Central California Psychology Internship Consortium (C.C.P.I.C.)

The Training Program at the Central California Psychology Intership Consortium (CCPIC) is a full-time, twelve-month (2,080 hours) internship in Clinical psychology. CCPIC is "accredited, on probation" by the American Psychological Association (APA).  The next APA Accreditation Site Visit is scheduled for 2009.

CCPIC offers the opportunity to gain a broad-based generalist experience working with agencies and staff that are highly trained and richly diverse in theoretical and cultural backgrounds.  The agencies offer an intensive training program covering a broad range of experiences for the internship participants. Areas of concentration include children, community mental health, college counseling centers, inpatient, correctional psychology, and managed care. The sites provide a variety of theoretical orientations from which the intern may learn and hone therapeutic skills. It is the mission of CCPIC to provide the highest level of training for interns to prepare them for an ever-changing dynamic role in the mental health system of care.

Minimum of 12 funded positions yearly.  Additional positions are based upon agency yearly funding. Please inquire at each site regarding additional positions.

CCPIC was founded in 1987 and received its first accreditation by APA in 1990. It became inactive in 1993 and 1994, but in 1996 became active with a new organizational structure.  It became a member of APPIC in 1998 and was granted APA accreditation under its current structure in 1999.   CCPIC is made up of 6 different facilities within the Central Valley of California. Interns send their applications to GSPIA specifying which of the sites they would like to apply.

Consortium's Mission
 
CCPIC aspires to provide the highest level of training for our interns in order to prepare them for assuming a dynamic role as professional psychologists in the rapidly changing world of mental health care. The overriding mission of the Consortium Training Program is to provide broad-based clinical training assuring that Interns will become generalist psychologists, competent in the areas of clinical intervention, assessment, professional development, multicultural issues, and professional ethics and standards. Emphases are placed on providing direct client care within the framework of evidence based practice, close supervision, and enhanced self-awareness. Interns are expected to practice within the scope of the APA Ethical Code, including the multicultural guidelines and also guidelines for psychotherapy with lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender clients.

CCPIC's Training Model:

The Central California Psychology Internship Consortium is designed to prepare interns for a “generalist” professional practice in psychology. CCPIC ascribes to a practitioner-scholar model. Explicitly, the primary focus of the training program is the professional practice of psychology as it is informed by scholarly inquiry.  The practitioner-scholar model of professional training prepares clinical psychologists to apply knowledge obtained from psychological science to the promotion of mental health and is intended for the welfare of individuals, families, groups, institutions, and society at large. This model of training is recognized by the American Psychological Association as appropriate for the preparation of clinical psychology practitioners. An emphasis is placed on developing knowledge, skills, and attitudes leading to competence as a clinician and as a scholar. Skills in assessment, diagnosis, and treatment are developed for application in a wide-range of clinical settings, taking into consideration features of individual and cultural diversity.

CCPIC also employs a developmental training approach, where expectations of minimum competency gradually increase as interns proceed through the sequence of coursework, supervised clinical practice, assessments and the completion of other requirements. The program is designed so that student’s assume increased responsibility and independence as they progress in their internship.

CCPIC's Internship Goals:

One of the primary goals of the internship is to help facilitate the personal and professional growth of each intern based on the intern’s own learning plan. The training model is sequential, cumulative and graded in complexity. Training in ethical and professional standards will be incorporated in supervision and seminar presentations to prepare the interns for the highest standards of professional conduct. As a consortium member we are strongly committed to providing an internship experience consisting of intensive supervision, didactic seminars, case presentations, scholarly presentations and direct clinical experience. Specific goals for the intern include:

1) Clinical Intervention:
To develop practitioners who are generalists and who can apply knowledge based on various theoretical orientations and a range of psychological interventions that are both current and empirically based.

2) Psychological Assessment:
To develop practitioners who accurately select, administer, score, and interpret multiple psychological assessment tools, who are able to synthesize assessment findings into a well-integrated report, and who are able to use assessment findings in the diagnosis and treatment of clients.

