The Psychology Internship at Elmhurst Hospital is now comprised of three tracks: Child and Adolescent Psychology, Adult Psychology, and Adult Correctional/Forensics Psychology.
All interns will be assigned four 3-month rotations as well as outpatient individual, group and family/couples therapy casework, and psychological assessment cases. Interns will also attend didactics, case conferences and other seminars, in addition to receiving 3-4 hours per week of individual and group supervision. All interns will have varying degrees of and exposure to lifespan work.
Adult Track interns will be required to complete some amount of work involving substance abuse, including OUD/SUD treatment and prevention, including rotations in dual diagnosis inpatient treatment as well as outpatient group work. In addition, interns can choose from other rotations including psychiatric emergency room, adult or adolescent inpatient, child and adolescent partial hospitalization, outpatient integrated service, and women's forensic inpatient. The Adult track has 4 full time positions. Given federal grant requirements, all Adult Track candidates must be United States citizens or permanent residents.
Child and Adolescent Track interns will be required to complete one rotation in either Adolescent Inpatient or Child Partial Hospitalization units, and two of the following three rotations: Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Room, Adolescent Collaborative Care or At Risk Youth. The fourth rotation can be of the intern's choosing. The Child/Adolescent track has five full time positions. Because of federal grant requirements, all Child Track candidates must be United States citizens or permanent residents.
Adult Correctional/Forensics interns will be required to rotate through Riker's Island Jail for two rotations of three months each (within different services at the jail) and will also have one rotation through the Women's Forensic Unit of Elmhurst Hospital in combination with the Bronx Forensics Court Clinic. The fourth rotation can be of the intern's choosing. Testing and Assessment as well as outpatient individual, group and family cases may include some work across the lifespan. The Adult Correctional/Forensics Track has two full time positions. There are no citizenship or residency requirements for this track.
Applications are to be submitted through AAPI online. For internship questions or for a prospectus, contact Dr. Block at (718) 334-3913 or by email at blockd@nychhc.org.