Doctoral Internship in Psychology at Through the Looking Glass
Through the Looking Glass (TLG) offers APPIC doctoral internships in clinical psychology.
TLG Doctoral Internship Brochure (PDF)
Internship Admission, Support, and Initial Placement Data (PDF)
Our Doctoral Internship Program
Through the Looking Glass (TLG) offers a one-year, full-time APPIC doctoral internship in clinical psychology. We can also offer a 2-year, half-time doctoral internship when applicants need disability-related accommodations, and when doing so matches the needs and configuration of the incoming training cohort. Our Doctoral Internship Program is accredited by the American Psychological Association (APA) and holds membership in the Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers (APPIC).
We are partially affiliated with the Wright Institute in Berkeley, California and at least 3 internship spots are given to Wright Institute Applicants.
TLG agrees to abide by the APPIC policy that no person at this training facility will solicit, accept, or use any ranking-related information from any intern applicant.
Doctoral interns receive a stipend of $31,000 for full-time placement and $15,500 for half-time placement, annually. We also provide reimbursement for mileage and partial reimbursement for cell phone use. Doctoral Interns are provided 14 days of paid time-off, 10 national holidays, and 3 days for professional development
Internship Program Aims
The Doctoral Internship program at Through the Looking Glass (TLG) aims to develop competent psychologists who are able to provide high quality mental health services and care to infants, children, adolescents and families from an infant/early childhood mental health, disability, and trauma informed perspective.
TLG is a disability community nonprofit agency in Berkeley that is dedicated to providing disability informed clinical and supportive services, training, and research. We work from a non-pathologizing, strength-based, disability culture informed perspective. Since our founding we have integrated theories from infant/early childhood mental health, attachment theory, family therapies, developmental practice, psychodynamic theory, trauma informed modalities of treatment, and cognitive behavioral interventions.
Our goals as an agency are threefold: 1) to provide disability informed services to infants, children, adolescents, and their families; 2) to train diverse systems and professionals who impact families with disabilities including the next generation of mental health professionals; and 3) to improve services to children and families impacted by disability by conducting research and developing national and international models and standards of services. We provide a wide array of services to children and families who have a disability as a part of their family constellation.
Training Model
Our Internship Program subscribes to a practitioner-scholar model. Training components are organized to build on previous experiences and learning to maximize the transfer of theoretical understanding to practical application. Teaching occurs through a combination of supervised professional experience, didactics, case-based presentations, observational learning, use of videotaped sessions, and consultative guidance to increase clinical understanding. The training year begins with an intensive orientation period, designed to help the interns acclimate and integrate into the agency, and acquaint them with the agency’s philosophy, policies, and procedures.
The Internship Training Program Director and training faculty review the agency’s expectations, feedback, evaluations, grievance procedures, due process, and other relevant areas. During the orientation period interns begin to build their caseloads with direction and guidance from clinical supervisors.
Our Approach:
Clinical work: Our doctoral interns will gain skills serving a variety of clients and collaborating with our multidisciplinary team. They deepen their knowledge about the impact of disability in families as well as infant mental health over the course of our internship program. Doctoral interns have the opportunity to provide consistent services to clients over the full-term of their internship. TLG interns serve families with children ages 0-18 by providing family therapy, dyadic parent-child therapy, individual child therapy and play therapy, floortime, and consultation to Early Head Start programs. Full-time interns are expected to have a caseload of at least 7 to 8 clients, and obtain 12 to 15 hours of direct clinical service (face-to-face service not including paperwork or driving) each week.
Doctoral interns will also gain reflective supervision training and have the opportunity to supervise a Practicum-1 student throughout their internship, obtaining valuable peer supervision experience. Interns will be supervised on their supervision (i.e., supervision of supervision) and develop knowledge of one or more models of supervision and consultation. They will demonstrate developing understanding of how to conduct supervision through knowledge and practice with particular attention paid to reflective practice, parallel process, group dynamics, and a developmental/learning orientation. Doctoral interns will present video recordings of their supervision multiple times a year to facilitate their learning and growth.
Weekly Schedule
Full-time doctoral interns at Through the Looking Glass engage weekly in:
- Individual supervision by a licensed psychologist: 2.5 hours
- Group supervision by a licensed psychologist: 2.0 hours
- Intern seminars (assessment, ethics, professional development, supervision): 1.5 hours
- Interdisciplinary staff case conference and agency wide trainings: 1.5 hours
- Didactic training seminars for all trainees: 1.5 hours
- Supervision of a Practicum-1 student: 1.0 hours
Half-time doctoral interns at Through the Looking Glass engage weekly in:
- Individual supervision by a licensed psychologist: 1.0 hours
- Group supervision by a licensed psychologist: 2.0 hours
- Intern seminars (assessment, ethics, professional development, supervision): 1.5 hours
- Interdisciplinary staff case conference and agency wide trainings: 1.5 hours
- Didactic training seminars for all trainees: 1.5 hours
- Supervision of a Practicum-1 student: 1.0 hours
Full-time doctoral interns are expected to provide a total of 22 to 25 clinical hours per week, which includes 12 to 15 hours of direct clinical services (face-to-face service not including paperwork and drive time) for a caseload of at least 7 to 8 clients. They also provide one hour of supervision for a Practicum-1 student each week.
Half-time doctoral interns are expected to provide a total of 12 to 15 clinical hours per week, which includes 6 to 7.5 hours of direct clinical services (face-to-face service not including paperwork and drive time) for a caseload of at least 3 to 4 clients. They also provide one hour of supervision for a Practicum-1 student each week.
All doctoral interns will present cases and receive consultation and feedback during case conference and group supervision. They will also present video recordings of therapy sessions and their supervision. At least once a year, interns will present on a clinical topic of their choice and facilitate discussions of clinical articles in a didactic or agency wide training meeting. They will also participate in Training Progress Meetings twice a year.