PSYCHOLOGY EXTERNSHIP -- CHILD AND ADOLESCENT TRACK
MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER
ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINCE
The goal of the Child and Adolescent Externship Track is to prepare externs to work primarily with children and adolescents and
their families in an outpatient setting, including being competent to use Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) with depressed
and/or suicidal adolescents (and their families) and Cognitive behavioral Therapy (CBT) for youth with anxiety, trauma, OCD
and disruptive behavioral disorders. We view this externship as a “mini-internship” and our externs will be training alongside our
psychology interns. As part of this externship, students will increase their competency in assessing, diagnosing, formulating,
and treating children and adolescents (ages 4-17) and their families, individually and in groups, using a variety of evidencebased short- and long-term psychotherapies, while also learning how to liaison with schools, foster care agencies, the
Committee on Special Education, and other relevant organizations in the area.
In order to do achieve this goal, externs in the Child and Adolescent Track are provided with opportunities to work with patients
presenting with the full range of psychiatric disorders, many of whom are from ethnic minority groups, economically challenged,
and may have comorbid medical, substance-related and/or addictive disorders. Over the course of the year externs will:
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Serve as primary therapist for 1 DBT patient that involves beeper coverage and participation in DBT consultation
Team.
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Serve as primary therapist for 4-5 child/adolescent patients presenting with a broad range of anxiety, mood, trauma,
OCD, ADHD, DMDD, disruptive behaviors, and associated disorders. Externs will receive comprehensive training and
supervision in:
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Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
CBT
Trauma-focused CBT for PTSD
Parent Management Training for Disruptive Behavior Disorders
Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) for OCD
Conduct 8-10 comprehensive diagnostic intakes in our Anxiety and Mood Program (including Adolescent Depression
and Suicide program). Externs will receive training in the Kiddie-Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia
(K-SADS) and other assessment instruments.
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Co-lead 1-2 groups
Externs receive a total of 5-6 hours of clinical supervision (individual, dyadic, and group modalities) on a weekly
basis.
Requirements:
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Students entering 4th year or higher in a clinical or school based doctoral psychology program.
Prior psychotherapy experience.
Available 3 days per week (up to 20 hours). Must be available Tuesdays.
Must attend an intensive DBT training at Montefiore on 5 consecutive Thursdays throughout July and August 2016.
Available for a 12 month externship from 7/1/16-6/30/17. These dates are not flexible.
To Apply:
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Applications will not be accepted before January 19, 2016 and must be received by January 22, 2016.
Interested applicants should submit the following:
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Cover Letter
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CV
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Writing sample (case report or testing report).
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2 Letters of recommendation
All applications must be sent by email to mlupkin@montefiore.org.
Please set the subject line of your email to read “Externship Application 2016” to make sure that your
application is sorted properly.
Applicants may contact Michelle Lupkin, Ph.D., Director of Externship Training, at 718-696-3030 or via email at
mlupkin@montefiore.org with any questions.