Child & Family Center is a 501(c) (3) nonprofit, public-benefit corporation. The main campus is located in Santa Clarita, CA, with an outpatient clinic in Palmdale, CA; both located in Los Angeles County. The Agency is Medi-Cal and Drug Medi-Cal certified in the state of California, and a Medicare-eligible provider through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and have other various third-party funding arrangements to support the clients served. The Agency is accredited by The Joint Commission, received the GuideStar Platinum Seal of Transparency, and is a member of the Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers (APPIC).

Dedicated to meeting the mental and behavioral health needs of children, adolescents, adults, and their families, a range of services are provided such as counseling, intervention services, and parent education. Professional training is offered to all staff, members of the community, psychology interns (“Interns”) and mental health trainees. The Agency is data-informed and community driven. The Agency is committed to evidence-based practices, staff training and development, culturally and linguistically appropriate services, and continuous quality improvement. Child & Family Center strongly values diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging in its working, clinical, and learning environments. Every effort is made to create a climate in which all staff, Interns, and volunteers feel respected, comfortable, and in which success is possible and obtainable. An overall goal of the Program is working with clients, colleagues, and community members from various backgrounds. Interns are provided opportunities to explore their own identities privilege, and discuss implicit, explicit and structural biases, discrimination of all forms, and social justice in action. Interns are expected to develop awareness of their own biases and personal issues that may impact their work with clients through supervision, didactic trainings, and personal reflection.

The Agency and the Training Program fosters cultural awareness and humility by providing training on identity and culture, encouraging Interns to consult and collaborate with interdisciplinary staff members, and by challenging Interns to reflect on their own personal and cultural experiences and how these affect their work with clients.

The mission of Child & Family Center’s Doctoral Psychology Internship Program is to provide comprehensive professional psychology education and training that supports evidence-based knowledge acquisition and exceptional skills development for tomorrow’s psychologists.

By participating in the C&FC Doctoral Psychology Internship Program, Interns acquire requisite clinical skills to change lives and heal relationships while developing their professional identity as psychologists. This occurs through didactic experiences, individual and group supervision, and active involvement in learning opportunities within a multidisciplinary community mental health setting. The Doctoral Psychology Internship Program is designed to broaden the Intern’s experience and build competence with clinical theory and the principles and practice of psychology focusing on these Aims:

• Provide comprehensive, evidence-based clinical training that prepares Interns to become skilled and compassionate clinicians in the professional practice of psychology.
• Offer exposure to varied clinical experiences, structured training, and supervision that support the cultivation of foundational and functional competencies for the successful, ethical and skillful delivery of psychological services. 
• Grow expertise in clinical assessment, diagnosis and treatment, integration of science and practice, and understanding of cultural diversity and individual differences.
• Gain experience working with diverse populations and specialized service areas to enhance their understanding of themselves as clinicians.
• Prepare Interns to transition from the role of student to professional so they may possess attitudes essential for lifelong learning, inquiry, and problem-solving as psychologists in the context of an evolving body of scientific and professional knowledge.