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APPIC Member Number: 2055
NOTE: The APPIC Member Number is different from the program code number(s) used in the APPIC Match.
Program Type: Internship
Last Modified by Member: 2/13/2013 10:47:41 PM
Institution: Community Services Institute
Department: Springfield & Boston Sites
Address: 1695 Main Street
Suite 400
Springfield , MA  01103
Country: United States
Metro Area: Boston Metro Area
Distance from Major City: One site in Boston and One in Springfield
Phone: (413) 739-5572  Ext. 11
Fax: (413) 739-9972
Email: Elaine.Campbell@CommunityServ.com
Web Address: http://www.CommunityServ.com
Brochure Website's Address: http://www.communityserv.com/internships.html
Primary Agency Type: Private Outpatient Clinic
Additional Agency Types:
Accreditation
APA Accreditation: Not Accredited
CPA Accreditation: Not Accredited
Staff / Faculty Information
Training Director: Elaine  Campbell, Psy.D.
Internship Director
Psychology Lead/Director/Chief: James  S.  Sacco, Ed.D.
Clinic Administrator
No. of Full-Time Licensed Doctoral Psychologists on Staff/Faculty: 3
No. of Part-Time Licensed Doctoral Psychologists on Staff/Faculty: 2
Position Information
Start Date: July 2, 2013
No. of slots expected next class:
  Funded Unfunded
Full Time 10 0
Part Time 0 0
Annual Stipend ranges for next class:
  Low Stipend High Stipend
Full Time 17000
Part Time

Stipend values are in US Dollars
Fringe Benefits: Vacation
Sick Leave
Dissertation Release Time
Professional Development Time
Other Fringe Benefits:
(not indicated above) 		5 sick days, 5 vacation days; 11 Fed holidays, 6 days for profes dev or diss research w/ permission; 3 days either to complete dissertation defense or prof dev. Neurofeedback training/certification. Gas allowance available
Application Process
Application Due Date: December 6  
This program uses the AAPI: Yes
This program conducts interviews: Yes
An on site interview is: Preferred
Interview notification date: December 20 (This is the final date by which all applicants can expect to be notified of their interview status.)
Interview Process Description: CSI responds to phone, email, or fax requests and will schedule prospective interns ASAP.
How to obtain application info: Visit website at http://www.communityserv.com or call 413-739-5572 x11
Preferred method of contacting the program: Call Dr. James Sacco
Applicant Requirements
Applicant Requirements:
US Citizenship RequiredNo
Canadian Citizenship RequiredNo
Masters Degree RequiredBy start of internship
Comprehensive Exams PassedBy application deadline
Dissertation Proposal ApprovedNo
Dissertation DefendedNo
Minimum Number of AAPI Intervention Hours:
Minimum Number of AAPI Assessment Hours:
Minimum Number of Years of Grad Training Required:
Applicants Welcome From What Program Types:
Clinical Psychology Preferred
Counseling Psychology Preferred
School Psychology Acceptable
APA-Accredited Preferred
CPA-Accredited Acceptable
Non-Accredited None
Ph.D. Degree Acceptable
Psy.D. Degree Acceptable
Ed.D. Degree Acceptable
This institution, department, internship, or postdoctoral program requires trainees to sign a statement about personal behavior and/or religious beliefs as a condition of admission and/or retention in the program. No
How to obtain text of statement: N/A
Other Requirements: Interns are expected to follow all the clinical procedures as a psychotherapist/psychologist intern at CSI.
Program Description
Program Description:
CSI provides high quality services to ethnically diverse and economically disadvantaged children, adolescents, and families. Most CSI clients have experienced psychological trauma related to child maltreatment, domestic violence, or exposure to community violence.

Interns provide clinic, school and in-home outpatient psychotherapy services. CSI's philosophy embraces the local clinical scholar-practitioner model of training, aiming to integrate current research and best-practices with community-targeted clinical services. CSI emphasizes understanding the eco-psychological context that impacts families, including prejudice and oppression. Interns are engaged in the integration of care through interdisciplinary collaboration & consultation-both inside and outside our agency-with psychiatrists, pediatricians, social workers, mentors and school personnel.

