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Site Name: Charleston Area Medical Center

Department: Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry

Department : Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry

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Member Site Information
APPIC Member Number: 1637
Program Type: Internship
Membership Type: Full Membership
Site: Charleston Area Medical Center
Department: Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry
Address: 3200 MacCorkle Ave SE
5th Floor
Charleston, West Virginia 25304
Country: United States
Metro Area: Not Applicable
Not Applicable
Distance from Major City:
Phone: 304-388-1038x
Fax:
Email: chantel.weisenmuller@hsc.wvu.edu
Web Address: https://www.camcmedicine.edu/academic-departments/department-behavioral-medicine-and-psychiatry/clinical-psychology-internship
Brochure Website's Address: https://www.camcmedicine.edu/academic-departments/department-behavioral-medicine-and-psychiatry/clinical-psychology-internship
Primary Agency Type: Academic Health Center
Additional Agency Types:
  • Academic Health Center
  • Medical School
Member of APPIC since:
Accreditation
APA Accreditation Accredited
CPA Accreditation Not Accredited
Internship Staff/Faculty Information
Training Director: Chantel Weisenmuller
Chief Psychologist: Chantel Weisenmuller
Number of Full-Time Licensed Doctoral Psychologists on Staff/Faculty 14
Number of Part-Time Licensed Doctoral Psychologists on Staff/Faculty 0
Position Information
Start Date: 07/01/2024
Funded
Number of Full Time Slots Expected Next Class: 6
Number of Part Time Slots Expected Next Class: 0
Stipend
Full Time Annual Stipend for Next Class: 37800
Part Time Annual Stipend for Next Class:
Fringe Benefits: Comp Time , Dental Insurance, Health Insurance, Professional Development Time, Sick Leave, Vacation
Other Fringe Benefits (not indicated above): Travel funds for conference attendance.
Brief description of the typical work day for an intern at this training site Dependent on rotation assignment, average 45 hours per week.
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: Yes
Application Due Date: 11/13/2023 11:59 PM EST
Interviews at this site are: Not Offered
A Virtual Interview is: Required
Interview notification date: 12/01/2023
Tentative interview date: 01/04/2024, 01/05/2024, 01/11/2024, 1/12/2024, 01/18/2024,01/19/2024
Interview process description:

Applications are due by November 13th and applicants will be notified by December 1st whether they are offered a virtual interview, on a wait list, or no longer under consideration by our site.  Please note that we require intern applicants to possess a masters degree in psychology, and the word "psychology" must be included on the masters transcript. Otherwise under WV law an intern must have a faculty member present for all professional interactions; with a masters degree in psychology the intern can function without such intense oversight. All applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States.

Please note our APA-accredited internship offers TWO training tracks:

Health Service Psychology Track (APPIC# 163711) - 4 internship positions available

Child Clinical Psychology Track (APPIC# 163712) - 2 internship positions available

All interviews will be virtual. Health Service Psychology Track interviews are planned for Jan 5, Jan 12, and Jan 19, 2024. Child Clinical Psychology Track interviews are planned for Jan 4, Jan 11, and Jan 18, 2024.

If you would like to request an interview with a specific faculty member, please note this in your cover letter. Please also specify your preferred training track.

For more information about the internship generally or the Health Service Psychology Track specifically, please contact the internship director, Dr. Chantel Weisenmuller (chantel.weisenmuller@hsc.wvu.edu), or associate director, Dr. Jillian Keener (jillian.keener1@hsc.wvu.edu).

For more information about the Child Clinical Psychology Track, please contact the training director of the Child Clinical Psychology Track, Dr. Jessica Luzier, ABPP, CED-S (jluzier@hsc.wvu.edu)

 
How to obtain application info: Visit Website
Preferred method of contacting the program: Email the Program
We have matched with interns from these programs: We have worked with highly successful doctoral students from many universities throughout the US. In the past several cohorts, we have matched with applicants from University of Alabama, Virginia Commonwealth University, Wright State University, University of North Dakota, George Mason University, University of Wyoming, University of Hawaii, East Carolina University, Marshall University, Ohio University, the Virginia Consortium, University of California San Diego/San Diego State University, Brigham Young University, and the University of Louisville.
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: Yes
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 start of internship
Dissertation Defended: No
Minimum Number of AAPI Intervention Hours (if applicable):
Minimum Number of AAPI Assessment Hours (if applicable):
Minimum Number of Combined Intervention and Assessment Hours (if applicable):
Minimum Number of Years of Grad Training Required (if applicable):
Accepted / Not-Accepted Program Types
Clinical Psychology Accepted
Counseling Psychology Accepted
School Psychology Not Accepted
APA-Accredited Accepted
CPA-Accredited Not Accepted
PCSAS-Accredited
Non-Accredited Not Accepted
Ph.D Degree Accepted
Psy.D. Degree Accepted
Ed.D. Degree Not 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: Must have a master's degree in psychology as verified by transcript by start of internship
Program Description

Our long-running psychology internship is sponsored by the Charleston Area Medical Center (CAMC), in concert with the CAMC Institute for Academic Medicine. CAMC is the largest hospital complex in West Virginia. Located in the state capital, CAMC is a nonprofit regional referral and academic medical center with more than 8,000 employees. The medical center is made up of four hospitals: CAMC General Hospital, CAMC Memorial Hospital, CAMC Teays Valley Hospital and CAMC Women and Children's Hospital. It offers a number of specialized inpatient, outpatient, prevention and emergency services, and extensive state of the art facilities and centers of excellence for the provision of clinical care (http://camc.org/services).

