Clinical Psychology Program - Ph.D. Practicum Experience
Beginning in the second year of the program, you will spend 15-20 hours per week at a practicum site in the community. Two years of practicum training are required but, like many students, you may choose to add an optional third year. Practicum placements are in a wide variety of facilities throughout the Chicago metropolitan area.In the first practicum year, your training site will serve low socioeconomic status populations and your training will focus on developing general assessment and treatment skills. In the second practicum year, your training site will be more specialized and in an area of your choice. Examples of specialized training sites include those focusing on neuropsychological assessment, pain disorders, psychiatric rehabilitation, behavior modification, in-patient mental health, addictive disorders, marital and family therapy, and outpatient mental health.
Recent Practicum Placements Include:
Children's Memorial Hospital
City of Chicago Mental Health Centers
Cook County Hospital (neuropsychology, behavioral medicine)
Evanston Hospital Neuropsychology Program
Hines and Westside Veterans Administration Medical Centers
Illinois Institute Of Technology Counseling Center
Pilsen-Little Village Community Mental Health Center
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
Rush Medical Center (pediatrics, pain, neuropsychology)
University of Illinois at Chicago Counseling Center
University of Chicago (Depression Clinic, neuropsychology)
Sample Current Options
First Year Sites
Bobby Wright
City of Chicago BHS
EMP
Family Services of Oak Park
Hoffman Estates
IIT Counseling Center
Trinity Family Counseling Center
Advanced Sites
Advocate Illinois Masonic
Alexian Brothers
Cermak Health Services
Chicago Community Commons
Christ Hospital and Medical Center
Connections South Campus Day School
Cook County Hospital
Cook County Pain Clinic
Domestic Relations
DuPage County Probabation Department
Evanston Northwestern Healthcare
Gateway Foundation
Kovler Center
Lake County
Michael Reese Hospital
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
UIC Juvenile Behavioral Disorders
UIC Neuropsychology
University of Chicago
Practicum in Clinical Psychology Handbook