Train At Pine Rest | Psychology Doctoral Internship
Clinical Placements
Clinical Placements
To provide interns with a rich breadth of training experiences, Pine Rest’s internship blends outpatient, inpatient, and residential placements, with services including individual, group, and couple psychotherapy, as well as psychological consultation.
Interns are welcome to apply to all 4 tracks.
Wednesday morning didactic training is common to all tracks. Finally, there is cross-training that occurs across the tracks and rotations.
Psychology Internship Tracks
This intern will be placed at Pine Rest’s new Pediatric Center of Behavioral Health (PCBH), with a focus on pediatric consultation that includes neuropsychology, and therapy services that include Parent-Child Interaction Therapy.
Services at the PCBH will include inpatient treatment, intensive-outpatient programming, a neurodevelopmental differences unit, and specialized outpatient intervention services that include ABA, PCIT, and TF-CBT. The intern will be active in interdisciplinary teams that include psychologists, psychiatrists, behavior analysts, speech-language pathologists, occupational therapists, and social workers.
For the entire year, the intern will be trained in and provide pediatric neuropsychology services across the treatment continuum. The intern will also conduct clinical psychology consultations.
The intern will also maintain an outpatient pediatric therapy caseload and provide group therapy services within the inpatient units.
Finally, this intern will receive specialized training toward certification in PCIT. This training occurs outside of the intern’s regular internship hours and is accompanied by an additional stipend of $36,000/year. The additional training time requires approximately 4 hours/week. Candidates should review the contract for the grant associated with this training.
This intern will be placed at Pine Rest’s new Pediatric Center of Behavioral Health (PCBH), with a focus on pediatric consultation that includes autism spectrum disorders, and therapy services that include Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT).
Services at the PCBH will include inpatient treatment, intensive-outpatient programming, a neurodevelopmental differences unit, and specialized outpatient intervention services that include ABA, PCIT, and TF-CBT. The intern will be active in interdisciplinary teams that include psychologists, psychiatrists, behavior analysts, speech-language pathologists, occupational therapists, and social workers.
For the entire year, the intern will be trained in and provide pediatric consultation services across the treatment continuum, with particular focus on autism spectrum disorders. The intern will be trained in the use of the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule, 2nd Edition (ADOS-2).
The intern will maintain an outpatient pediatric therapy caseload and provide group therapy services within the inpatient units.
Finally, the intern will receive specialized training toward certification in TF-CBT. This training occurs outside of the intern’s regular internship hours and is accompanied by an additional stipend of $36,000/year. The additional training time requires approximately 4 hours/week. Candidates should review the contract for the grant associated with this training.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Outpatient Therapy
This intern provide services 3 days per week at Pine Rest’s Northwest Clinic, which serves as the hub for DBT treatment at Pine Rest.
Supervised by Dr. Elizabeth Cyr, Pine Rest’s outpatient DBT Services Coordinator, the intern will receive DBT foundational training, co-facilitate skills training groups, carry a caseload of DBT-informed clients, and enhance their understanding of DBT theory and practice by participating in weekly DBT consultation group with 8 DBT therapists.
DBT team members will offer monthly 1-hour lectures regarding DBT principles and concepts as they relate to clinical practice. Interns will participate in observance and eventual delivery of DBT skills training groups under the direction of DBT team members. Interns do not hold individual therapy clients enrolled in the full DBT program; however, they will carry their own outpatient caseload, including persons identified as likely to benefit from DBT-informed treatment, such as those who recently completed the formal DBT program. Interns will also provide general outpatient therapy to persons with widely varying presenting problems and demographics.
Organizational Quality
Psychology interns will collaborate closely with the Quality and Clinical Director to promote excellence in clinical care across our services. This collaboration includes reviewing and supporting the use of evidence-based practices, developing strategies to enhance client engagement and retention, and strengthening the therapeutic alliance between clinicians and patients. Interns will also assist in monitoring key outcome metrics that reflect patient progress and treatment effectiveness, helping to translate data into meaningful improvements in care.
Working as part of a multidisciplinary team—alongside psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, and advanced practice providers—interns will gain a broad perspective on clinical operations and integrated care. They will also have opportunities to meet with organizational leaders to learn how quality initiatives, data-driven decision making, and leadership collaboration shape clinical practice across the system.
Outpatient Therapy
Interns will provide outpatient therapy services two days per week within the Pine Rest Outpatient Clinic Network, whose mission is to deliver high-quality, cost-effective care through a multidisciplinary approach.
The network offers comprehensive services for patients of all ages, and addresses a wide range of concerns, including depression, anxiety, relationship and family difficulties, eating and substance use disorders, impulse control issues, and other behavioral health needs.
As part of their outpatient rotation, interns will provide individual, couple and family therapy while developing and managing their own professional caseload. This experience takes place in a collegial environment alongside psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers and professional counselors. Because evening hours are in high demand, interns are expected to work one evening per week at their assigned clinic
Diagnostic Assessment and Forensics
Interns will provide consultation services at Pine Rest’s Psychological Consultation Center, a large, high-volume assessment center that completes thousands of evaluations per year annually and includes a rapidly growing forensic practice.
Diagnostic assessments include a wide variety of opportunities, including ADHD, learning disorder, mood disorders, thought disorders, and personality disorders. Forensic evaluation services include pre-employment evaluations, school risk assessments, disability, fit-for-duty, and guardianship. Interns will also observe evaluations for competency and criminal responsibility.
Group Therapy
Each intern will spend a half day per week providing group therapy within our residential, inpatient, and outpatient service lines. Interns will participate in two of these three settings, switching to a different one midway through the year.
