Available for the 25-26 training year CLINIC OVERVIEW: Insomnia is a very common and costly condition. At least 10% of Americans suffer from insomnia, and it costs the US workforce $63.2 billion a year in lost productivity. Furthermore, insomnia increases the risks of depressive, inflammatory, metabolic, cardiovascular, and neurocognitive disorders. Unfortunately, insomnia often remains untreated […]
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Available for the 25-26 Training Year PROGRAM DESCRIPTON: This on-site intervention is one of the only evidence-based social skills interventions in the world. PEERS® is an international program, used in over 150 countries and has been translated into over a dozen languages. This program, developed at UCLA by Dr. Elizabeth Laugeson, instructs youth about important
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25-26 Availability: 1 intern per trimester to complete 4-month elective July-Oct, Nov-Feb or March-June PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: For this elective, interns serve as the primary mental health professional integrated within a primary care clinic for adolescents and young adults. The goal of training is to provide the psychologist with an introductory experience in evaluation, brief intervention
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Available for the 25-26 Training Year PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Behavioral Parent Training is specifically aimed at disruptive child behavior problems. It is highly structured and delivered to families in groups as a therapeutic intervention. Child/teen diagnoses include Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Autism Spectrum Disorders (high functioning), DMDD and, less frequently, Conduct Disorder, Anxiety
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Available for the 25-26 training year PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: The Family Stress, Trauma and Resilience (STAR) Clinic elective is designed to provide trainees with an introduction to traumatized children and their families, with an emphasis on children who are currently or have previously undergone medical traumas (e.g., organ transplant, chronic invasive medical treatment) or other community
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Available for the 25-26 Training Year PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: The UCLA EMPWR (“empower”) Program provides specialized psychotherapeutic interventions to LGBTQ+ adults, youth, and their families dealing with stress and/or trauma in a safe and affirming treatment setting. Specialized individual, family, and group therapies build on personal strengths, foster healthy identity formation, and mitigate the consequences of
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PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: The Family Development Program (FDP) provides evaluation, consultation, prevention and treatment services for families who are facing early life medical challenges with their infant, including high-risk pregnancies and NICU stays. The mission of FDP is to enhance the ability of family members to care for themselves and each other, and to cope with
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25-26 Availability: 1 intern per trimester to complete 4-month elective July-Oct, Nov-Feb or March-June PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: For this elective, interns serve as the primary mental health professional integrated within a primary care clinic for adolescents and young adults. The goal of training is to provide the psychologist with an introductory experience in evaluation, brief intervention
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