3) Professional Development and Life-long Learning:
To develop practitioners who combine an awareness of personal/professional strengths and limitations with a commitment to respect and collaborate with others, an openness to new ideas, and a commitment to evidence-based practice and life-long learning.

4) Multi-Cultural Issues:
To develop and train practitioners who recognize the importance of diversity and individual differences and who are aware of the effects of their own cultural and ethnic background in clinical practice.

5) Professional Ethics and Standards:
To develop practitioners who know and use ethical principles as a guide for professional practice, research, self-evaluation and professional growth.

6) Supervision and Consultation:
To develop practitioners who are knowledgeable about one or more models of supervision and consultation and who, in their professional work, are able to make use of and to provide supervision and consultation.

7) Scholarly Commitment:
To develop practitioners who integrate research and theory in clinical practice.

CCPIC Member Agencies:

State Center Community College District
Kaiser Permanente - Fresno
Porterville Developmental Center
Gary S. Cannon Psychological Service Center-PSC
Synchrony of Visalia, Inc.
Valley State Prison for Women

 Gary S. Cannon Psychological Service Center

2 Full Time Funded Positions Available

National Matching Service (NMS) Program Code: 111915

The California School of Professional Psychology-Fresno, Psychological Service Center (CSPP-F PSC) was established to enhance the quality of education and training in clinical psychology and to provide needed services to clients in the Fresno area, particularly under-served populations.

The PSC serves a diverse population comparable to any community mental health center. The population ranges from preschool children through the elderly, and from moderate adjustment difficulties to chronic psychopathology. The PSC has contracts and referral relationships with, and provides consultation to, Family Court Services, Multipurpose Services for Seniors Program, Juvenile Probation, Kingsview Mental Health Services, Kings County Domestic Violence Program and various local schools.

Descriptions of special training experiences offered for the intern at the PSC follow:

1. Domestic Violence - Typical cases are referred from the court system to address spouse abuse. Individual, group and couple therapies are offered in a comprehensive intervention program.
2. Forensic Psychology/Custody and Abuse Evaluations - Family Court Services and the Department of Social Services provide referrals to assist the courts in determining the suitability of parents as caretakers and to provide recommendations in the event of custody disputes. These complex evaluations often include psychological testing of parents, parent-child observations, and child interviews as part of the assessment process.

Stipend:  The Stipend for the current year is $18,000

Application Procedure: click here

For more information on The PSC, visit our website

Staff:

• Dale White, Ph.D. - Training Director
  Ecosystemic, Child Intervention
• Greg Cherney, Ph.D. - Primary Intern Supervisor
  Assessment
• Valerie Forward, Ph.D. - Staff Psychologist
  Forensic, Assessment
• Lynette Bassman, Ph.D. - Faculty Supervisor
  Health Psychology, Mind/Body

State Center Community College District

4 Full Time Funded Positions Available

National Matching Service (NMS) Program Code: 111916

The Psychological Internship Training Program at Fresno City College and Reedley College offers 4 full-time, 1 year, pre-doctoral internship in clinical psychology with a broad range of experiences. Interns are placed at the Psychological Service Centers at both campuses. Fresno City College offers experience with an inner city population, and the Reedley College Campus offers experience with a rural community population. Interns spend 25 to 30 hours per week at one campus site and 8 hours per week at the second site, depending on the intern's major or minor focus.

The purpose of the Psychological Service Program is to meet the health needs of members of the college community. The populations served range in age from 18 to 65 with the mean age of 28. The interns work in conjunction with counseling and health services. The psychological services offer assistance to students and staff in a number of areas including: personal growth, crisis assistance, problems in living, relationship and family issues. A wide range of pathological problems are addressed with students from varied socio-economic backgrounds; the majority being ethnic minorities from low SES addressing cultural identity and stress related issues.

The psychological services of a community college campus are necessarily diverse. It is essential to provide mental health services of both a preventive nature, as well as direct services for individual students when needed. The need for diversity in psychological services has led to the development of the two distinct components of the program: (1) Preventive Services, and (2) Direct Services.

