Goal and Objectives :
The Internship in Clinical Psychology at the Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School has a long history of training psychologists who go on to become clinicians, academics and researchers within the field.
Goal:
The goal of the MGH Internship in Clinical Psychology is to develop professional psychologists who exemplify the scientist-practitioner model.
Objectives:
Our objectives are to train interns to do the following:
provide competent and effective psychological interventions,
perform comprehensive psychological assessments,
utilize research and theory to inform clinical practice,
to develop or refine clinical research skills,
practice with sensitivity to individuals in their ethnic and cultural context,
maintain the highest ethical standards,
develop the attitudes and skills needed to support lifelong learning.
This is accomplished through a program of graded clinical experience, supervision, seminars and mentoring. The internship is organized around a core training curriculum (objectives) that emphasizes the development and enhancement of skills in diagnosis, assessment, treatment, research and the role of science in clinical practice. Additionally, there are 5 specialty training tracks offering experiences in specific domains of psychology.
The 5 tracks are
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Behavioral Medicine (BMED)
- Neuropsychology
- Adult Clinical Psychology and
- Child Clinical Psychology
There are two internship positions available in each of the five tracks.
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