BWH Clinical Psychology Internship Training Program

Overview

Psychology interns will be provided with a broad-based approach to training in clinical psychology with opportunities for specialization through one of three training tracks (General Adult, Neuropsychology, Gender-Affirming Care Track), specialty rotations and electives. The Department of Psychiatry at the Brigham is an academic affiliate of Harvard Medical School and interns will have the opportunity to train and collaborate with specialists across multiple disciplines within a world-renowned academic medical center.

The BWH internship training program is currently accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of the American Psychological Association.*

*Questions related to the program’s accredited status should be directed to the Commission on Accreditation:

Office of Program Consultation and Accreditation
American Psychological Association
750 1st Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002
Phone: 202-336-5979
Email: apaaccred@apa.org
Website: accreditation.apa.org

Training Opportunities

General Adult Track

The core clinical training consists of two 6-month rotations. Interns each train within rotations that include an Ambulatory Psychology service and Inpatient Psychology service. This core training is supplemented with psychological assessment training within the Psychological Assessment and Research Service (PARSe). Interns choose additional clinical electives, based on interns’ interests and professional goals, which include opportunities for further training in the areas of gender diversity, pain management, serious mental illness, behavioral medicine, addictions, psycho-oncology, rehabilitation psychology and neuropsychology.

Neuropsychology Track

Psychology interns in the Neuropsychology track will spend 50% of their time training within the Department of Neurology and 50% of their time training within the Department of Psychiatry at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Within the Department of Neurology, interns will see patients through the Center for Brain Mind Medicine (CBMM), which is uniquely collaborative, interdisciplinary group comprising Neuropsychologists, Behavioral Neurologists, Neuropsychiatrists, and Social Workers. Interns will develop competency in the assessment of patients presenting with a range of neurological and neuropsychiatric syndromes. Within the Department of Psychiatry, interns will focus their training within the Psychological Assessment Research Service (PARSe) to develop competency in psychological assessment. Interns will also be provided with training in outpatient care including core clinical activities of individual and group psychotherapy.

Gender-Affirming Care Track

The psychology intern in the Gender-Affirming Care Track will be provided with training activities within a number of programs that provide services to transgender and gender expansive people. Interns will be expected to develop skills in the provision of gender-affirming psychological services for people who have transgender, nonbinary, and gender expansive identities. The competency areas include psychological assessment, individual and group psychotherapy, navigating interdisciplinary team care, advocacy, research, and other domains as associated with development of entry-level competence as a psychologist. Interns will also develop competence in psychological services provided within a general ambulatory clinic. Interns choose additional clinical electives, based on interns’ interests and professional goals, which include opportunities for further training in the areas of gender diversity, pain management, serious mental illness, behavioral medicine, addictions, psycho-oncology, rehabilitation psychology and neuropsychology.

All interns dedicate time for research activities and are expected to develop a research product at the end of the training year.

Supervision/Mentorship/Didactics

As a teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital has a commitment to training and education. Interns will be supervised for a minimum of 4 hours per week, will choose a separate non-evaluative mentor to assist in professional development, and will have opportunities to develop their own supervision and teaching skills by supervising doctoral students in clinical psychology and/or neuropsychology. Didactic opportunities include a weekly psychology seminar, case consultation series, clinical teaching rounds, and various other departmental and hospital educational initiatives. Interns are also encouraged to take advantage of numerous learning activities that are available across the Brigham, Harvard Medical School and Longwood Medical Area academic communities.

Benefits

Intern compensation includes an annual salary of $44,880, vacation time, sick days, paid holidays, and educational leave. Interns are also expected to receive a $10,500 stipend, before taxes, paid as a lump sum at the beginning of the year, to assist with varied costs of training for the year including moving, childcare, personal computer equipment, etc. Psychology interns on internship are eligible for benefits including health insurance arranged through the hospital. Academic appointments as a Clinical Fellow in Psychology within the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School will be solicited from the institution.

Requirements

• Applicants should complete a minimum of 300 intervention AAPI hours and have a minimum of 3 graduate training years prior to beginning internship.
• Applicants from APA or CPA-accredited institutions (PhD or PsyD) are encouraged to apply.
• APPIC applications are due by November 1, 2026 at 11:59 EST.