1. Preventive Service Component: Preventive services consist of four areas: (1) consultation, (2) dispersion of information, (3) guest lecturers, and (4) referral network assistance. The in-service training for the prevention service component will focus on each of the four areas:

A. Consultation: An ongoing problem-solving interaction which utilizes psychological principles and knowledge to enable faculty, administration and other staff to more effectively meet the needs of the college community. Interns participate in consultation in two areas: (1) Student-centered, consultation where a faculty or staff member has a work-related problem with a particular student, and,

(2) Program-centered consultation provides input in the areas of instruction, administration, and counseling.

B. Dispersion of Information: Interns participate in the research and dissemination of information concerning psychological principles to heighten awareness of faculty and administration.

C. Guest Lecturer: Interns participate in providing in-service training by utilizing classroom settings for lectures, lead discussions, and conduct workshops for students, faculty, and the Psychological Service Program staff to promote understanding of mental health issues important to the college community.

D. Referral Network Assistance: Interns function as referral agents by establishing a liaison relationship with several off-campus resources and agency providers assisting the college community when indicated.

II. Direct Services Component: The in-service training for the Direct Services component consists of five major areas and interns are expected to have experience in these areas: a) Psychotherapy, (b) Group Therapy, c) Crisis Intervention, and d) Psychological Assessment. Although services are provided to predominantly adult populations, interns can have many family problem cases that are paramount, which result in interns providing psychotherapy with adults, adolescents, children and parents.

A. Psychotherapy

Long-Term Psychotherapy: The staff and interns provide long-term psychotherapy for clients who will benefit from this treatment modality. Psychotherapy is utilized for the treatment of neuroses, psychoses, personality disorders, relationship difficulties and for victims of violence and abuse. Implicit in this approach is a concrete analysis of the range of individual orientations used including Psychoanalytic, Cognitive/Behavioral, Person-Centered, Reality, Gestalt and Social Learning perspectives of therapy. Individually tailored treatment plans are initiated for each client.

B. Brief and Individual Therapy:

Brief therapy is a relatively short-term intervention that is applicable to individual counseling, family therapy, crisis intervention, institutional management and organizational development. Interns and staff utilize a wide range of orientations with clients in order to achieve effective and desired goals. The brief therapy model delineates (1) six to eight sessions of supportive therapy throughout the crisis; (2) an extension of services under emergency conditions, or when a referral is pending; or (3) referral to other agencies for clients requiring further treatment not offered at the Psychological Service Center (i.e., inpatient drug treatment services, etc.)

C. Group Therapy:

A variety of group therapy sessions are offered. Group sessions are conducted by interns to promote personal growth in areas such as Stress Management, Behavior Modification for Addictions, Interpersonal Relationships, and Self-Esteem. In conjunction with Counseling Services, interns serve as resource persons for group counseling in areas such as Career, Learning Assistance and Personal Issue Groups.

D. Crisis Intervention:

A coordinated team approach is utilized to effectively deal with on-campus crisis situations. Interns participate as members of the Crisis Intervention Team, which includes psychologists, trained counselors, district police, and nursing services. The intern assists the team by providing extensive 24-hour on-call crisis coverage to the campus community.

E. Psychological Assessment:

Psychological Services is responsible for overseeing testing and assessment for the State Center Community College District. This responsibility is shared by the interns, the Disabled Students Program staff, the Counseling Program staff, and Psychological Services. Testing and assessment involves preventive and direct service programs. Preventive programs focus on testing associated with personal growth, self-understanding and learning disability. Direct services are related to the identification of psychopathology and involve psychological assessment in order to obtain mental status, make differential diagnosis, develop a treatment plan, and answer referral questions or make appropriate referrals as needed. Tests currently employed are the MMPI-2, MCMI-II, TAT, Rorschach, Bender-Gestalt and WAIS-III.

Cases are often referred for psychological assessment to obtain a formal evaluation of the client's mental status. Interns are exposed to the various instruments and techniques for testing and/or measuring characteristics, (e.g., projective tests, achievement tests, diagnostics, personality inventories and tests of intellectual and mental ability). Once interns have organized and evaluated collected information, they will obtain additional information, and then formulate a working hypothesis for treatment and therapy.

Stipend: 20,000.

Application Procedure: click here

For more information on The State Center Community College District, visit our website.

