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Contact Information
Susan Sprich, PhD, Director of Psychology Training
15 Parkman Street
WAC 812
Boston,
MA
02114
Phone: 617-726-5991
Email: ssprich@mgh.harvard.edu
Program Coordinator: Karina Hache
Phone: 617-726-3648
Email: Khache@mgh.harvard.edu
Internship Resources
Accreditation Questions
Questions related to the program's accredited status should be directed to:
Commission on Accreditation Office of Program Consultation and Accreditation
American Psychological Association
750 First Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002-4242
Phone: 202-336-5979
Email: apaacred@apa.org
Welcome to the Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School Internship in Clinical Psychology for 2024-2025.
The Massachusetts General Hospital is the oldest voluntary nonprofit hospital in New England and the third oldest in the United States. Additionally, it is the first and largest teaching hospital affiliated with the Harvard Medical School.
Mass General has a tripartite mission: Guided by the needs of our patients and their families, we aim to deliver the very best health care in a safe, compassionate environment; to advance that care through innovative research and education; and, to improve the health and well-being of the diverse communities we serve.
Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School offer a full-time, predoctoral internship in Clinical Psychology to matriculated doctoral students enrolled in clinical or counseling psychology programs.
The internship is currently being conducted in a hybrid format — some didactics, supervision, and outpatient psychotherapy are being delivered virtually and some are happening in-person
Interviews for the 2024-2025 training year will be conducted virtually
On-site activities include:
Psychological testing at the Psychology Assessment Center (PAC) (Adult and Neuropsychology tracks) and the Learning and Emotional Assessment Program (LEAP) (child track).
There will be 16 funded one-year internship positions available. The internship year begins July 1, 2024 and ends on June 30, 2025. A stipend of $44,000, four weeks of vacation and subsidized health and dental insurance are some of the provided benefits.
Our internship is a member of the Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers (APPIC). Our training program subscribes to the guidelines of the Association of Predoctoral Psychology Internship Centers (APPIC) and follows that schedule of recruitment, interview, offers and acceptance. This internship site agrees to abide by the APPIC policy that no person at this training facility will solicit, accept or use any ranking-related information from any intern applicant.
Learn more about the APPIC Match
Mass General is a teaching facility of Harvard Medical School and a member of Mass General Brigham.
The Internship in Clinical Psychology at the Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School has a long history of training psychologists who go on to become clinicians, academics and researchers within the field.
The goal of the Mass General Internship in Clinical Psychology is to develop professional psychologists who exemplify the scientist-practitioner model. Our aims are to train interns to do the following:
This is accomplished through a program of graded clinical experience, supervision, seminars and mentoring. The internship is organized around a core training curriculum that emphasizes the development and enhancement of skills in diagnosis, assessment, treatment, research and the role of science in clinical practice. This generalist training prepares graduates to pursue specialty training in their postdoctoral experience. In addition to generalist training, interns choose an elective training area for supplementary experiences in specific domains of psychology.
Interns choose from the following electives:
The foundation for all training experiences is the core shared philosophy and common activities of providing clinical services to a diverse patient population. We consistently adhere to the scientist-practitioner philosophy in the following activities.
All interns are responsible for providing individual outpatient psychotherapy through the outpatient service.
The Adult Outpatient Psychiatry Clinic offers an array of outpatient services to a diagnostically and socioeconomically diverse group of patients. Patients are typically referred by their Mass General primary care providers for treatment. Current treatment modalities include individual and group therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy and pharmacotherapy.
The Child Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic offers family therapy, behavioral and academic interventions in addition to the services listed above.
All interns in all elective tracks complete a rotation on the Mass General inpatient psychiatry service on Blake 11. During this six-month, four-hour per week rotation, evaluation and treatment services are provided to adults with diverse diagnoses. This includes active participation in multi-disciplinary team rounds, conducting individual psychotherapy and co-leading groups. Supervision is provided by a team of inpatient psychologists.
Because they are working in a major medical center, all interns have the opportunity to consult on cases with a variety of health care providers including psychiatrists, primary care physicians, and other allied health professionals.
As the first component of research training, the internship is committed to assisting in completion of the doctoral dissertation. To that end, resources include a dissertation seminar and consultation with research faculty. Over 90% of interns have completed their dissertations by the end of internship. Additionally, all interns participate in the department's treatment outcome research, which is based in the outpatient clinic. Other research opportunities are offered by training faculty.
All trainees in all elective tracks are involved in the following seminars:
Additional seminars are offered within each elective area.
Each intern will have a minimum of four hours of weekly supervision.
Amanda Baker, Ph.D.
Jafar Bakhshaie, Ph.D.
Abigail Batchelder, Ph.D.
Andres Bedoya, Ph.D.
Kathryn Bentley, Ph.D.
Mark Blais, Psy.D.
Jennifer Burbridge, Ph.D.
Michael Capawana, Ph.D.
Britt Carlson Emerton, Ph.D.
Corinne Cather, Ph.D.
