Psychology Doctoral Internship

The Psychology Doctoral Internship Program at Phoenix Children’s offers pediatric psychology training in therapy and assessment with medical inpatients, outpatients with medical and/or psychological concerns, as well as their families. Consultation to medical teams is also an important aspect of our training program. The program is a member of APPIC and the program is accredited by the APA. Please contact the APA Office of Program Consultation and Accreditation (OPCA) directly with questions related to the program’s accreditation status. The address of the APA OPCA is:

750 First Street NE
Washington, DC 20002
202-336-5979
www.apa.org/ed/accreditation 

The psychology internship program is offered by the Division of Psychology, which trains psychology interns as well as psychology postdoctoral residents/fellows, psychology practicum students along with medical residents, psychiatry trainees, and mental health therapy trainees. The primary goal of the program is to train interns in the profession-wide competencies needed to be a skilled psychologist working with children, adolescents, emerging adults, and families in a medical setting. Additionally, multicultural issues, ethical practice, interpersonal skills, supervision acumen, integrating science and practice, and professional values and identity are addressed during the training year. Interns are required to complete 2,000 hours of training.

Phoenix Children's is steadfastly committed to advocating for all children by focusing on social determinants of health, and the important role they play in creating health disparities in child well-being. Our unique positions enhance creativity and thoughtfulness in our patient care and research and will ultimately lead to better solutions to the healthcare needs of the populations we serve. To that end, Phoenix Children's strives to create an environment that reflects the myriad of communities it serves, resulting in greater health care distribution and a reduction in health care disparities by recruiting academically talented and unique trainees across all levels of training: practicum, internship, and postdoctoral residency-fellowship.