The Department of Rehabilitation and Human Performance offers a Doctoral Internship in Clinical Psychology, a one-year program that provides foundational training in clinical psychology. The goal of the internship is to provide the opportunity for doctoral students to develop competence in the application of psychological knowledge and practice clinical problems in a medical center setting. As the primary setting for this internship is a rehabilitation medicine department, emphasis is placed on clinical experiences in work with individuals with physical and cognitive disabilities.

Our program follows a professional practitioner model of clinical training. Trainees gain over 2,000 hours of supervised clinical experience, meeting the licensing requirements for one year of doctoral supervised clinical training. Six licensed full-time psychologists supervise our interns, and we accept three interns per year.

Our program is a member of the Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers and is accredited by the American Psychological Association.

For more information, contact Sabrina T. Breed, PhD, Director of Doctoral Training in Clinical Psychology, via e-mail or 212-241-6103.

Our Predoctoral Externship in Rehabilitation Psychology and Clinical Neuropsychology offers two distinct tracks, Acute Inpatient and Outpatient, allowing trainees to work with individuals at different stages of brain injury recovery.

Acute Inpatient Track

The Acute Inpatient Track offers two to three externship positions in acute inpatient rehabilitation psychology. The goal of this track is to expose externs to an inpatient multidisciplinary approach to patient care, and to provide them with unique training opportunities in the areas of trauma, medical disability, brain injury, spinal cord injury, limb loss, behavioral medicine, brief neuropsychological assessment, and cognitive remediation. Upon completion of their training year, externs will have a greater understanding of how, in the acute phase of recovery, physical, cognitive, and emotional disabilities may impact functioning at the individual, familial, and societal levels.

For more information, contact Cristina Parfene, PsyD, Director of Inpatient Externship Training, at cristina.parfene@mountsinai.org or 212-241-4196.

Outpatient Track

The Outpatient Track offers three externship positions in outpatient clinical rehabilitation psychology. The goal of this track is to provide externs with clinical experience in an

outpatient multidisciplinary setting in the areas of brain injury, behavioral medicine,

neuropsychological assessment, group interventions, and cognitive remediation. All patients served are adults. Upon completion of the program, externs will have a greater understanding of how, in post-acute phases of recovery, physical, cognitive, and emotional disabilities affect functioning at the individual, familial, and societal levels.

For more information, contact Svetlana Serova, PhD, Director of Outpatient Externship Training, at svetlana.serova@mountsinai.org or 212-824-7630.

The Department of Rehabilitation and Human Performance is proud to offer clinical training and field experiences for physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech pathology students.

Physical and Occupational Therapy

• Clinical Experience for Physical Therapy Students
• Fieldwork for Occupational Therapy Students

Adrienne Ormond, PT, DPT, SCCE
Occupational and Physical Therapy Student Coordinator
adrienne.ormond@mountsinai.org
212-824-8423

Speech Language Pathology

• Student Clinician Placements

Siobhan Ryan Murphy, MSEd, CCC-SLP
Speech Language Pathology Student Coordinator
siobhan.murphy@mountsinai.org
212-241-7689

Therapeutic Recreation

• Recreational Therapy Internship

Clarisse Quirit, CTRS
Therapeutic Recreation Student Coordinator
clarisse.quirit@mountsinai.org
212-241-9188