Staff:

• Brian Olowude, Ph.D., Director
  Cross Cultural, Brief Therapy, Forensic
• Gareth Houghton, Ph.D. - Psychologist I
  Chronic and acute pain management in outpatient settings, dynamic orientation, clinical hypnosis, mood and anxiety disorders.

Porterville Developmental Center

4 Full Time Funded Positions Available

National Matching Service (NMS) Program Code: 111913

Porterville Developmental Center (PDC) is located in the southern San Joaquin Valley next to the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, 50 miles north of Bakersfield and 75 miles southeast of Fresno.

Porterville Developmental Center is operated by the California Department of Developmental Services to provide a wide range of treatment and rehabilitation services to over 800 developmentally disabled clients. Porterville Development Center includes a nursing facility program, adult intermediate care programs, and forensic services.  Forensic clients include adults and adolescents, most of whom are civil court commitments, for law violations determined to be not suitable for the youth or adult correctional system. Many have major mental disorder diagnoses. 

Administrative organization at PDC is of two types: medical and registered nurses are centralized staff along with teachers and rehabilitation therapists. Residence nursing staff in several psychiatric technician classes, social workers, psychologists, and recreation therapists are assigned to the respective programs.

The medical staff currently numbers 15 including 2 psychiatrists, 1 neurologist, 1 ophthalmologist, and several pediatricians. The psychology staff presently numbers 17 (11 licensed).

Degree of supervision may vary depending on previous clinical experiences. To give the intern an opportunity to obtain a broad range of experiences differing techniques and concepts, clinical supervisors with established competencies in particular specialties are provided. Each intern will have a primary supervisor to serve as a mentor through their learning process.

Training Program

Intensive immersion in the inpatient unit setting (35-44 clients per unit) within secure treatment perimeter is Porterville Developmental Center's internship stock in trade. As an intern, you will provide, at the level appropriate for your stage in your training course to becoming a psychologist, psychological services to the population on that unit. This will include assessment and evaluation, report preparation, interdisciplinary treatment team functions, and group and individual psychotherapy. With this context, a six-part training strategy has been devised:

1. To provide training and experience in the selection and application of treatment modalities and intervention methods;
2. To provide residential facility based experiences covering a wide variety of developmental, mental health, and psychosocial problems;
3. To develop and sharpen psychological assessment skills with special attention given to neuropsychological and forensic problems, preparation of reports to assess clients charged with crimes, and meeting the needs of courts and counsel;
4. To familiarize the intern through active participation with the operation, activity, organization, and function of the interdisciplinary treatment team;
5. To provide opportunities to develop research skills and to conduct research that has clinical relevance, including completing personal dissertation as needed.
6. To provide experiences in program development and administration involving working with management and quality assurance services.

The Internship Experience

Interns are employed at the facility Monday through Thursday. Since the internship is considered to be a full time experience, you can expect to work 40 hours a week. The particular schedule of these hours is worked out between each intern and his/her supervisor. Two days, Wednesday and Friday include didactic and group supervision components, so that all interns should plan on being on duty those days.

One half day a week is devoted to a seminar program consisting of regular meetings on research design and research evaluation, psychological assessment, psychotherapy, behavior therapy, neuropsychology and ethical and professional issues. Videotape equipment is available for a variety of uses.  This is in addition to Friday sessions in Fresno for their didactic training.

Application Procedure: click here

For more information on PDC, visit our website.

Staff:

• Garry Miller, Ph.D. - Acting Training Director
  Forensic psychology
• Daisy De Maranville, M.D. - Staff Psychiatrist/Consultant
  Forensic psychiatry
• Diana Chavez, Ph.D. -  Supervisor
  Forensic psychology
• Meri Coleman, Ph.D. -  Supervisor.
  Forensic psychology
• Enrique Abordo, Ph.D. -  Supervisor.
  Forensic psychology

Stipend: Approximately $36,000.

