Mood and Trauma Externship
- Psychology Externship Program
- Solid Organ Transplant
- Primary Care Behavioral Health Services
- Pediatric Psychology Consult
- Pediatric Psychology
- Mood and Trauma
- HIV Services Mental Health Program
- Hematology/Oncology
- Headache
- Gastroenterology
- Eating Disorders
- Early Childhood Behavioral Health
- Child Inpatient Psychiatry Externship
- Child Development Program Externship
- Endocrinology and Diabetes Externship
- Child and Adolescent Burn and Trauma Surgery Externship
- Behavioral Sleep Medicine
- Behavioral Parent Training
- Behavioral Pain Medicine
- Anxiety and Mood Disorders
- Anxiety and Eating Disorders
- Anxiety and Allergy/Immunology
- ADHD & Learning Differences Program
- Psychology Externship Program
- Solid Organ Transplant
- Primary Care Behavioral Health Services
- Pediatric Psychology Consult
- Pediatric Psychology
- Mood and Trauma
- HIV Services Mental Health Program
- Hematology/Oncology
- Headache
- Gastroenterology
- Eating Disorders
- Early Childhood Behavioral Health
- Child Inpatient Psychiatry Externship
- Child Development Program Externship
- Endocrinology and Diabetes Externship
- Child and Adolescent Burn and Trauma Surgery Externship
- Behavioral Sleep Medicine
- Behavioral Parent Training
- Behavioral Pain Medicine
- Anxiety and Mood Disorders
- Anxiety and Eating Disorders
- Anxiety and Allergy/Immunology
- ADHD & Learning Differences Program
This externship is ideally suited for advanced practicum students seeking further training in outpatient psychology from childhood to adolescence. The extern will spend one day, each, per week providing outpatient services through the Mood/Trauma Disorders Program and one day at Children’s National Trauma/Burn surgery program at Children’s National Hospital under the direct clinical supervision of Komal Sharma-Patel, Ph.D., and Carrie Tully, Ph.D., respectively.
About the Externship
The Mood Disorders Program at Children's National Hospital provides outpatient services to children and adolescents with mood disorders (e.g. major depression, pediatric bipolar disorder, disruptive mood dysregulation disorder) and also to youth reporting trauma histories with PTSD symptomatology, and their families. Externs will gain experience in assessment and treatment of trauma using evidence-based treatment (Trauma-Focused CBT) models, and mood disorders through individual and family formats.
The psychology team in the Trauma/Burn Service at Children’s National provides inpatient and outpatient consultation, evaluation, and treatment for youth and their families following injuries. The majority of patients will be seen through the Ambulatory Burn Clinic. There will be opportunities given for inpatient consult/liaison with children hospitalized for medical trauma. Externs will have the opportunity for exposure to outpatient treatment within the context of injuries using evidence-based pediatric psychology techniques such as TF-CBT and ACT-based principles.
In addition to formal, in-person supervision, externs within the both Mood/Trauma and Trauma/Burn Program will also have the opportunity participate in case conferences with child psychiatrists, attend behavioral health grand rounds, and clinical seminars (depending on the day of the externship).
Qualifications
Applicants must be in at least the third year of a doctoral program, have completed formal coursework in child development and treatment, and have had prior practicum experience with conducting cognitive behavioral therapy, preferably with children and adolescents. Preference will be given to advanced doctoral students.
Number of Available Positions
One extern will be recruited for this externship.
How to Apply
Please email a letter of interest, CV/resume and two letters of recommendation to:
Komal Sharma-Patel, Ph.D. | Email
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Interested applicants should also complete this survey one time, regardless of how many externships you are applying for.
Locations
- Children’s National Takoma Theater, 6833 4th St NW, Washington, DC 20012
- Children’s National Hospital, 111 Michigan Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20010
Both locations are Metro accessible.
Time Requirements
Sixteen hours (2 days) per week. Monday, Wednesday and/or Fridays preferred. Services are provided in person at the Takoma Theater clinic and at Children’s National Hospital main campus. It is anticipated that this externship will run through June 2025.