The Boston Consortium in Clinical Psychology Internship Program is a yearlong training program involving a consortium partnership between VA Boston Healthcare System and Boston Medical Center. The internship is fully accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of the American Psychological Association. Our next accreditation site visit will be in 2015. In addition, the internship is a member of the Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers (APPIC) and of the Academy of Psychological Clinical Science (APCS). The Boston Consortium internship seeks candidates from APA-accredited, scientist-practitioner and clinical science programs in clinical and counseling psychology. Our training program provides a wide variety of opportunities to work with veterans in three different VA sites, as well as children, adolescents, and their families in a diverse, urban medical center setting (Boston Medical Center).
Interns will train in two rotations: a Match (8-month) rotation, as well as a second (4-month) rotation in a different setting, to assure sufficient breadth of experience. Because each rotation has a distinct APPIC match (program) number, the results of the Match assure interns their assignment to the 8-month rotation. Assignments to the four-month rotation and selection of additional mentors and supervisors are based primarily on the intern's other interests and training needs, which are discussed in more detail after the Match results (and 8-month rotation) are known. However, all interns have complementary training experiences, including: two long-term therapy cases, which may involve work in a different clinic or with a different population; scholarly inquiry / research activities; and a weekly seminar series. Depending upon interest and qualifications, interns may be permitted to do a research externship which would expand opportunities and time for scholarly inquiry activities.
For 2012 – 2013, intern training takes place within the following thirteen (13) rotations, spread across a total of four sites (i.e., three VA medical centers; and our non-VA consortium partner site, Boston Medical Center). In addition for 2012 – 2013, we are pleased to announce that some Boston Consortium interns will have the opportunity to train with the child team at Boston University’s Center for Anxiety Related Disorders (CARD), through a clinical externship arrangement.
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