Clinical Psychology Training Program | UC Davis CAARE Diagnostic and Treatment Center | UC Davis Children's Hospital

Psychology interns can receive training and supervised experience in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy (TF-CBT), psychological evaluations, child welfare evaluations, intake assessments, individual therapy, and consultation to local agencies. Interns will also select a third focus for their training year, which will serve as their subspecialty for the training year. This will depend on their previous clinical experiences with related clinical presentations (see below for prerequisites for various subspecialty options). Options for the third focus can include: 1) Parenting Training (i.e., the intern would select between training in Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) or Parent Child-CARE (PC-CARE)); 2) Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) Team; 3) Eating Disorder Team; and (4) Treatment and Recovery Program for Addiction in Children and Emerging Adults (TRACE) Team. Most CAARE Center clients range in age from 2 to 18 years, although adults are seen for family treatment, individual therapy, and evaluations. Depending on the type of referrals received, there may also be an opportunity to provide services for 0-5 year olds.

Location: CAARE Center

Psychology interns in this track will receive training in infant mental health treatment with children ages 0 to 5 and their families and neurodevelopmental psychological assessments of infants and young children. Trainees will spend 50% of their time at the CAARE Center and 50% within Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics at the MIND Institute. Interns will be provided training in one empirically based treatment approach, Parent-Child Interaction Therapy at the CAARE Center. In addition, they will be trained to conduct evidence based, neurodevelopmental evaluations with a focus on identifying developmental delay and autism spectrum disorder in young children. There is strong emphasis in working with under-resourced families and family centered care at both sites.

Location: CAARE Center and MIND Institute

The JJFP track is focused on providing evidence-based mental health treatment and assessment for systems-involved youth and families. Interns will be trained in TF-CBT, TI-CBTp, and forensic evaluations. Interns will be provided training in one empirically based approach, Trauma Focused-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Other modalities such as Harm Reduction and Motivational Interviewing can be offered. In addition, they will be trained to conduct evidence based forensic evaluations (i.e., competency evaluation; juvenile sex offense risk evaluations; child welfare evaluations).

Location: CAARE Center

The CAARE Center also offers postdoctoral training that is similar in nature to the Clinical Psychology Training Program. In addition, postdoctoral fellows are able to obtain specialized training in a clinical area of their choice (e.g., individual and group therapy, parent-child interaction therapy, psychological evaluations, child welfare evaluations).