Our Psychology Externship Program will enter its third academic year beginning September 2010 through May 2011. St. Vincent's Behavioral Health Services is a provider of extensive psychiatric services in southern Connecticut, with various sites located near New York City. St. Vincent's Behavioral Health is a service of St. Vincent’s Medical Center and a member of Ascension Health.
Externs will be placed on an inpatient and outpatient service, and a commitment of 16 hours per week is required.
Inpatient Placements are on a Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Unit located at St. Vincent's Behavioral Health, Westport Campus on a beautiful site in Westport, CT (near Westchester).
Outpatient Placements are in an Adolescent Intensive Outpatient Program located in Norwalk, Connecticut, immediately off of U.S. Route 1, and easily accessible by I-95 and the Merritt Parkway.
Extern Activities include weekly supervision; attendance at multidisciplinary team meetings and patient rounds; participation in intake & psychiatric evaluations; provision of group psychotherapy; working with Treatment Coordinators to provide supportive individual and family psychotherapy and case coordination functions.
Educational Opportunities include twice monthly Grand Rounds; Symposia on selected pertinent topics held three times a year; Seminars and Case Conferences.
Psychological Testing may be arranged for interested applicants. Interested applicants may also observe the process involved in Hall-Brooke’s Juvenile Justice Program located in Bridgeport, CT, which provides comprehensive evaluations of adjudicated youth. In addition, clinical experience with Adult populations may be arranged.
Supervisors are Licensed Clinical Psychologists in both CT and NY, and Child/Adolescent Psychiatrists. For additional information regarding St. Vincent's Behavioral Health Services' Psychology Externship, click here.
To apply: Interested applicants enrolled in APA-accredited Clinical, Clinical/School and Counseling Psychology Graduate Programs who will have obtained their Master’s Degree by the start of the externship, please send a Cover Letter with a personal statement describing your clinical experience and interests; your Curriculum Vitae; Official Transcript from Graduate Program and two written Letters of Recommendation, including assessment of readiness for participation in externship, in sealed envelopes with signature/date across seal after January 15, 2010; if interested in conducting psychological testing as part of The Externship experience, please include a Writing Sample of a Psychological Testing Report, to:
Debra Dorfman Botens, Ph.D.
Externship Training Coordinator
Hall-Brooke Behavioral Health Services
1 Lois Street
Norwalk, CT 06851
Dr. Botens can be reached at (203) 341-4508 or dbotens@stvincents.org to address any questions regarding the externship.
