APA-Accredited Internship in Clinical Psychology Program

Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Behavioral Health Services (BHS) offers an APA-Accredited Internship in Clinical Psychology Training Program since 1978. Interns participate in comprehensive generalist training in direct clinical service within a hospital-based outpatient community mental health center. The interns conduct a range of therapeutic services to community members across the lifespan through individual, family, couple, and group therapy modalities.

The BHS internship training program’s primary goal is to train and produce clinical psychologists who will be involved in a broad array of community and clinical non-academic settings. These settings may include hospitals, university counseling centers, community mental health centers, schools, and independent practice. Within these settings, it is the expectation that they be involved in a variety of roles including providers of direct service, administrators, and clinical trainers. The expectation is that they will be skilled consumers of clinical research with a well-developed ability to integrate relevant clinical theory and empirically based interventions into their ongoing clinical activities.

The BHS training program utilizes a practitioner-scholar training model entailing scholarly inquiry, psychological science, and clinical practice. Interns are expected to systematically apply relevant literature and research to their clinical work with a diverse community population served. There is a strong emphasis on evidence-based practice, and interns have many opportunities to implement a range of treatment approaches and theoretical orientations. While interns receive broad-based clinical training, they are encouraged to establish areas of clinical interest and specialization.

Review the Internship in Clinical Psychology Training Program brochure [PDF] for more information

Review annually updated Internship Admissions, Support, and Initial Placement Data [PDF]

Training Facility

BHS is part of Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center and part of Advocate Health. Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, named among the nation’s best hospitals by Newsweek and US News and World Report for 2022, located on Chicago’s North Side is one of the state’s largest, most comprehensive community teaching hospitals. It is affiliated with several universities and medical schools and provides a scholarly educational environment with an emphasis on clinical proficiency. There are currently over 250 residents and fellows across various areas of specialty. Illinois Masonic Medical Center is a nationally recognized health care institution and a Level I Trauma Center and a Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. It offers a wide range of medical specialties with advanced treatment and state of the art technology and innovations for patient comfort and clinical excellence.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) is anchored in our purpose to help people live fully through the delivery of safe, consistent and equitable health outcomes and experiences for all the patients and communities we serve.

Explore our 2023 Year in Review to uncover how we’re advancing health equity by disrupting the root causes of health disparities and fostering a culture of inclusion and belonging within our workplace and across our communities.

Training Director
Cody Schraft, Ph.D. (she, her, hers)
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center
913 W Wellington Ave Fl 2
Chicago, IL 60657-6709
Phone: 872-843-0209
Email: cody.schraft@aah.org

Questions related to our program’s accredited 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
Phone: (202) 336-5979 / E-mail: apaaccred@apa.org
Web: www.apa.org/ed/accreditation