Curriculum

The mission of the psychology internship program at Brigham and Women’s Hospital is to provide a comprehensive training year in the application of clinical psychology interventions and assessments that support the development of doctoral interns in psychology within the science and practice of professional psychology. Our program emphasizes a scientist-practitioner model of training of professional competencies in psychology including research, ethical and legal standards, individual and cultural diversity, professional values, attitudes and behaviors, communication and interpersonal skills, assessment, intervention, supervision, as well as consultation and interprofessional/interdisciplinary skills. Training components integrate emphases on empirically-supported, evidence-based interventions; culturally-responsive, trauma-informed, collaborative, and patient-centered approaches; and recovery-based practice. Psychology interns within the program will develop expertise in an academic medical center environment that incorporates provision of care for medically-compromised and other adult psychiatric patients. Interns will develop expertise in professional psychological skills of collaboration, connections and access across interprofessional contexts within an academic medical center. Training settings are diverse and include both inpatient and outpatient care environments. Our broad-based and generalist program engages interns through clinical supervision, didactics, research and psychological assessment practices.

Research Experience

All psychology interns will engage in research activities in conjunction with research programs across Harvard Medical School/Mass General Brigham. Interns are provided with access to join active research programs within the Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology although collaboration with research teams outside of these departments may also be possible. Interns are expected to develop a research product at the end of the training year that may include, but is not limited to, a research manuscript, grant proposal, paper or poster presentation. This is often accomplished with a presentation at the annual HMS Department of Psychiatry Research Day. The stipend provided to interns may be used to pursue presentation of research activities and products at this conference as well as other local and national conferences.

How to Apply

All application procedures follow the policies and procedures of the APPIC and National Matching Services (NMS) services.

To apply for the Brigham and Women’s Hospital Clinical Psychology Internship Program, please submit an application through the APPIC website using the AAPI Online via the Applicant Portal. All applications must include the following:

• Completed AAPI form
• Verification from the Academic Director of Clinical Training of readiness for internship training
• Curriculum vitae
• All graduate transcripts
• 3 letters of recommendation (including at least one letter from a clinical supervisor)
• Neuropsychology Track Only: 2 de-identified neuropsychological reports in the APPIC supplemental activities section

Note: Intern candidates should specify within their cover letter which track(s) they wish to be considered for in the program.

Faculty Contacts

Christopher AhnAllen, PhD, ABPP
BWH
cahnallen@bwh.harvard.edu

Lauren Bolden, PhD
BWH
lbolden@mgh.harvard.edu

Katelyn Bourgea, PhD
BWH
kbourgea@mgh.harvard.edu

Julia Calnan, LICSW
BWH
jcalnan2@bwh.harvard.edu

Eric Connors, PhD
Spaulding
econnors3@mgh.harvard.edu

Natalie Dattilo, PhD, MHA
BWH
ndattilo@bwh.harvard.edu

Pamela Friedman, PsyD, ABPP
BWH
pfriedman1@bwh.harvard.edu

Tiffany Glynn, PhD
BWH, MGH
trglynn@mgh.harvard.edu

Deborah Green, PhD, ABPP
BWH
dlgreen@bwh.harvard.edu

Aude Henin, PhD
MGH, BWH
ahenin@mgh.harvard.edu

Michelle Jacobo, PhD
DFCI
michelle_jacobo@dfci.harvard.edu

Jessica Lazar, PsyD
BWH
jllazar@bwh.harvard.edu

Ethan Lester, PhD
Spaulding
elester@mgh.harvard.edu

Mary-Ellen Meadows, PhD, ABPP
BWH
mmeadows@bwh.harvard.edu

Samantha Meints, PhD
BWH
smeints@bwh.harvard.edu

Margaret O’Connor, PhD, ABPP
BWH
moconnor42@bwh.harvard.edu

Natasha Ramanayake, PhD
BWH
nramanayake@bwh.harvard.edu

Arielle Rubenstein, PhD
BWH
akrubenstein@bwh.harvard.edu

S. Justin Sinclair, PhD
BWH
sjsinclair@bwh.harvard.edu

Pamela Wiegartz, PhD
BWH
pwiegartz@bwh.harvard.edu