The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Child and Adolescent Services Multicultural Clinical Training Program (MCTP) at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital (ZSFG) offers an APA-accredited, one-year clinical child psychology internship in health service psychology, based on the Scholar-Practitioner Model. Thus our program is grounded in serving the needs of the local community with a commitment to research that is taught and valued particularly, though not exclusively, in the service of clinical practice.
We hold an ideal of professional excellence grounded in theory and empirical research, informed by experiential knowledge and motivated by a commitment to social justice and ethical conduct. At ZSFG we encourage students to become not just consumers of knowledge but also agents of change who contribute to the advancement of individuals, communities, organizations, and society.
The internship program is embedded in the Division of Infant, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in UCSF’s Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. ZSFG is a Level 1 Trauma Center and public service hospital committed to serving low-income and culturally diverse populations and those from marginalized communities. Clinical services are linked to the Community Behavioral Health System of the San Francisco Department of Public Health. The MCTP was accredited by the American Psychological Association in 2007 and reaccredited by the APA Commission on Accreditation in 2013 and 2019. The next site visit is in 2029.
The MCTP is designed to train clinical psychologists who are committed to serving children, youth and families from low-income and diverse ethnic and cultural groups. Over the last several years, 89% of our graduates have obtained positions in academic health centers or hospital centers providing care to underserved children and families. The MCTP provides specialized training and leadership in multicultural psychology and equity, diversity and inclusion best practices as we work to break down barriers that clients and their families often encounter in their attempts to access culturally appropriate, high-quality evidence-based care.
Training is intended to provide experience across the entire developmental spectrum of 0-24 years of age and provides specialized training in:
- Culturally-informed, empirically-supported treatments
- Diversity, equity and inclusion best practices
- Structural competency
- Evidence-based assessment
- Services delivered in community settings
- Trauma-informed systems
- Posttraumatic stress disorder
- Behavioral and emotional dysregulation
- Immigrant health
- Primary care behavioral health
- Early childhood developmental evaluations
- Pre-adoptive evaluations
- Eating disorders
- Juvenile justice and behavioral health
- Positive parenting and trauma-informed parenting
- Substance use assessment, prevention and treatment
- Trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy
- Cognitive behavioral therapy
- Dialectical behavior therapy
- Child-parent psychotherapy
- Family therapy
Each applicant is evaluated in the following areas:
- Clinical training, including experience in assessment and psychotherapy with children, youth and families
- Overall excellence as a developing psychologist as shown by breadth and depth of experiences and letters of recommendation
- Demonstrated interest and experience working with underserved and diverse communities
- Demonstrated interest and experience in community mental health
- Demonstrated interest and experience with children, youth and families impacted by acute, complex and/or chronic trauma
- Essays that reflect clear theoretical foundations and strong case conceptualization skills
- Progress toward dissertation completion
- Research interest as documented by training obtained and activities completed (presentations, publications, and/or grants)
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nicole Fajardo: nicole.fajardo@ucsf.edu
Training Program Coordinator
Division of Infant, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
UCSF Department of Psychiatry at ZSFGH
1001 Potrero Avenue
Building 5, 6B
San Francisco, CA 94110
Daman.Pannu@ucsf.edu
415-206-4306
Reference: CAS MCTP INTERNSHIP