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Site Name: Mount Sinai Morningside & West (formerly St. Lukes' and Roosevelt)

Department: Psychology Division of Dept. of Psychiatry

Department : Psychology Division of Dept. of Psychiatry

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Member Site Information
APPIC Member Number: 1479
Program Type: Internship
Membership Type: Full Membership
Site: Mount Sinai Morningside & West (formerly St. Lukes' and Roosevelt)
Department: Psychology Division of Dept. of Psychiatry
Address: 1090 Amsterdam Ave. 16 Fl.
New York, New York 10025
Country: United States
Metro Area: New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA
Distance from Major City: 0
Phone: 518-935-3814x
Fax:
Email: Leora.Heckelman@mountsinai.org
Web Address: http://icahn.mssm.edu/msslwpsychpredoctoralinternship
Brochure Website's Address: http:// https://icahn.mssm.edu/msslwpsychpredoctoralinternship
Primary Agency Type: Private General Hospital
Additional Agency Types:
Member of APPIC since: 1989
Accreditation
APA Accreditation Accredited
CPA Accreditation Not Accredited
Internship Staff/Faculty Information
Training Director: Leora Heckelman PhD
Chief Psychologist: Shilpa Taufique PhD
Number of Full-Time Licensed Doctoral Psychologists on Staff/Faculty 28
Number of Part-Time Licensed Doctoral Psychologists on Staff/Faculty 14
Position Information
Start Date: 07/01/2024
Funded
Number of Full Time Slots Expected Next Class: 9
Number of Part Time Slots Expected Next Class: 0
Stipend
Full Time Annual Stipend for Next Class: 36010
Part Time Annual Stipend for Next Class: 0
Fringe Benefits: Dental Insurance, Disability Insurance, Health Insurance, Professional Development Time, Sick Leave, Vacation
Other Fringe Benefits (not indicated above):
Brief description of the typical work day for an intern at this training site Interns spend time in a variety of clinical settings providing direct clinical care (individual, group, family, milieu therapies) for at least 50% of their time. The other 50% of their time is spent in didactics, supervision, and clinical team meetings.
Does this site have practicum psychology students on site? Yes
Doctoral Psychology Practicum StudentsYes
Masters Psychology Practicum StudentsYes
Do Psychology Interns/Postdocs Have the Opportunity to Supervise Practicum Students?Yes
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: 11/03/2023 11:59 PM EST
Interviews at this site are: Not Offered
A Virtual Interview is: Required
Interview notification date: 12/18/2023
Tentative interview date: Late December, Early Jan
Interview process description:

This is a 3-step process:

(1) All AAPI Applications will be screened by our faculty and a smaller group of applicants will selected for intervew;

(2) Interview, Meetings and Tour: PLEASE NOTE THAT DUE TO COVID19,  ALL INTERVIEWS FOR THE 2022-2023 CLASS,WILL BE CONDUCTED ON REMOTE PLATFORMS. A VIRTUAL VIDEO TOUR OF OUR SITE WILL BE SHARED WITH OUR INTERVIEWEES.  Applicants will take part in a  Program Orientation with Directors; will have 2-3 individual interviews with members of our faculty, will have a group interview if interviewing for the adult track, and will meet and virtually tour the site with our current interns; 

(3) Faculty will then discuss applicants, and by group consensus, determine a ranking lists for the National Match. Child and Adult Tracks use the same criteria and processes but conduct these interviews separately. Child track applicants will likely be interviewed during the first two weeks of December. Adult track applicants are interviewed on a rolling basis in December and January. 
How to obtain application info: Visit Website
Preferred method of contacting the program: Email the Program
We have matched with interns from these programs:
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: No
Comprehensive Exams Passed: Yes, by start of internship
Dissertation Proposal Approved: Yes, by ranking deadline
Dissertation Defended: No
Minimum Number of AAPI Intervention Hours (if applicable): 550
Minimum Number of AAPI Assessment Hours (if applicable): 40
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 Accepted
APA-Accredited Accepted
CPA-Accredited 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: For applicants applying for the the 2023-2024 training year: Please note that we are aware that due to COVID19, many of you were unable to accrue externship hours from March, 2020 on. We will keep this in mind when reviewing your applications.
Program Description

