The Psychology Internship Program has been offered by the Pritzker Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago and continuously accredited by the American Psychological Association since 1963. The 2024-2025 Internship Class will include four full-time, twelve-month internships of two interns each in two tracks: the Pediatric Psychology Track and the Clinical Child Psychology Track.
The primary goal of the internship program at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago is to train competent psychologists to provide services to children and their families in pediatric and mental health settings. The training program is guided by a clinical science model in which clinical practice is informed by science and research, and clinical work, in turn, generates new research ideas. Program graduates will achieve competence in the areas of assessment, clinical diagnosis, behavioral analysis and treatment, short-term therapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy, parent training, individual therapy, family therapy, consultation with school and agency personnel, and consultation in a medical setting.
Interns will participate in year-long outpatient services focused on cases aligned with their specialty track, four clinical rotations for 3-months each, one 3-month rotation conducting assessments with the neuropsychology team, and associated efforts in research, program evaluation, and advocacy. The three-month rotations aligned with the chosen track will consist of one required acute care rotation (the Partial Hospitalization Program for Clinical Child interns, the Psychiatry & Behavioral Health Consultation Service for Pediatric Psychology interns), two rotations chosen by the intern within their dedicated track, and one 3-month choice rotation from the opposing track to encourage breadth of training. The year-long internship experience allows interns to pursue both short and long-term cases while the rotations provide intensive experience on a variety of other services. Cohort cohesion is supported through one half day each week of in-person didactics attended by all four interns and co-located offices. At the end of internship successful students will be competent to move into post-doctoral or staff positions in academic medical settings, as well as other outpatient mental health settings.