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Site Name: Carson Center for Adults and Families, a Program of Behavioral Health Network (BHN)

Department: BHN The Carson Center

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Member Site Information
APPIC Member Number: 1340
Program Type: Internship
Membership Type: Full Membership
Site: Carson Center for Adults and Families, a Program of Behavioral Health Network (BHN)
Department: BHN The Carson Center
Address: 77 Mill Street, Suite 251
Westfield, Massachusetts 01085
Country: United States
Metro Area: Not Applicable
Not Applicable
Distance from Major City: 30 min. west of Springfield, MA; 45 min north Hartford, CT
Phone: 413-568-6141
Fax: 413-572-4117
Email: Susan.Quigley@bhninc.org
Web Address:
Brochure Website's Address:
Primary Agency Type: Community Mental Health Center
Additional Agency Types:
  • Community Mental Health Center
Member of APPIC since:
Accreditation
APA Accreditation Accredited
CPA Accreditation Not Accredited
Internship Staff/Faculty Information
Training Director: Susan Quigley
Chief Psychologist: Susan Quigley
Number of Full-Time Licensed Doctoral Psychologists on Staff/Faculty 1
Number of Part-Time Licensed Doctoral Psychologists on Staff/Faculty 2
Position Information
Start Date: 00/00/0000
Funded
Number of Full Time Slots Expected Next Class: 0
Number of Part Time Slots Expected Next Class: 0
Stipend
Full Time Annual Stipend for Next Class: 0
Part Time Annual Stipend for Next Class: 0
Fringe Benefits:
Other Fringe Benefits (not indicated above): Full-time interns' premiums are paid in part by BHN; half-time interns can participate in agency's health insurance plan but needs to pay full premium at group rate
Brief description of the typical work day for an intern at this training site The internship is inactive this year
Does this site have practicum psychology students on site? No
Is this program fully affiliated with one or more doctoral programs? No
Is this program partially affiliated with one or more doctoral programs? No
Internship Application Process
Accepting Applicants: No
Application Due Date: The data is not updated for current year. We are showing the previous data.
Interviews at this site are:
A Virtual Interview is:
Interview notification date: N/A
Tentative interview date: N/A
Interview process description:

The BHN/Carson Center for Adults and Families Doctoral Psychology Internship program is not recruiting interns for the 2020-2021 internship year.
How to obtain application info: Visit Website
Preferred method of contacting the program: Email the Program
We have matched with interns from these programs: Antioch University, U. of Hartford, UMass - Boston, Stanford Consortium, Fielding, MSPP, John Jay College - CUNY, U. of Miami, UC - Berkeley, Illinois School of Professional Psychology, Argosy, U. Mass - Amherst, SUNY - Albany, St. Mary's University of Minnesota.
Internship Applicant Requirements
US Citizenship Required: No
If NOT a U.S. Citizen, Authorization to Work or to Engage in Practical Training (CPT or OPT) in the US is Required: No
Canadian Citizenship Required: No
If NOT a Canadian Citizen, Authorization to Work in Canada or to Engage in Practical Training (CPT or OPT) in Canada is Required: No
Masters Degree Required: Yes, by start of internship
Comprehensive Exams Passed: Yes, by application deadline
Dissertation Proposal Approved: Yes, by application deadline
Dissertation Defended: No
Minimum Number of AAPI Intervention Hours (if applicable): 500
Minimum Number of AAPI Assessment Hours (if applicable): 100
Minimum Number of Combined Intervention and Assessment Hours (if applicable):
Minimum Number of Years of Grad Training Required (if applicable): 3
Accepted / Not-Accepted Program Types
Clinical Psychology Accepted
Counseling Psychology Accepted
School Psychology Not Accepted
APA-Accredited Accepted
CPA-Accredited Accepted
PCSAS-Accredited
Non-Accredited Not Accepted
Ph.D Degree Accepted
Psy.D. Degree Accepted
Ed.D. Degree Accepted
This institution, department, internship, or postdoctoral program requires trainees to sign a statement about personal behavior and/or religious beliefs as a condition of admission and/or retention in the program: No
How to obtain text of statement:
Other Requirements:
Program Description

 

Behavioral Health Network (BHN)The Carson Center offers an internship with two different tracks in Western Massachusetts. 

