CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY INTERNSHIP PROGRAM Brochure for ...

FACILITIES
Gouverneur Healthcare Services is a contemporary diagnostic and treatment outpatient facility which is
part of New York City's municipal hospital system housed in a new modern facility. It is fully
accredited by the New York State Office of Mental Health, and is an affiliate of the New York
University Medical Center and Bellevue Hospital Center. Interns have access to video recording
equipment and to one-way mirror rooms for assessment and treatment. Gouverneur has a fullyfunctional
Electronic Medical Record (EMR) charting system, and psychology interns have access to
personal computers in their individual offices. Gouverneur’s relatively small size, in comparison with
other city hospitals, facilitates close collaboration among pediatricians, internists, social workers,
speech therapists, etc., while simultaneously providing a full range of services typical of larger settings.
ELIGIBILITY
Priority is given to applicants from APA-approved doctoral programs in clinical psychology.
Applications from counseling and school psychology programs are also considered. All applicants must
have completed three years of graduate training, including psychodiagnostic testing and psychotherapy
therapy practica, theory and research courses. Experience with projective testing, including
administration and interpretation of the Rorschach with the Exner system, is strongly preferred. (Any
applicants not familiar with the administration and scoring of the Rorschach should arrange to learn
this before starting the internship.) Applicants must be recommended as eligible for an internship by
their universities.
RECRUITMENT
As the non-English speaking immigrant population in the Lower East Side community steadily
increases, there is also a growing demand at Gouverneur for bilingual and bicultural service providers
who are proficient in Spanish or Chinese dialects (Cantonese, Mandarin, and Fuzhounese). In order to
address this changing need, the psychology internship program is making special efforts to recruit
bilingual and bicultural candidates by designating one out of the four intern positions for candidates
who are fluent in a Chinese dialect and two positions for candidates fluent in Spanish. In the event that
these bilingual designated positions are not filled by APPIC match, they will be filled by candidates for
the general competitive track. Our commitment ultimately is to recruit the best candidates for the
internship program who meet the eligibility criteria.
BENEFITS
The internship is a full-time, 12-month commitment, 35+ hours per week, beginning in September the
day after Labor Day and ending on the Friday before Labor Day. Interns are expected to provide
clinical services until 7:00 p.m. on certain weekdays. Interns are hired by the New York City Health
and Hospitals Corporation as Psychologists-in-Training, at an annual stipend of $25,197. Benefits
include health insurance, 18 days vacation, 11 regular holidays, and 10 days sick leave. The facility is
an equal opportunity employer.
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