Kaiser Permanente - Fresno

3 Full Time Funded Positions Available 

National Matching Service (NMS) Program Code: 111919 

General Information: 

Kaiser Permanente, Fresno provides comprehensive health care to more than 120,000 members residing in the culturally diverse Central San Joaquin Valley.  While most mental health services are located at 4785 N. First Street, Fresno, California, there may be some opportunity for minor rotations in the satellite medical offices in Clovis and Selma.   Kaiser Permanente also supports a 169-bed hospital and medical office building. Kaiser Permanente, Fresno has approximately 200 physicians and 2,000 support staff, including allied professionals, providing care to its members of all ages.

As part of California’s largest and oldest non-profit health organization, Kaiser Permanente, Fresno’s Mental Health department provides comprehensive services to a wide range of patients through Adult Psychiatry, Child Psychiatry, Intensive Out-patient Programs (one for adults and one for adolescents), Behavioral Medicine Services, Chronic Pain Clinic, and Chemical Dependency Services. 

Our internship program is a member of the Central California Psychology Internship Consortium (CCPIC) which is an APA accredited, on probation program.   The CCPIC provides weekly training opportunities and administrative oversight support.

As a non-profit organization, Kaiser Permanente values service to the community.    Our chosen service to the community includes the training of future professionals in psychology through service to others.  The School of Unlimited Learning (or SOUL) is a Charter High School for adolescents who have been challenged academically and/or socially, often from economically disadvantaged homes.  Our interns provide 2-3 hours per week of school functioning related counseling under supervision during the school year.

Internship Goals:

The Kaiser Permanente Pre-doctoral Psychology Internship (KPPPI) is a full-time, twelve-month internship in clinical psychology.  The goal of KPPPI is to provide comprehensive training opportunities while serving the needs of our members.   Kaiser Permanente has a well-established mental health department that can be enhanced by the experiences our interns bring to the program.  Together we strive to continue to improve the services we provide our members in the Department of Mental Health.

To accomplish the goal of personal and professional development of each intern, an individual learning plan is developed by the intern and his or her primary supervisor.  The emphasis on the individual plan is to organize training in a sequential, cumulative, and graded manner.  The intern and supervisors review the training plan quarterly to ensure that training is meeting the needs of the intern and that the intern is sufficiently guided through the professional development process.   Particular emphasis is placed on the following areas:

• Clinical Intervention:  To aid the intern in becoming a general practitioner of psychology who utilizes several empirically based theoretical orientations and interventions in the practice of psychology.
• Psychological Assessment:  To aid the intern in becoming a competent practitioner who accurately selects, administers, scores and interprets a variety of psychological tests.   It is expected that the intern will be able to integrate the findings into a comprehensive written assessment to aid in the diagnosis and treatment of patients.
• Professional Development and Life-long Learning:  To aid the intern in developing their personal and professional strengths in current practice, as well as future advancement of their skills.  It is expected that the intern will enhance their commitment to lifelong-learning and collaboration with professionals from many disciplines. 
• Multi-Cultural Issues:  To aid the intern in being aware of diversity and individual differences in their patients and how their own personal cultural background may affect practice. 
• Professional Ethics and Standards:   To aid the intern in furthering knowledge and application of ethical principles and standards of professional practice, research, self-evaluation and personal growth. 
• Supervision and Consultation:  To aid the intern in development of supervision and consultation models being both the recipient and provider of such services.
• Scholarly Commitment:  To aid the intern to integrate theory and research into clinical practice.

Supervision:

Interns participate in one hour of individual supervision per week for clinical work, one hour of individual supervision for assessment, and two hours of group supervision.  Additionally, twice monthly the interns receive group supervision in neuropsychological testing via conference call and assessment supervisors and two hours of general assessment group supervision.  All supervisors are employed by Kaiser Permanente and are licensed by the Board of Psychology of California.  Furthermore, all supervisors take mandated supervision continuing education courses every two years to stay current with the latest supervision research and practice. 

Research:

Kaiser Permanente has various research projects in process.   These studies have varied from year to year.  Currently, an outcome study is available for the interns’ participation. 

