Chatham University Counseling Center-Independence Health System Doctoral Internship
Welcome to our Internship!
Thank you for your interest in the Chatham University - Independence Health System Doctoral Internship program! The doctoral internship is the culmination of your years of schooling, practicum, and externship experiences. Our developmentally based and culturally informed internship is designed to help you achieve your aspirations of becoming a Health Service Psychologist. Our internship prepares you to meet your career goal and our profession wide competencies through clinical experiences, training seminars, supervision, and time for self-reflection. Finding a good fit for your internship year is important and we hope this information helps you in your search process.
We offer two tracks:
one intern spends 4 days a week at Chatham University’s Counseling Center
one intern spends 4 days a week at Independence Health System with the Family Medicine residency program.
The fifth day is spent together, engaging in group supervision, didactic learning experiences, and time together as an intern cohort.
We are invested in providing training for health service psychologists for our evolving profession. In doing so, we recognize that your well-being is critical. Our hope is the self-care skills you develop during your internship will carry with you throughout your career. If you have questions, feel free to contact us. We look forward to seeing your application!
Cordially,
Gina
PS - Independence Health System was previously known as Excela. If you see Excela anywhere on our website, please excuse us as we continue to make sure all parts of the website are modified.
Gina Zanardelli, Ph.D., Internship Training Director
Chatham University Counseling Center
107 Woodland Road
Pittsburgh, PA 15232
Email Gina | 412-365-2479
Application Deadline: November 30, 2024
Interview Notification Deadline: December 11, 2024
Interview Dates:
December 17 - January 17, 2025
Program Start and End Dates:
July 28, 2025 -July 27, 2026
Contact Us
Please email Dr. Gina Zanardelli, the Internship Training Director, with any questions regarding the application or interview process.
Accreditation Status
The Chatham University-Independence Health System Psychology Internship Consortium is not accredited by APA at this time.
We are members of APPIC and participate in Match.
Questions specifically related to the program’s accreditation status should be directed to the Commission on Accreditation:
Office of Program Consultation and Accreditation
American Psychological Association
750 1st Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002
202-336-5979
Email the Commission on Accreditation
Brief Overview
The Chatham University-Independence Health System Doctoral Internship program is a collaboration between partners, forming a consortium internship.
By merging our resources and opportunities, we are able to provide a unique clinical experience for doctoral interns in this key training period.
Interns will have the opportunity to:
Learn about and provide culturally informed, strength-based assessment
Learn about and provide ADHD assessments
Provide clinical supervision to practicum students
Develop and present psychoeducation outreach programming
Provide counseling services in person
Actively attend to your personal and professional wellness, professional development, and career aspirations
The mission of our Consortium is to provide a developmental sequenced and experiential training for psychologists in training to provide competent, ethical, and culturally informed services to support the well-being of the clients and communities they serve.
Interns are at their respective sites four days a week, with the fifth day reserved for training. Interns from each site meet together weekly to engage in professional development, group supervision, diversity supervision, assessment supervision, didactic seminars, and more.
Each site offers a variety of clinical services and training opportunities.
We offer a one-year, full-time doctoral internship beginning on July 28, 2025 and ending on July 27, 2026. Our internship is grounded in the practitioner-scholar model.
Our internship program has two sites: the Chatham University Counseling Center and the Independence Health System, specifically in the Family Medicine Residency Program.