Psychology Internships and Fellowships at The Children's Hospital

Internships

The Children’s Hospital offers a psychology internship training program in Child Clinical and Pediatric Psychology. This full-time, 12-month internship is accredited by the American Psychological Association. The program is also a member of the Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers (APPIC).

Interns will receive a salary as well as holiday, vacation, sick, and professional leave. Employee health and dental benefits are also available. Proof of malpractice coverage must be provided by the interns‘ training institution or by the intern.

Internships for the 2009-2010 year have been filled. Please download the 2010-2011 Internship brochure (.pdf) for detailed information about our internships. Applications for next year will be available in August.

Please contact Williams.jason@tchden.org or Witten.jo@tchden.org for more information.

Fellowships

The Children’s Hospital offers two post-doctoral psychology fellowships in Child Clinical and Pediatric Psychology:

Anxiety Disorders and Primary Care - This is a clinical and research fellowship focused jointly on treatment and evaluation of anxiety disorders as a part of an outpatient Stress/Anxiety program, and treatment and evaluation as a Developmental Specialist in the hospital Primary Care clinic.

Eating Disorders – This is a clinical and research fellowship focused on treatment and evaluation of children and adolescents diagnosed with eating disorders.

Fellowships are designed as full-time 12-month programs running from July through June. The specific start date is negotiable based on internship completion date. Fellows will be required to participate in a week of orientation at the beginning of July regardless of start date.

Application Information

Application preferred deadline is November 30, 2009, but applications will be accepted until the position is filled.

Applications will be accepted from doctoral candidates who expect to have completed all doctoral degree requirements by the fellowship start date, including completion of internship and successful dissertation defense. Applicants must have completed their training in an APA or CPA accredited PhD or PsyD program in Clinical, Counseling, or School Psychology, and an APA accredited internship. Candidates are expected to have sufficient training and experience in Child Clinical and Pediatric Psychology to be able to maximally benefit from the experiences offered. 

The program is committed to the recruitment of culturally and ethnically diverse interns. Bilingual Spanish speaking applicants, and all other qualified applicants, are encouraged to apply. 

Our 2009-2010 Fellowships have been filled. Please download the 2010-2011 Fellowship Brochure(.pdf) for more information.

Please contact Witten.jo@tchden.org for more information.