Our agency emphasizes psychodynamic thinking but faculty is intentionally eclectic in theoretical orientation, creating a stimulating learning environment. Trainers are supportive and emotionally available, modeling honesty and directness. CSI wants Interns to grow as people, and to tolerate the ambivalence generated by working with this multi-challenged population. We expect interns to advocate not only for their clients, but also for themselves, in an effort to meet their learning needs. Our goal is to graduate client-oriented, self-reflective, emotionally intelligent and humble psychologists who are competent and sensitive to ethno-cultural countertransference.

CSI offers a unique opportunity to learn to be a neurofeedback practitioner. We provide all training and mentoring for interns to obtain board certification from the Biofeedback Certification International Alliance.

Spanish-language fluency and interest and/or practicum experience w/children and families is desirable.
Training Opportunities
Note: Major = Major Experience; Minor = Informal/Minor/External Experience
Populations:
M Children
M Adolescents
M Adults
I Older Adults
Inpatients
M Outpatients
I Gay/lesbian/bisexual/ transgend.
M Ethnic minorities
  
M Spanish-speaking
I French-speaking
Deaf/Hearing-impaired
M Students
International students
Rural
M Urban
M Low income
I Homeless
Treatment Modalities:
M Individual therapy
I Couples therapy
M Family therapy
Group therapy
M Community Intervention
  
M Consultation/Liaison
I Crisis intervention
I Brief psychotherapy
M Long-term psychotherapy
Cognitive rehabilitation
Experience:
I Health Psychology
Primary Care
Women's Health
I HIV/AIDS
I Eating disorders
I Sexual Disorders
Sports Psychology
Rehabilitation Psychology
I Physical Disabilities
M Learning Disabilities
I Developmental Disabilities
M Assessment
Neuropsychology - Adult
Neuropsychology - Child
M Serious mental illness
M Anxiety Disorders
M Trauma/PTSD
  
M Sexual abuse
M Substance use disorders
I Forensics/Corrections
I Sexual offenders
I Geropsychology
Pediatrics
M School
I Counseling
I Vocational/Career Devel.
M Multicultural Therapy
I Feminist Therapy
I Religion/Spirituality
M Empirically-supported treatments
Public Policy/Advocacy
I Program Devel./Evaluation
I Supervision
I Research
I Administration
Additional information about training opportunities:
Treating families with complex problems is neither short-term nor solely problem-focused. It is long-term, and relationship based, with incremental changes occurring over time. Our clients have trauma-induced disorders (i.e. complex traumatic stress disorder), not chronic mental illness.
Summary of the Characteristics of the Specified Internship Class
2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013
Number of Completed Applications 50 100 160
Number of applicants invited for interviews 16 16 16
Total Number of Interns 10 10 10
Total number of interns from APA/CPA accredited programs 10 5
Total no. of interns from Ph.D. programs 1 3
Total no. of interns from Psy.D. programs 8 7
Total no. of interns from Ed.D. programs 1 0
No. of interns that come from a Clinical Psychology program 8 9
No. of interns that come from a Counseling Psychology program 2 1
No. of interns that come from a School Psychology program 0 0
Range of integrated assessment reports: lowest no. of reports written
Range of integrated assessment reports: highest no. of reports written
Summary of Post-Internship Employment Settings of Each Internship Class
2008-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011
Working on dissertation/Student 2
Postdoctoral Fellow
Community Mental Health Center 2 1 3
Health Maintenance Organization
Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Military Medical Center
Private General Hospital 1
General Hospital
Other Medical Center
Private Psychiatric Hospital
State/County/other Public Hospital
Correctional Facility
School District/System 1
University Counseling Center 1
University Teaching Faculty
2 or 4 year Undergraduate Teaching Position
Medical School
Academic Non-Teaching Position
Research Position
Independent Practice
Other (e.g., consulting) 2 3
Not currently employed
Changed to other career field
Unknown 1
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