Psychology Internship  
Training Frequently 
Asked Questions

This internship is only available to students enrolled in doctoral programs in health service psychology and/or professional psychology in the areas of (a) clinical, (b) counseling, (c) school, (d) other developed practice areas or (e) combinations of two or three of the above areas, consistent with the standards of an eligible accrediting organization (one that accredits doctoral programs in health service psychology and/or professional psychology and is either recognized by an approved government agency or the Canadian Psychological Association). An approved government agency is a United States governmental department, agency or body that (a) formally reviews and/or recognizes doctoral psychology accrediting organizations or (b) has explicitly recognized a doctoral psychology accrediting organization in its hiring qualifications and (c) has been approved by the Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers (APPIC). Approved government agencies include the United States Department of Education and the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. Respecialization programs in professional psychology for which an internship is an essential and required component of doctoral training are also eligible.

Over the past five years, our site has received an average of 408 applications per year for our nine positions. In addition, we have received the most applications of any site participating in the APPIC match in seven of the last 10 years.

No. You may only apply to one of our tracks: adult, child and adolescent, combined or neuropsychology.

We typically interview 18 applicants each for the child and adolescent, combined and neuropsychology tracks and 24 applicants for the adult track. Selections are made based on a review of the entire APPIC Online. We recognize and apologize in advance that there will be many excellent applicants each year who are not invited for interviews.

The core training sites for the Psychology Internship Training Program are located in or around Montefiore Einstein’s Moses Campus in the Norwood section of the Bronx (adult, child and adolescent and neuropsychology specializations) and our Wakefield Campus in the Wakefield section of the Bronx (combined specialization). Contrary to the Bronx’s reputation in movies, our neighborhoods are beautiful, historic and safe. In fact, the Moses Campus is adjacent to Van Cortlandt Park, the fourth largest park in New York City. Both campuses are easily accessible by subway or car. Parking is available for a cost on the Moses Campus and is free to interns in the combined specialization on the Wakefield Campus. Subway and express bus access is available as well.

There is a vibrant culture unique to the Northeast, New York City and the Bronx. We are an expansive healthcare system servicing half the population of the Bronx. We do not turn patients away. Our environment is high-demand and fast-paced. We work hard but also have fun. We are pluralistic, collaborative and supportive of each other—within the Division of Psychology, the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and the Montefiore Einstein Health System.

The Bronx is one of the most diverse communities in the nation. In 2020, an estimated 1,427,656 people were living in the Bronx, of which 3.7% of the population identified as Asian, 29% as Black, 56.4% as Hispanic and 8.8% as white. In addition, over 31% of the population was born in another country, over 55% speak a language other than English at home (over 45% speak Spanish) and only about 44.3% speak English at home. Notably, nearly 30% of the population is under the age of 18, and approximately 30.7% of the total population residing in the Bronx lives below the federal poverty line.

Yes. Each faculty member has salaried time allocated for scholarly activities each week and is involved, to varying degrees, in research, presenting, publishing, governance, etc. As research is one of the nine profession-wide competencies identified by the American Psychological Association (APA), interns must complete a scholarly project with a supervisor or mentor of their choice, who provides one hour of supervision per week.

It depends. Like many other institutions, during the COVID-19 pandemic, we pivoted to provide almost all outpatient mental health services remotely, while most of our inpatient services continued in-person with appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) and social distancing measures. Currently, most outpatient sites have adopted a hybrid blend of remote and in-person visits, though some have returned to in-person visits full-time. These policies will likely continue to be revised in response to future outbreaks and always with the safety of our trainees in mind.

In addition to the current stipend of $47,752.80, interns receive full medical and dental benefits with a range of choices, as well as 20 vacation days, 12 sick days, nine hospital holidays and up to five conference days. Interns also receive up to $2,000 in conference support (upon approval from the Director of Psychology Training) and a $500 educational allowance for textbooks, membership dues, software, personal digital assistants (PDAs), tablets, e-readers, etc. Interns may also apply for our subsidized housing, but please note that due to high demand, this subsidy cannot be guaranteed.

No. The internship is a one-year, full-time training program (approximately 45 hours per week).

When you are invited for an interview, you will have an opportunity to speak with our current interns about their experiences here and are encouraged to follow up with them later. You may also want to contact any of our program graduates and ask them about their experiences at Montefiore Einstein. We ask our interns to formally evaluate the program at the end of the year across all areas (supervision, rotations, didactics, etc.). Our interns uniformly rate our training program as “excellent” and report being “very satisfied.” They frequently comment on being particularly impressed by the intensity and quality of supervision, the breadth of clinical training opportunities and the flexibility of the training program to meet their specific professional development needs. Additionally, in our most recent self-study for reaccreditation, a survey of all interns from the past decade revealed that 100% would recommend our internship.

Yes. Interns essentially create their own roster of patients from among the various outpatient clinics.

Yes. However, since these are all considered “inpatient” rotations, the intern must be on-site at least one day per week. In addition, as these electives are typically planned well in advance, so that the units can ensure adequate coverage (and space) throughout the year, once a commitment is made to one of these electives, it cannot be altered.

Yes. Interns are required to treat at least two outpatients throughout the year to gain experience in long-term outpatient care.

It is possible. However, these patients must be registered in our outpatient clinic and seen on-site. Our clinics accept only certain types of insurance, so their insurance coverage cannot be guaranteed (although we also have a sliding-scale policy for self-pay patients).

Yes. Interns in all four tracks are required to participate in research during the internship year. The psychology faculty at Montefiore Einstein is actively engaged in research and enthusiastically supervises interns in research in a vast number of areas, including anxiety and depression, personality disorders, behavioral health services utilization, psychological assessment, cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, adolescent suicide and eating disorders. Interns have historically participated in all aspects of research, from study design and literature review to subject recruitment and data collection, data analysis and dissemination of findings. Interns frequently present data at scientific conferences and have served as first authors and co-authors on numerous scholarly papers and book chapters. 

For a summary of the faculty publications, presentations and workshops in which previous interns have participated, click here. Click here for a list of research mentors and their research areas/interests. For more information about the Psychiatry Research Institute at Montefiore Einstein (PRIME), click here. For more information about PRIME’s Center for Health Equity (CHE), click here.

Yes. While on outpatient rotations, each intern is assigned their own office. Every office has a computer with high-speed internet access, and all interns are assigned a hospital email address. The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences uses an electronic medical record called Epic to record all progress notes and treatment plans.

Yes. Although the job market is highly competitive, graduates of the Montefiore Einstein Internship Training Program have an excellent track record of finding initial employment. Many graduates are recruited into clinical and research staff positions at Montefiore Einstein or its affiliated institutions. Our graduates are highly marketable upon graduation, in part because they have developed special clinical skills (neuropsychological assessment, cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy) and in part because they have worked with unique populations (suicidal adolescents, acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) patients, patients with anxiety and depression and patients with substance use disorders). Click here for a list of our program graduates and the postdoctoral positions they have taken.