Anne Chosak, Ph.D.
Antonia Chronopoulos, Ph.D.
Wei-Jean Chung, Ph.D.
Jonah Cohen, Ph.D.
Molly Colvin, Ph.D.
Judith Craver, Ph.D.
Christine Darsney, Ph.D.
Rosa Davidsdottir, Ph.D.
Jim Doorley, Ph.D.
Jeanne Fama, Ph.D.
Lucy Finkelstein-Fox, Ph.D.
Lauren Fisher, Ph.D.
Calvin Fitch, Ph.D.
Gina Forchelli, Ph.D.
Cathryn Freid, Ph.D.
Marta Gonzalez Catalan, Ph.D.
Mark Gorman, Ph.D.
Brett Goshe, Ph.D.
Jennifer Greenberg, Psy.D.
Joseph Greer, Ph.D.
Julie Grieco, Psy.D.
Victoria Grunberg, Ph.D.
Daniel Hall, Ph.D.
Rebecca Harley, Ph.D.
Aude Henin, Ph.D.
Jamie Jacobs, Ph.D.
Ryan Jacoby, Ph.D.
Jonathan Jenkins, Psy.D.
Masoud Kamali, Ph.D.
Kristina Kay, Ph.D.
Dana Kelly, Ph.D.
Nancy Keuthen, Ph.D.
Robert Knauz, Ph.D.
Allison Labbe, Ph.D.
Jonathan Lerner, Ph.D.
Ethan Lester, Ph.D.
Richard Liu, Ph.D.
Christina Luberto, Ph.D.
Toby Lynch, Ph.D.
Ryan Mace, Ph.D.
Christina Massey, Ph.D.
Jamie Micco, Ph.D.
Cynthia Moore, Ph.D.
Jennifer Murphy, Ph.D.
Ashley Nelson, Ph.D.
Maren Nyer, Ph.D.
Conall O'Cleirigh, Ph.D.
Ellen O’Donnell, Ph.D.
Erin O'Hea Boudreaux, Ph.D.
Elyse Park, Ph.D.
Michael Parsons, Ph.D.
Elena Pasternak, Ph.D.
Paola Pedrelli, Ph.D.
Giselle Perez, Ph.D.
Teodolinda Pique, Ph.D.
Lauren Pollak, Ph.D.
Ellen Prairie, Ph.D.
Christina Psaros, Ph.D.
Margaret Pulsifer, Ph.D.
Yakeel Quiroz-Gaviria, Ph.D.
Jennifer Ragan, Ph.D.
Jessica Rasmussen, Ph.D.
Noreen Reilly Harrington, Ph.D.
Laura Richardson, Ph.D.
Nancy Rotter, Ph.D.
Wesley Sanders, Ph.D.
Sarah Shea, Ph.D.
Janet Sherman, Ph.D.
Stephanie Sogg, Ph.D.
Susan Sprich, Ph.D.
Michelle Stein, Ph.D.
Joanna Streck, Ph.D.
Amy Sweigenberg, Psy.D.
Louisa Sylvia, Ph.D.
Christina Temes, Ph.D.
Jennifer Thomas, Ph.D.
Audrey Tolman, Ph.D.
Lara Traeger, Ph.D.
Aisha Usmani, Ph.D.
Clara Vila Castelar, Ph.D.
Ana-Maria Vranceanu, Ph.D.
Timothy Wallace, Ph.D.
Makiko Watanabe, Ph.D.
Hilary Weingarden, Ph.D.
Allison White, Ph.D.
Sabine Wilhelm, Ph.D.
Edward Wright, Ph.D.
Applicants to the Clinical Psychology Internship should meet the following requirements:
Applications from candidates with diverse backgrounds are welcome. Learn more about the Department of Psychiatry's Center for Diversity.
Note: Per Mass General Brigham policy, all employees, including psychology interns, are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and to receive the annual flu vaccine.
The Mass General Psychology Internship adheres to the selection policies and procedures as outlined in the APPIC Match Policies. This internship site agrees to abide by the APPIC policy that no person at this training facility will solicit, accept or use any ranking-related information from any intern applicant.
In order to be considered as a prospective candidate, all applicants must:
Please upload work samples according to elective track requirements below.
Review the Requirements (above) section to determine your eligibility to apply.
Applicants should only apply to one elective track. This choice determines the review process of your application materials. (Please see below for required elective track-specific work samples to be submitted.)
December 15, 2023: Note: interviews will be held virtually for the 2024-2025 training year
Please note that all interviews will be conducted virtually.
Interviews for Child Elective applicants:
Interviews for Adult Elective applicants:
Interviews for Behavioral Medicine (BMED) Elective applicants:
Interviews for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Elective applicants:
Interviews for Neuropsychology Elective applicants:
Interviews for Lifespan Health Elective applicants:
Please include three letters of reference. Due to the volume of applications, we appreciate your adherence to the request for three letters.
Please upload work samples as required below:
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