One track, located in Adult Outpatient Services in the Carson Center for Adults and Families in Westfield, Massachusetts is a full-time one year (2,000 hours) Internship in Professional Psychology fully accredited by the American Psychological Association (APA).

The second track - our new Medical Integration (MI) Track is a one year full-time  APA-accredited internship positionstructured so that 24 hours is at BHN The Carson Center's adult outpatient mental health clinic in Westfield, MA (described at length in this brochure)  with the half-time Psychology Interns; the other 20 hours is in medical integration (MI) at a BHN affiliated medical setting in the Springfield area.

As part of their Medical Integration training, full-time Psychology Interns receive training and supervision and provide 1) consultation to medical providers and 2) direct services to patients.

After being trained in Medical Integration consultation skills, Psychology Interns, as part of an interdisciplinary team, offer consultation to medical providers who are partnered with BHN. The integration of behavioral health services with primary care is designed to improve the detection, diagnosis, and treatment of mental disorders in patients seen in primary care settings. Psychology Interns work collaboratively with patients, medical providers, social workers, and other personnel to offer education about behavioral or mental health problems with the goal of addressing patients’ physical health challenges (e.g., diabetes, obesity). The behavioral health consultation is designed to help patients manage stress or depression, and make lifestyle changes that can improve their medical conditions.

 Psychology Interns also provide evaluations and short-term, evidence-based interventions (e.g., CBT, Solution-Focused Brief Therapy), in which they have received specialized training from BHN. Interns meet with behavioral health staff and staff from the partner health center on a regular basis to discuss logistics and programmatic challenges and needs.  The Psychology Intern's clinical supervisor and the Training Director meet with the BHN medical integration program director and program coordinator every three months to discuss any updates, address any issues or concerns, and to offer feedback to the training site and the Psychology Intern.

The overarching goal of the Doctoral Internship in Health Services Psychology is to prepare interns to develop a knowledge base, skills, and attitudes which will further their development as competent and ethical psychologists, with a special understanding of the mission and concerns of community mental health. The training model that we subscribe to has at least 3 dimensions: 1) competency-based / developmental, 2) practitioner-scholar, and 3) multiple roles.

1) The developmental model: In terms of the professional development of psychologists, we believe that the internship serves a vitally important function in facilitating the transition from doctoral student to psychologist. 2) The practitioner-scholar model: Our training program is based on a practitioner-scholar model. We place practitioner first to reflect our priority in training interns to be competent, first and foremost, in clinical practice, including assessment, treatment planning, and intervention. We train our psychology students in a number of evidence-based treatments, including Dialectical Behavior Therapy (Linehan), EMDR (Shapiro), Panic Control Therapy (Barlow), Relapse Prevention (Marlatt), Motivational Interviewing (Miller & Rollnick), OCD (Foa) and PTSD (Resnick). With our emphasis on psychotherapy integration, we strongly encourage interns to value and draw on a multiplicity of theoretical perspectives to guide their clinical work (including cognitive, behavioral, narrative, systemic, humanistic, and interpersonal) and to find their own blend or integration. 3) Multiple roles: The third precept upon which our training is based is the strong conviction that current and future psychologists need to be trained in multiple roles and to develop both foundational and functional competencies. Although our primary emphasis is on training in individual and group psychotherapy with adults, our program also provides training in assessment, clinical supervision, training/consultation, & program evaluation. We take a team approach to treatment and you will participate on two or more teams (e.g. DBT, Diagnostic / Treatment Team). Psychology Interns receive 2 hours of individual supervision a week from licensed psychologists that are on our training faculty.  In addition, they attend various seminars, including a Clinical Seminar in Evidence-based Practice, Narrative and Integrative therapy, Assessment Seminar, DBT Seminar, and Supervision Seminar.

