Updated September 23, 2024
TRAINING EXPERIENCES
Below is a list of clinical rotations that are available for psychology interns at the VA Long Beach Healthcare System for the 2025-2026 training year. Please note that this list is subject to change due to changes in staffing or the development of new rotations.
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Acute Inpatient Psychiatric Unit Blind Rehab Center (BRC)
Couples Therapy
4. Geropsychology – Community Living Center (CLC) & Geriatric Evaluation & Management (GEM) 5. Geropsychology – Home Based Primary Care (HBPC) 6. Medical Psychology/Consultation & Liaison (C&L) 7. Mental Health Integration (MHI) in Hematology/Oncology 8. Neuropsychology 9. Outpatient Mental Health – Behavioral Health Interdiscipinary Program (BHIP) 10. Outpatient Mental Health – Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs) in Laguna Hills, Placentia
11. Primary Care-Mental Health Integration (PC-MHI) 12. Program for Traumatic Stress (Combat PTSD) 13. Spinal Cord Injury/Dysfunction (SCI/D) 14. Suicide Prevention 15. Women's Mental Health Clinic (WMHC)
1. Acute Inpatient Psychiatric Unit Supervisor: Heather Mesa, Psy.D. & Heather Nelson, Psy.D.
Program : The inpatient psychologists will offer supervision on the Acute Inpatient Psychiatric Unit. Trainees will work with an interdisciplinary team in providing care to Veterans hospitalized psychiatrically. Trainees will get an opportunity to work with Veterans with severe mental illness (SMI). Diagnoses treated include schizophrenia spectrum disorders, bipolar disorders, major depressive disorder, PTSD, substance use disorders, and personality disorders. Trainees can elect to work on an acute adult unit, and/or a geriatric unit depending upon need and interest. Veterans on the geriatric unit commonly have diagnoses of dementia, in addition to aforementioned mental health conditions.
Psychology Training Provided: This rotation can be adapted based on the trainee’s interests and experiences, but will generally include the following:
• Trainees will obtain experience co-leading and eventually leading process and psychoeducational inpatient groups (e.g., brief integrative approaches). • Trainees will gain experience with conducting individual therapy with Veterans on the unit (e.g., brief integrative approaches, MI, solution focused, and supportive). • Trainees will obtain experience being a member of an interdisciplinary team. This includes attending rounds with psychiatrists, psychiatry residents, medical students, nursing staff, occupational therapists, social workers, and chaplains. If the team has
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