educational concerns. Typically, patients
will range in age from early childhood through late adolescence, and
represent a diverse set of cultural and ethnic backgrounds.
Opportunities for psychological and neuropsychological assessment
exist. Intervention approaches will emphasize interpersonal,
behavioral, and cognitive-behavioral therapies.
The intern candidate seeking advanced training in the developmental
disorders will complete two required rotations within the Child
Psychiatry Clinics, including Pediatric Neuropsychology, and one
rotation with the Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics program.
Alternatively, an intern seeking a more focused emphasis within one of
these areas may elect to pursue a full year with one of the specialty
clinics listed above. Similarly, an intern who is primarily child
oriented may elect to emphasize the Eating Disorders rotations, with
secondary emphases in the other options available, such as Pediatric
Neuropsychology or Developmental Pediatrics. A Pediatric Psychosocial
Consultation/Liaison rotation is required for interns, with an emphasis
on pediatric psychological approaches to assessment and intervention.
Additionally, all interns will carry a caseload of outpatient
psychotherapy patients; these cases will be varied, and may concern
both internalizing and externalizing concerns, as well as issues of
adjustment to medical and psychiatric issues. Interns will be
principally supervised by child psychology faculty, with additional
supervision provided by psychiatry and social work clinicians within
the Department.
All interns will participate in weekly interdisciplinary clinical
teams, where cases will be discussed from the perspective of
psychiatry, psychology, and social work. Additional didactics include a
series of child mental health seminars, held at the beginning of the
academic year; attendance at the relevant clinic-based seminars
throughout the year (i.e., the Pediatric Neuropsychology Seminar or the
Eating Disorders Seminar); and departmental grand rounds and colloquia.
Clinical rotations available:
The Pediatric
Neuropsychology Rotation offers training in conducting brief
and comprehensive evaluations of children and adolescents with
suspected or known neurocognitive dysfunction. Referrals are received
from inpatient and outpatient services in psychiatry, neurosurgery,
oncology, neurology, and general pediatrics. Interns will learn to
address referral questions through guidance in test selection,
administration, and interpretation. Experience in the communication of
results and impressions to families and other professionals will also
be obtained. In terms of collaboration with the medical and psychiatry
services, experience in differential diagnosis, comprehensive
assessment of comorbid concerns, and the
use of appropriate pharmacological and behavioral interventions is
provided. Additionally, collaboration with school districts and
outside agencies, around intervention programming, is an opportunity
included on this rotation.
The Adolescent Eating
Disorders Rotation offers specialized training in the
assessment and treatment of anorexia and bulimia nervosa, binge eating
disorder, and obesity. Treatment modalities utilized in this clinic
include cognitive behavioral therapy (individual and group) and family
therapy for the eating disorders, and psychological and/or surgical
treatment for obesity.
A Child Psychiatry Consultation/Liaison Rotation provides
interns with opportunities to participate actively in the assessment
and intervention of psychological concerns that accompany medical
illness and treatments. Both inpatient and outpatient experiences will
be available with this rotation, which will be coordinated by the
director of Child and Adolescent Consultation/Liaison services and the
clinical director for Child Psychiatry.
A rotation in consultation with the Developmental
and Behavioral Pediatrics Section of the Department of
Pediatrics has been developed to provide interested interns with an
opportunity to train in current models of assessment and intervention,
both medically and behaviorally, with children with developmental
disorders. This rotation includes a day-long participation on the
Developmental Pediatrics team, conducting evaluations of children with
genetic and acquired neurodevelopmental
and motor disorders (e.g., spina bifida,
cerebral palsy, disabilities secondary to extreme prematurity,
autism spectrum disorders), and then developing appropriate behavioral
and biological interventions. This rotation is primarily
supervised by Dr's Michael Msall and Peter
Smith, among other Developmental Pediatricians on faculty at the
At the end of the internship year, interns completing the Clinical
Child Psychology Track will have mastered the following specific
competencies:
§ Be able to make use of a broad
repertoire of assessment and intervention skills suitable for improving
the functioning of youngsters and adolescents with developmental,
psychiatric, and medical disorders, including
§ The ability to effectively assess
and then diagnose complex developmental disorders.
§ The ability to implement empirically
valid interventions for internalizing and externalizing difficulties in
children.
§ Effectively collaborate with school,
families, and other professionals concerning appropriate strategies for
learning and behavioral development.
§ Apply an understanding of
psychological principles to the treatment of youngsters with medically
based disorders, to promote effective adjustment and reintegration to
daily life.
Terms and Benefits of Internship
The Clinical Psychology Internship begins
July 1, 2008 and runs through June 30, 2009.
The yearly stipend is $23,660, plus
subsidized medical benefits. Dental benefits are also available
for a small fee.
Three weeks of vacation time is given, plus
hospital holidays. Professional time is also available for conferences
and dissertation defense.
Two internship positions will be available
for the next year: both in the Neuropsychology Track.
Interns have individual offices with
telephones, computers, voice mail, photocopy privileges and clerical
support.
Educational resources available to interns
include the extensive
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Grievance and due process polices specific to Interns can be obtained
by emailing requests to: mlacy@yoda.bsd.uchicago.edu.
These policies will be presented and discussed with interns during
initial interviews and again during orientation week. These policies
are available on a shared drive to all interns and faculty members upon
acceptance to the program.
Our next accreditation site visit is scheduled in late 2007.
Grievance
policy is attached .
Application
Procedures
Applicants should be from an APA-approved
program in clinical or counseling psychology. They should have finished
their core clinical course work, their master's thesis, and be admitted
to doctoral candidacy by the time they start the internship. They
should have had three years of graduate-level practicum experience,
with at least 1000 hours of supervised practica
experience completed by the start of the internship.
Interns may apply to only one track and
must specify their selection in their letter of intent and when
completing our brief application form.
In order to apply, students should submit
the following in one mailing by November 16th, 2007:
- Letter of intent, including statement of career goals and interests in our program;
- Current curriculum vita;
- Official school transcript;
- Three letters of recommendation, preferably one from the applicant's academic advisor and two others from clinical supervisors;
- One neuropsychological/diagnostic report, psychological assessment or initial evaluation;
- One self-addressed, stamped envelope for notification of application status;
- APPIC Application for Psychology Internship (AAPI)
- University of Chicago Internship Application Form
All materials must be compiled by the applicant and sent in one mailing. Recommendation letters should be in sealed and signed envelopes. Send completed application materials to:
Maureen Lacy, Ph.D.
Clinical Psychology Internship Selection
Committee
Department of Psychiatry
University of Chicago Medical Center
5841 S. Maryland Avenue, MC 3077
Chicago, IL 60637-1470
Applicants will be notified when their completed application is received. Selected applicants will be invited for interviews in late December and January. Interviews will most likely be held on Fridays in January.
The
Applicants matched to the internship should understand that prior to commencing the internship they will be required to successfully pass a required medical examination, which includes a drug test. Applicants should also note that some clinical placements require an automobile to gain access to them and that some placements require evening hours.
For more information or questions regarding the application process call 773-702-0529.
We are accredited by the American Psychological Association. All applicants to our Program shoud be coming from APA approved programs. The APA can be reached at 202 336-5500 or at www.apa.org.
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