Internship Training Opportunities

Populations
Infants:
Toddlers:
Children: Yes
Adolescents: Yes
Adults: Yes
Family:
Older Adults: Yes
Inpatients:
Outpatients: Yes
Gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender: Yes
Ethnic minorities: Yes
Spanish-speaking: Yes
French-speaking:
Deaf/Hearing-impaired: Yes
Students: Yes
International Students:
Rural: Yes
Urban:
Low income: Yes
Homelessness: Yes
Other:

(training opportunities continued)

Treatment Modalities
Assessment: Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Individual Therapy: Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Couples Therapy: Exposure (1% to 20%)
Family Therapy: Exposure (1% to 20%)
Group Therapy: Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Community Intervention:
Consultation/Liaison: Emphasis (31% to 49%)
Crisis Intervention:
Brief Psychotherapy: Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Long-term Psychotherapy: Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Cognitive Rehabilitation:
Primary Care: Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Evidenced Based Practice: Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Evidence Based Research:
Supervision of Practicum students : Emphasis (31% to 49%)
Other: Training in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

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Experience
Health Psychology: Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Women's Health:
HIV/AIDS:
Eating Disorders:
Sexual Disorders:
Sports Psychology:
Rehabilitation Psychology:
Physical Disabilities:
Learning Disabilities:
Developmental Disabilities:
Assessment: Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Neuropsychology-Adult:
Neuropsychology-Child:
Serious Mental Illness: Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Anxiety Disorders: Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Trauma/PTSD: Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Sexual Abuse: Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Substance Use Disorders: Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Forensics/Corrections:
Sexual Offenders:
Geropsychology: Emphasis (31% to 49%)
Pediatrics: Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
School:
Counseling:
Vocational/Career Development:
Multicultural Therapy: Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Feminist Therapy: Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Religion/Spirituality:
Empirically-Supported Treatments: Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Public Policy/Advocacy:
Program Development/Evaluation: Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Supervision: Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Research:
Administration:
Integrated health care - primary: Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Integrated health care - specialty: Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Other:

Given the population seen in our CMHC, you will have supervised experience working with individuals with a broad range of problems and disorders - from adjustment problems to persistent mental illness and severe personality disorders.  Also, we provide a substantial amount of training in working effectively with clients with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders, as this applies to 30-50% of the clients we serve. The majority of individuals treated at our clinic are 18 years and older. However, our testing rotation includes psychological testing with children, adolescents and adults.

Additional information about training opportunities: Not all rotations or training experiences may be available as described in the APPIC Directory. Please consult the program's application materials or their website at: for a complete description of the training opportunities available at this training site. IF the site has not updated their information by August 1, feel free to contact the Training Director for additional information.

Summary of the Characteristics of the Specified Internship Class
2017-2018 2018-2019 2019-2020 2020-2021 2021-2022 2022-2023 2023-2024
Number of Completed Applications: 27 21 21 26
Number of applicants invited for interviews: 9 12 12 0
Total number of interns: 6 7 3 0
Total number of interns from APA/CPA accredited programs: 6 7 3 0
Total number of interns from Ph.D. programs: 2 0 0 0
Total number of interns from Psy.D. programs: 4 7 3 0
Total number of interns from Ed.D. programs: 0 0 0 0
Number of interns that come from a Clinical Psychology program 5 6 3 0
Number of interns that come from a Counseling Psychology program 1 1 0 0
Number of interns that come from a School Psychology program 0 0 0 0
Range of integrated assessment reports: lowest number of reports written 3 3 3 0
Range of integrated assessment reports: highest number of reports written 19 12 15 0
Summary of Post Internship Employment Settings of Each Internship Class (1st Placement)
2022-2023
Academic teaching:
Community mental health center: 0
Consortium: 0
University Counseling Center: 0
Hospital/Medical Center: 0
Veterans Affairs Health Care System: 0
Psychiatric facility: 0
Correctional facility: 0
Health Maintenance Organization: 0
School district/system: 0
Independent practice setting: 0
Other (Academic Psychology Department): 0
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