The Clinical Psychology Internship housed at Mt. Sinai Morningside (formerly called St. Luke's) and West (formerly called Roosevelt) urban, teaching hospitals, is designed to provide interns with a year-long intensive, generalist, clinical experience with diverse patients in a wide range of treatment settings. The internship consists of Child and Adult Tracks -- which share a common integrationist approach. Within this, emphasis is placed on evidence-based intervention, psychotherapeutic process, and attunement to ethnocultural diversity. Applicants apply either to the Adult or Child Track. Both tracks provide similar clinical and didactic education while, at the same time, offering separate, developmentally-appropriate primary rotations. Adult track rotations include: 2 psychiatric inpatient units, an addictions clinic, the Center for Intensive Treatment of Personality Disorders, PTSD-related training at the World Trade Center Clinic, a Med-Psych rotation which includes training in a transgender clinic,  the Dubin Breast Center and a consultation liaison service. Child-track rotations include a parent-infant program, adolescent school-based therapeutic milieu, child/adolescent inpatient unit, neuropsychological assessment and outpatient clinic. Outpatient work is emphasized though there are opportunities to train in inpatient settings. Interns have primary responsibility for their patients under supervision. Education and training integrates medical model, psychodynamic, cognitive behavioral, dialectical behavioral, and other evidence-based techniques. Seminars and didactic courses are an important part of training. Classes include modules such as psychotherapeutic process, working with patients with character disorders, severe mental illness and/or substance use disorders, child psychopathology, systems theory, family therapy, mindfulness and acceptance interventions, and psychopharmacology. Child interns conduct neuropsychological and comprehensive psychodiagnostic assessment on a regular basis; adult interns conduct comprehensive psychodiagnostic assessment on a regular basis. The internship is a valued part of the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Health -- which includes biobehavioral research centers, substance abuse treatment services, child and adult inpatient units and child and adult psychiatry residency programs among others.

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: Yes
French-speaking: Yes
Deaf/Hearing-impaired: Yes
Students: Yes
International Students: Yes
Rural:
Urban: Yes
Low income: Yes
Homelessness: Yes
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: Exposure (1% to 20%)
Crisis Intervention: Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Brief Psychotherapy: Emphasis (31% to 49%)
Long-term Psychotherapy: Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Cognitive Rehabilitation:
Primary Care:
Evidenced Based Practice: Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Evidence Based Research:
Supervision of Practicum students :
Other:

(training opportunities continued)

Experience
Health Psychology: Exposure (1% to 20%)
Women's Health: Exposure (1% to 20%)
HIV/AIDS: Exposure (1% to 20%)
Eating Disorders: Exposure (1% to 20%)
Sexual Disorders: Exposure (1% to 20%)
Sports Psychology:
Rehabilitation Psychology:
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: Exposure (1% to 20%)
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: Exposure (1% to 20%)
Sexual Offenders: Exposure (1% to 20%)
Geropsychology: Exposure (1% to 20%)
Pediatrics:
School: Experience (21% to 30%)
Counseling: Experience (21% to 30%)
Vocational/Career Development: Experience (21% to 30%)
Multicultural Therapy: Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Feminist Therapy: Exposure (1% to 20%)
Religion/Spirituality:
Empirically-Supported Treatments: Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Public Policy/Advocacy:
Program Development/Evaluation: Exposure (1% to 20%)
Supervision: Experience (21% to 30%)
Research: Experience (21% to 30%)
Administration:
Integrated health care - primary:
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: icahn.mssm.edu/msslwpsychpredoctoralinternship  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: 293 264 267 266 299 315 298
Number of applicants invited for interviews: 95 115 110 92 125 110 100
Total number of interns: 12 12 9 9 9 9 9
Total number of interns from APA/CPA accredited programs: 12 12 9 9 9 9 9
Total number of interns from Ph.D. programs: 7 8 8 7 5 6
Total number of interns from Psy.D. programs: 5 4 1 2 4 3
Total number of interns from Ed.D. programs: 0 0 0 0 0 0
Number of interns that come from a Clinical Psychology program 10 11 9 9 6 7
Number of interns that come from a Counseling Psychology program 2 1 0 0 3 2
Number of interns that come from a School Psychology program 0 0 0 0 0 0
Range of integrated assessment reports: lowest number of reports written 0 3 2 2 2 2 2
Range of integrated assessment reports: highest number of reports written 107 92 100
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: 9
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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