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Site Name: University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

Department: Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Department : Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

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Member Site Information

APPIC Member Number:	2294
Program Type:	Internship
Membership Type:	Full Membership
Site:	University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Department:	Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Address:	UTHealth Doctoral Psychology Internship Program Louis A Faillace MD Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences 1941 East Rd. Houston, Texas 77054
Country:	United States
Metro Area:	Not Applicable Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX
Distance from Major City:	in central Houston
Phone:	832-867-0148x
Fax:	713-486-2553
Email:	katherine.a.loveland@uth.tmc.edu
Web Address:	https://med.uth.edu/psychiatry/education/internship/
Brochure Website's Address:	https://med.uth.edu/psychiatry/wp-content/uploads/sites/44/2022/10/Handbook-UTHDPIP-2022-23-10-5-2022-1.docx
Primary Agency Type:	Academic Health Center
Additional Agency Types:	Academic Health Center Medical School State/County/Other Public Hospital
Member of APPIC since:	09/01/2014

Accreditation

APA Accreditation	Accredited
CPA Accreditation	Not Accredited

Internship Staff/Faculty Information

Training Director:	Katherine Loveland
Chief Psychologist:	Katherine Loveland
Number of Full-Time Licensed Doctoral Psychologists on Staff/Faculty	24
Number of Part-Time Licensed Doctoral Psychologists on Staff/Faculty	0

Position Information

Start Date:	07/01/2025

	Funded
Number of Full Time Slots Expected Next Class:	16
Number of Part Time Slots Expected Next Class:	0

	Stipend
Full Time Annual Stipend for Next Class:	30000
Part Time Annual Stipend for Next Class:	30000

Fringe Benefits:	Dissertation Release Time, Dental Insurance, Disability Insurance, Health Insurance, Licensing Exam Release Time, Life 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	Specific intern experiences vary with the rotation, e.g., some rotations are inpatient some outpatient.. Interns provide individual and group therapies, perform, interpret and report child, adolescent and adult assessments, do consultations with other professionals, interview patients and families. Please see the internship handbook for descriptions of intern activities in individual rotations. https://med.uth.edu/psychiatry/education/internship/

Brief description of the typical work day for an intern at this training site

Specific intern experiences vary with the rotation, e.g., some rotations are inpatient some outpatient.. Interns provide individual and group therapies, perform, interpret and report child, adolescent and adult assessments, do consultations with other professionals, interview patients and families. Please see the internship handbook for descriptions of intern activities in individual rotations. https://med.uth.edu/psychiatry/education/internship/

Does this site have practicum psychology students on site?	Yes
Doctoral Psychology Practicum Students	Yes
Masters Psychology Practicum Students
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:	11/01/2023 11:59 PM EST
Interviews at this site are:	Not Offered
A Virtual Interview is:	Required
Interview notification date:	11/17/2023
Tentative interview date:	12/04/23, 12/08/2023, 12/11/2023; 12/15/2023; 12/18/2024;
Interview process description:	Applicants selected for interviews will be notified by email as rapidly as possible after the deadline of Nov 1. We expect to notify applicants by Nov 17. INTERVIEWS WILL BE BY REMOTE VIDEO ONLY. Dates for interviews are usually on Mondays and Fridays. Specific dates for interviews in 2023 will be December 4, 8 11, 15, 18. Applicants will meet with multiple faculty and will also meet current interns. Applicants will meet with several of the current faculty during the day they interview but may request additional time with specific faculty. Applicants needing accommodations should let us know in advance of the interview date. Contact salma.chavira@uth.tmc.edu. UTHDPIP emphasizes diversity in training and in the recruitment of both interns and faculty. We strongly encourage persons who are culturally or individually diverse to apply, including persons of diverse racial or ethnic background, those with disabilities and persons who identify as gay or lesbian, transgender or other sexual orientation, gender identity or presentation. Please also be aware that UTHealth requires background checks for all employees including drug testing. More information may be found at the following url: https://www.uth.edu/hoop/employment-eligibility-guidelines.htm
How to obtain application info:	Visit Website
Preferred method of contacting the program:	Email the Program
We have matched with interns from these programs:	University of Houston, Mississippi State University, Florida International University, Fielding Graduate University, Carlos Albizu University Miami, U Colorado Denver, Marshall University, Yeshiva University -Ferkauf, Chicago School of Professional Psych-Los Angeles, University of Central Arkansas, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Purdue University, SUNY Albany University, Texas A&M University, Florida State University, Baylor University, Palo Alto University, Our Lady of the Lake University, University of Alabama, University of S Carolina, University of S Alabama, Bowling Green University, SUNY Buffalo, Syracuse University, U Missouri Saint Louis, Loyola U Chicago, University of Houston Clear Lake, University of Kansas, St Louis University, Texas Tech, Louisiana State U. Baton Rouge, UNC Chapel Hill, U South Florida, Duke University, Emory University, PGSP-Stanford PsyD Consortium, George Fox University, Northwestern University, Carlos Albizu University - San Juan, University of Houston, Clear Lake, University of Texas, Chicago School of professional Psychology - DC

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 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):	200
Minimum Number of Combined Intervention and Assessment Hours (if applicable):	600
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	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:	UTHealth requires a background check for all new employees. For more information please see the following url: https://www.uth.edu/hoop/employment-eligibility-guidelines.htm

Program Description

The University of Texas Mc Govern Medical School’s Louis A Faillace, MD Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences offers a 1 year full time internship to doctoral students in psychology. The purpose of the internship is to provide broad, evidence-based clinical training with children, adolescents, and adults. The internship follows a scientist-practitioner training model, and is designed to prepare interns for careers in a variety of clinical and academic settings. The internship is accredited by APA since 2016.