Application process:

Kaiser Permanente, Fresno receives applications through the CCPIC and the APPIC selection process.  We adhere to the rules and regulations of the APPIC organization.  Please click here

Staff: 

• Kathleen Friedland, Ph.D.,  Supervisor
• Diane Kawagoe, Ph.D.,   Director of Training
• Laura Lencioni, Psy. D., Supervisor
• Dennis Lewis, Ph.D., Mentor
• Katherine Lyons, Psy. D., Mentor
• Steven Nichols, Ph.D., Supervisor
• Marvin Perez, Ph.D., Mentor
• Michael Petrovich, Ph.D., Supervisor, Chief of Psychology
• Tamika Sanders-Hayes, Ph.D., Supervisor
• Gary Sunday, Ph.D., Supervisor 

Stipend: $13.00 per hour, Health benefits

Valley State Prison for Women

3 Full Time Funded positions Available

National Matching Service (NMS) Program Code: 111914

California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) is the number one provider of Mental Health Services in the State of California. Valley State Prison for Women (VSPW) operated by the CDCR, was activated in May 1995. Tied for the title of the "world's largest women's prison", VSPW is located in the geographical center of California. Besides its size, VSPW is also the newest female prison in the state. Psychology Department programs occupy much of the modern medical infirmary complex as well as other office space throughout the prison. The Psychology Department consists of a dozen psychologists working as a part of the total mental health program with more than forty staff members. The Chief of Mental Health Services at VSPW is a clinical psychologist.

VSPW house the only Segregate Housing Unit (SHU) programs in the state as well as all the felons whom are expectant mothers in Northern California. Valley State Prison had a large population of inmates with serious mental disorders. There is also a large concentration of life prisoners doing their time here; most of who require forensic evaluations for the Board of Prison Terms.

Newly arriving inmates are all psychologically screened for Axis I mental disorders and for Developmental disabilities. Psychology staff then assesses those with positive scores. Cognitive neuropsychological testing opportunities abound. Projective and other personality tests are also performed.

Prisoners who are diagnosed are then assigned to one of several mental health programs. Most treatment is provided in the general population, which is a rich laboratory to develop individual and group therapy skills. Interns will begin as co-therapists in group settings. Some therapy modalities are similar to those used in community mental health settings. Other treatments are tailored for offenders with co-morbid Axis II disorders.

The female SHU is a unique setting with its own unique psychological press. Women housed there have the worst behavior in California, by definition, we have severely mentally and developmentally disabled inmates in several mental health programs in this building. These clients require both a high level of care and super maximum security.

Besides the Life Prisoners, other inmates require forensic evaluations pursuant to various laws. For example, child abuse perpetrators require reports before release. Other inmates are committed provisionally for 90 days to state prison and return to the judge with a psychological report. Mental hospital transfers also require forensic reports, according to the penal code.

Internship training takes place within a developmental model with a goal of producing generalist psychology practitioners who have demonstrated the capability to function autonomously and responsibly. Through exposure, mentoring, and supervised practice, interns increase knowledge and proficiency in the application of psychological principles to psycholegal issues, in the generalization of core clinical skills to persons with severe and persistent mental illness, and in the practice of psychology in a multidisciplinary, forensic, inpatient setting.

The internship is designed to encourage each pre-doctoral candidate to build a professional identity that capitalizes on his or her capabilities, interest and style. Interns will take part in the diverse diagnostic and therapeutic challenges with incarcerated female offenders. They are encouraged to test skills and reappraise theoretical constricts in a supervised training environment and to evolve their own identity as a vital member of the interdisciplinary Mental Health Service Delivery System (MHSDS) team. The MHSDS seeks to optimize the functioning of seriously mentally disordered inmates.

Diversity of training is promoted through participation in a variety of therapy and assessment experiences in different treatment units. Interns are expected to participate in all levels of the MHSDS, including, The Reception Center Program, Correctional Clinical Case Management, System and Administrative Segregation and Security Housing Unit, and the Enhanced Outpatient Program.

Stipend: The stipend for the internship program is $39,396. Health insurance, vacation, and sick time are also provided.