CAMC’s mission is “Striving to provide the best health care to every patient, every day”, which directly aligns with the aims of the predoctoral psychology internship program. The CAMC pillars include being the best place to receive patient-centered care, the best place to work, and the best place to learn. The latter includes a strong commitment to a positive clinical learning environment, which has been managed by the CAMC Institute for Academic Medicine for more than 20 years, exemplified by "Everyone teaches, and everyone learns.” As the largest provider of continuing interprofessional education programs in the state, CAMC contributes to the professional development of thousands of learners each year.

The clinical psychology predoctoral internship represents part of the training and clinical service mission of the Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry at CAMC. In the Department, psychology faculty are employed by the West Virginia University School of Medicine - Charleston Division; faculty provide clinical services at CAMC. The Charleston Division of the WVU Health Sciences Center is a clinical branch campus of the medical school, which is located in Morgantown, WV.  The mission of the WVU School of Medicine (WVU SOM) in Charleston is the training of medical students, as well as students in psychology, nursing, dentistry, pharmacy, social work, public health, and community health, among others. Both CAMC and the WVU SOM are dedicated to the provision of clinical services to the citizens of southern West Virginia and neighboring states. 

To meet the unique and specialty care needs of families throughout the region, the Department of Behavioral Medicine & Psychiatry provides best practice interventions including Dialectical Behavior Therapy for adults and adolescents, cognitive behavioral therapy, evidence- based treatment for eating disorders, Parent Child Interaction Therapy, Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and neuropsychological assessments. In addition, our interns participate in training and service delivery with ambulatory clinics and hospital units throughout the CAMC system, as well as community partners, providing opportunities for additional training in integrated primary care and consultation and liaison services.

We are pleased to offer two internship tracks to meet applicant's training goals. The Health Service Psychology Track offers required rotations in outpatient psychological services (ambulatory clinics), inpatient psychiatry, hospital consultation and liaison services, and assessment. The Child Clinical Psychology Track offers targeted training outpatient child clinical psychology services (ambulatory clinics), pediatric consultation and liaison in specialty interdisciplinary clinics, and child assessment. All interns participate in interdisciplinary grand rounds and other didactic opportunties with psychiatry residents, internship-specific didactics, and a supervision seminar to further advance supervision knowledge and skills toward readiness for practice.

For more information about our internship, please see our website:

https://www.camcmedicine.edu/academic-departments/department-behavioral-medicine-and-psychiatry

A brochure about our general health service psychology internship can be found here: https://www.camcmedicine.edu/sites/camcmedicine/files/CAMC%20Internship%20Brochure.pdf

A brochure for our child clinical psychology specialty track can be found here: https://www.camcmedicine.edu/sites/camcmedicine/files/Child%20Clinical%20Psychology%20Specialty%20Track%20Brochure.pdf

 

 

 

Internship Training Opportunities

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

(training opportunities continued)

Treatment Modalities
Assessment: Experience (21% to 30%)
Individual Therapy: Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Couples Therapy: Exposure (1% to 20%)
Family Therapy: Experience (21% to 30%)
Group Therapy: Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Community Intervention: Exposure (1% to 20%)
Consultation/Liaison: Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Crisis Intervention: Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Brief Psychotherapy: Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Long-term Psychotherapy: Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Cognitive Rehabilitation: Exposure (1% to 20%)
Primary Care: Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Evidenced Based Practice: Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Evidence Based Research: Emphasis (31% to 49%)
Supervision of Practicum students :
Other:

(training opportunities continued)

Experience
Health Psychology: Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Women's Health: Emphasis (31% to 49%)
HIV/AIDS: Exposure (1% to 20%)
Eating Disorders: Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Sexual Disorders:
Sports Psychology:
Rehabilitation Psychology: Exposure (1% to 20%)
Physical Disabilities: Exposure (1% to 20%)
Learning Disabilities: Emphasis (31% to 49%)
Developmental Disabilities: Emphasis (31% to 49%)
Assessment: Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Neuropsychology-Adult: Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Neuropsychology-Child: Experience (21% to 30%)
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: Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Sexual Offenders:
Geropsychology: Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Pediatrics: Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
School:
Counseling:
Vocational/Career Development:
Multicultural Therapy: Emphasis (31% to 49%)
Feminist Therapy:
Religion/Spirituality:
Empirically-Supported Treatments: Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Public Policy/Advocacy: Exposure (1% to 20%)
Program Development/Evaluation: Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Supervision: Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Research: Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Administration: Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Integrated health care - primary: Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Integrated health care - specialty:
Other:

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: https://www.camcmedicine.edu/academic-departments/department-behavioral-medicine-and-psychiatry/clinical-psychology-internship  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: 122 71 85 62 78 61 83
Number of applicants invited for interviews: 18 18 18 18 18 18 24
Total number of interns: 3 3 3 3 3 4 4
Total number of interns from APA/CPA accredited programs: 3 3 3 3 3 4 4
Total number of interns from Ph.D. programs: 2 3 2 2 2 3 4
Total number of interns from Psy.D. programs: 1 0 1 1 1 1 0
Total number of interns from Ed.D. programs: 0 0 0 0 0
Number of interns that come from a Clinical Psychology program 2 3 3 3 2 4 4
Number of interns that come from a Counseling Psychology program 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
Number of interns that come from a School Psychology program 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Range of integrated assessment reports: lowest number of reports written 14 13 15 12 15 12 3
Range of integrated assessment reports: highest number of reports written 95 94 98 91 95 80 54
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: 1
Veterans Affairs Health Care System: 0
Psychiatric facility: 0
Correctional facility: 0
Health Maintenance Organization: 0
School district/system: 0
Independent practice setting: 1
Other (Academic Psychology Department): 2
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