Welcome to the Bellevue Psychology Externship Program
The mission of the Bellevue Psychology Externship Programs is to prepare doctoral students for Internship, and from there to careers as psychologists in a variety of clinical, academic, and research settings.
Bellevue externs receive training in psychotherapy, assessment, diagnosis, and crisis intervention with a diverse clinical population. Patients at Bellevue come from a wide variety of cultures, ethnicities, religions, sexual orientations, and socio-economic backgrounds. Bellevue externs may, depending on their placement, have the opportunity to gain experience in child, adolescent, and adult psychotherapy, neuropsychology, health psychology, inpatient and outpatient treatment and assessment, and group psychotherapy. The links above describe each of the externship opportunities at Bellevue. In all of these placements, externs receive quality supervision from the Hospital’s experienced staff of psychologist. The type of supervision conducted depends on the theoretical orientation of the supervisor and the needs of the patient. Psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, and supportive models of treatment may be used.