UTHealth Doctoral Psychology Internship Program provides a generalist internship program. This year our program is offering tracks for the first time. The five tracks available are Addiction (match number 229411), Trauma (match number 229413), Child and Adolescent (match number 229415), Adult Inpatient (match number 229411) and Developmental/Assessment (match number 229414 ). Interns may apply to any of the tracks or more than one. When matched to a track, the intern will be assigned 2 rotation blocks from that track and one from another track, in accordance with our Generalist training model. Interns should expect to be challenged to grow during the internship year, within the context of a supportive program in which supervisors work directly with interns in an apprenticeship training model.Application deadline is November 1, 2023.

Other features of the program include a strong didactic component, a large, diverse and highly qualified psychology faculty, opportunities for interdisciplinary work and consultation, inpatient experiences, mutidisciplinary settings, and research time.

Interns have generous benefits and receive 3 days of professional leave as part of their program. Stipends are competitive.

The program is in Houston, Texas, a large, friendly and highly diverse city with a high quality of life and relatively low cost of living. The McGovern Medical School is located in the Texas Medical Center, a very large campus containing multiple institutions of higher education as well a numerous hospitals and research facilities. The Louis A Faillace MD Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences has two primary locations, including its own psychiatric hospital campus. This year we have added a community rotation in which interns will work directly with underserved communities in a multidisciplinary setting, with emphasis on substance use disorders, trauma, and social determinants of health. Interns have the opportunity to work a highly diverse population of clients with a very wide range of mental health problems. The Houston area also contains numerous opportunities for postdoctoral positions.

UTHDPIP emphasizes diversity in training and in the recruitment of both interns and faculty. We strongly encourage persons who are culturally or individually diverse to apply, including persons of diverse racial or ethnic background, those with disabilities and persons who identify as gay or lesbian, transgender or other sexual orientation, gender identity or presentation.

The currrent program description can be found at the following url: https://med.uth.edu/psychiatry/education/internship/

You can email the program director at katherine.a.loveland@uth.tmc.edu

Please be aware that UTHealth requires background checks for all new employees. More information can be found at the following url:

https://www.uth.edu/hoop/employment-eligibility-guidelines.htm

Internship Training Opportunities

Populations
Infants:	Yes
Toddlers:	Yes
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:
Deaf/Hearing-impaired:
Students:
International Students:
Rural:	Yes
Urban:	Yes
Low income:	Yes
Homelessness:	Yes
Other:	all socioeconomic levels and many racial/ethinic groups

(training opportunities continued)

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

(training opportunities continued)

Experience
Health Psychology:
Women's Health:
HIV/AIDS:	Exposure (1% to 20%)
Eating Disorders:
Sexual Disorders:
Sports Psychology:
Rehabilitation Psychology:
Physical Disabilities:
Learning Disabilities:	Experience (21% to 30%)
Developmental Disabilities:	Experience (21% to 30%)
Assessment:	Experience (21% to 30%)
Neuropsychology-Adult:
Neuropsychology-Child:	Experience (21% to 30%)
Serious Mental Illness:	Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Anxiety Disorders:	Emphasis (31% to 49%)
Trauma/PTSD:	Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Sexual Abuse:	Exposure (1% to 20%)
Substance Use Disorders:	Emphasis (31% to 49%)
Forensics/Corrections:	Exposure (1% to 20%)
Sexual Offenders:
Geropsychology:
Pediatrics:	Experience (21% to 30%)
School:	Exposure (1% to 20%)
Counseling:
Vocational/Career Development:
Multicultural Therapy:	Experience (21% to 30%)
Feminist Therapy:
Religion/Spirituality:
Empirically-Supported Treatments:	Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Public Policy/Advocacy:
Program Development/Evaluation:	Exposure (1% to 20%)
Supervision:	Exposure (1% to 20%)
Research:	Exposure (1% to 20%)
Administration:
Integrated health care - primary:	Exposure (1% to 20%)
Integrated health care - specialty:	Experience (21% to 30%)
Other:	Autism, lifespan Trauma Child Neuropsychology Substance abuse Inpatient programs Diverse populations Severe mental illness Community research

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://med.uth.edu/psychiatry/education/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:	46	140	94	97	106	204	169
Number of applicants invited for interviews:	28	41	33	39	52	70	101
Total number of interns:	6	6	7	7	7	13	15
Total number of interns from APA/CPA accredited programs:	6	6	7	7	7	13	15
Total number of interns from Ph.D. programs:	4	4	5	7	6	13	10
Total number of interns from Psy.D. programs:	2	1	2	0	1	0	5
Total number of interns from Ed.D. programs:	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Number of interns that come from a Clinical Psychology program	3	4	6	6	6	10	12
Number of interns that come from a Counseling Psychology program	2	1	1	1	0	1	1
Number of interns that come from a School Psychology program	1	1	0	0	1	2	2
Range of integrated assessment reports: lowest number of reports written	10	8	10	4	7	4	1
Range of integrated assessment reports: highest number of reports written	137	126	124	67	50	152	129

Summary of Post Internship Employment Settings of Each Internship Class (1st Placement)

	2022-2023
Academic teaching:	0
Community mental health center:	0
Consortium:	0
University Counseling Center:	0
Hospital/Medical Center:	10
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):	3

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