Application Procedure: click here

For more information on VSPW visit our website:

Staff:

• Lori Williams, Ph.D. - Site director
  Individual and group psychotherapy, psychotherapy supervision
• Ethan Abercrombie, Ph.D.. - Clinical Supervisor
  Clinical Psychology,
• Eric Kunkel, Psy.D. - Chief Psychologist & Assistant Professor, UCSF
  Health Psychology, Forensic Psychology, Spirituality & Bioethics
• Myrna Echols, Ph.D. - Clinical Supervisor, Psychotherapy
• Ann White, Ph.D. - Psychologist
  Life-term incarceration

Synchrony of Visalia, Inc.

2 Full Time Funded Positions Available

National Matching Service (NMS) Program Code: 111920

Synchrony of Visalia, Inc. (Synchrony) is located in California ’s southern San Joaquin Valley in the city of Visalia which is 47 miles south of Fresno and 65 miles north of Bakersfield .

Synchrony is a not for profit agency founded in 1995 with a focus on women’s and family issues.  Since its founding, Synchrony has grown in its scope of practice to provide a wide range of services to valley residents. In keeping with its Mission “Healthy Families: Healthy Communities,” Synchrony provides individual, couples and group therapy to men, women and children.  In addition, intellectual, achievement and personality (subjective and objective) assessments, along with a level of neurological and developmental assessment of children adolescents and adults are provided.  Other treatment and rehabilitation programs include neurotherapy and biofeedback.  Through its other programs: Parents Helping Parents, the FREE Collaborative, Children’s Trust Fund, the Inmate-Outmate Program, Clinical Scholars and the Reactive Attachment Disorder Program (focusing on children ages 0 –5 years old), Synchrony is able to provide psychoeducational services to valley residents and to other professionals.

Professional staff is composed of two licensed Marriage and Family Therapists, and two licensed clinical Psychologists comprising over 40 years of combined experience. While supervision will vary according to previous clinical experiences Interns can expect that experienced practitioners will be available at all times.

Training Program

Every effort will be made to tailor training to the specific needs and experience of the individual intern. As part of its commitment exposure to other aspects of the Synchrony program, aside from its clinical components, is available as well training in more advanced techniques (i.e., neurofeedback, Auditory, Visual Entrainment,) and interventions. There are four strategies guiding the intern experience:

1. To provide training and experience in the selection and application of treatment modalities and intervention methods;
2. To provide community based experiences covering a wide variety of developmental, mental health and psychosocial problems;
3. To hone psychological assessment skills with particular attention given to pediatric and neuropsychological problems and the preparation of reports;
4. To familiarize the Intern, through active participation, with the operation organization and administration of a person centered work environment.

The Internship Experience:

While there are no specific rotations the intern is encouraged to work closely with each licensed staff member to gain experience in their discreet functions as a practitioner and administratively.  Four hours a week is devoted to administrative and clinical meetings where issues of assessment treatment planning treatment efficacy ethical and other professional issues are discussed this is in addition to the Friday didactic training in Fresno and time devoted to individual supervision.

Stipend: $17,500. per year

Application Procedure: click here

Staff:

• Edwyn W. Ortiz-Nance , PsyD. - Training Director
• Constance M. Tries, MFT, - Site Administrator, RAD Program Administrator
  Marriage and Family Therapy, EMDR, Attachment issues, Individual and Group Psychotherapy
• Beverly A. Anderson, MFT, - Administrator of Marketing and Training
  Community Outreach,  FREE, Collaborative, Children’s Trust Fund, Clinical Scholars, Parents Helping Parents Administrator/Supervisor, adolescents and Individual and Group Psychotherapy, Organizational Behavior, Cross Cultural Psychology and Neurotherapy, quantitative EEG, developmental assessments.
• Jacqueline Harris-Groeber, Ph.D. - Director of Program Continuity and Integration
  Individual therapy (child – adult), anxiety disorders, issues of attachment, intellectual assessments, personality assessments (subjective and objective).

Our APPIC Membership Number is: 1119

Each site has their National Matching Service (NMS) Program Code listed under their description

American Psychological Association

For more information about the American Psychological Association's Office of Program Consultation and Accreditation, please click here. The address of the Office of Program Consultation and Accreditation is:

American Psychological Association
Office of Program Consultation and Accreditation
750 First Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002-4242
(202) 336-5500
(202) 336-6123 TDD