Clinical Psychology Predoctoral Externship

Training Year: 2026–2027

Position Type: Predoctoral Clinical Psychology Externship

Program Overview:

Long Island Mental Health & Wellness (LIMHW) is an outpatient group psychology practice serving children, adolescents, adults, and families across Long Island. LIMHW offers a predoctoral externship designed to provide broad-based clinical training in psychotherapy, group work, family systems, and psychological assessment within a supportive, collaborative training environment. Training emphasizes developmentally informed, evidence-based, and neurodiversity-affirming care, with a strong focus on supervision, case conceptualization, and professional identity development. Caseloads are developed gradually and aligned with the extern’s training level and goals.

Clinical Training Experiences:

• Individual psychotherapy with children, adolescents, and adults
• Group psychotherapy, including social competence, emotional regulation, and psychoeducational groups
• Family therapy and parent guidance
• Psychological assessment (cognitive, academic, social-emotional, and diagnostic)
• Case conceptualization, treatment planning, and documentation
• Consultation and collaboration with families, schools, and other providers

Supervision & Training Model: Supervision is provided by licensed psychologists with experience in psychotherapy, assessment, and neurodiversity-affirming practice.

• Weekly individual supervision with a licensed psychologist
• Additional group supervision and/or case consultation
• Ongoing feedback focused on clinical skills, diagnostic reasoning, ethics, and professional development

Qualifications:

• Enrollment in an APA-accredited or APA-aligned doctoral program in Clinical Psychology
• Foundational coursework in psychotherapy and assessment preferred
• Interest in working with children, adolescents, and families
• Strong professionalism and openness to supervision

Application Materials:

• Curriculum vitae
• Cover letter describing clinical interests and training goals
• Letters of recommendation or reference contact information