New York-Presbyterian - Weill Cornell Medicine
Outpatient Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Children and Adolescents (Track 1)
The Payne Whitney Manhattan Child and Adolescent Outpatient Department offers intensive externship clinical training to two psychology doctoral students interested in cognitive behavioral treatment approaches with children, adolescents and their families in a hospital outpatient clinic setting on our Manhattan campus. The child outpatient clinic specializes in the assessment and treatment of children ages 5-18 presenting with a full range of DSM-V diagnoses and complex comorbidities, including anxiety, tic disorders, mood disorders, ADHD, and disruptive behavior disorders. Monday and Thursday are required days, with an option to see patients on Wednesday evenings, as needed. Alternative arrangements can be made to accommodate religious observance.
Externs carry 4-6 weekly outpatient psychotherapy cases, with a possible option to co-facilitate groups, and participate in rotations within our partial hospitalization and pediatrics programs. Externs are offered 1.5 hours of weekly group supervision and 1 hour of individual per week, as well as a summer didactic series, weekly case conferences, and monthly seminars.
We participate in the Northeastern Regional Externship Match https://natmatch.com/extern/ and follow NYNJADOT guidelines.
Pediatric Psychology and Integrated Care Externship (Track 2)
New York Presbyterian Hospital/ Weill Cornell Medicine is offering clinical training to one psychology doctoral student interested in integrated care services for children, adolescents, and families in pediatric medical settings. The Pediatric Behavioral Health Integration and Innovation Program provides behavioral health care to youth with acute and chronic medical illness within pediatric primary care, outpatient sub-specialty care, and the inpatient medical service. Clinical training includes brief cognitive-behavioral approaches and related adaptations to address medical symptoms, adjustment to new diagnoses, chronic pain, functional neurological symptom disorder and related conditions, mood and anxiety disorders, and other behavioral issues impacting medical care.
Director of the Program: Corinne Catarozoli, PhD
We participate in the Northeastern Regional Externship Match https://natmatch.com/extern/ and follow NYNJADOT guidelines.
Inpatient Neuropsychology (Track 3)
Payne Whitney Manhattan offers advanced externship training in neuropsychological assessment of inpatients in two settings:
- An acute inpatient psychiatric unit;
- An acute inpatient medical rehabilitation medicine unit. The trainees’ core experience includes learning about the brain-behavior functioning of psychiatric patients through the use of neuropsychological evaluations.
The patient population presents a wide variety of functional impairments due not only to their broad range of psychiatric difficulties, but also to comorbid conditions such as attention deficit disorder, learning disabilities, alcohol and polysubstance abuse, and neurological disorders such as seizure disorder, stroke, head trauma, or dementia. In addition, externs will have the opportunity to see patients suffering from acute neurological conditions within a rehab setting. The most common neurologic conditions include stroke, tumor, and post-operative cognitive dysfunction. Trainees will be supervised by clinical neuropsychologists and neuropsychology fellows who have a specific interest in the implications of neuropsychological functioning for treatment planning and rehabilitation within psychiatric and medical populations. Didactic opportunities include clinical case conference, Neurology, Neuroradiology, and Neurosurgery rounds as well as Psychiatry Grand Rounds, and other relevant training opportunities available during the year.
Applicants should send a statement of interest, a CV, and two letters of recommendation to Dr. Faith Gunning at fgd2002@med.cornell.edu.
We participate in the Northeastern Regional Externship Match https://natmatch.com/extern/ and follow NYNJADOT guidelines.
Cross-lifespan, Outpatient Neuropsychology (Track 4)
Payne Whitney Manhattan also offers advanced externship training in neuropsychological assessment of children, adolescents, and adults in an outpatient psychiatric setting. The trainees’ core experience will be to learn about neurodevelopment and brain-behavior functioning in individuals across the lifespan. The patient population presents with a wide variety of functional impairments due to psychiatric and/or neurologic conditions. Trainees will be supervised by a board certified clinical neuropsychologist who has a specific interest in providing treatment recommendations and intervention strategies based on the results of the neuropsychological assessment. The trainees will have the opportunity to attend neuropsychology didactics, clinical case conferences, and Psychiatry Grand Rounds.
Applicants should send a statement of interest, a curriculum vitae, and two letters of recommendation to Dr. Chaya Gopin at cbg9005@med.cornell.edu.
We participate in the Northeastern Regional Externship Match https://natmatch.com/extern/ and follow NYNJADOT guidelines.
Adult Psychiatric Inpatient Unit—11 North (Track 5)
The only psychiatric inpatient unit at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/ Weill Cornell Medical Center in Manhattan, 11 North invites applications for its externship track. 11 North is a 32-bed acute psychiatric inpatient unit serving adults 18 years of age and older who have a range of primary psychiatric diagnoses; this unit also serves psychiatric inpatients who have high medical complexity and/or nursing needs. Psychology externs use a mix of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills on the unit. Externs provide skills-based interventions in both group and individual formats. Interaction with a strong interdisciplinary treatment team and working with patients with medical comorbidity are highlights of this externship.
Trainees are expected to attend daily individual supervision and group supervision. They are also strongly encouraged to attend Psychology and Psychiatry Grand Rounds and other training opportunities available during the year at the hospital. Additional experiences include attendance at seminars, case conferences, unit reports and rounds.
Program supervisor: Victoria Wilkins, PhD
E-mail: vmw2001@med.cornell.edu
There are no mandatory days. However, there are mandatory hours from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM.
Number of externs to be accepted: 1-2 positions
We participate in the Northeastern Regional Externship Match https://natmatch.com/extern/ and follow NYNJADOT guidelines.
Adolescent Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP) Externship (Track 6)
New York Presbyterian Hospital/ Weill Cornell Medicine is offering clinical training to one psychology doctoral student interested in intensive, acute care services for adolescents and families in a Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP). The Adolescent PHP offers evidence-based treatment for adolescents, including cognitive behavioral (CBT) and dialectical behavioral therapies (DBT) in an intensive treatment setting. The patient population is adolescents ages 13 to18 who present with a variety of psychiatric diagnoses including severe anxiety and depression, suicidality, school attendance problems, and substance use. Trainees will have the opportunity to work with the multidisciplinary treatment team, promoting cognitive-behavioral interventions throughout a variety of patient interactions including groups, individual, and caregiver services. This externship is fully in person on the Manhattan NYP campus on Mondays & Thursdays.
Director of the Program: Stephanie Rohrig, PhD
We participate in the Northeastern Regional Externship Match https://natmatch.com/extern/ and follow NYNJADOT guidelines.
