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Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT)

Available for the 25-26 training year PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: The Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) elective is designed to provide trainees with an introduction to a parent-child dyadic intervention model for children and their families in efforts to improve the quality of parent-child relationships and to teach parenting skills necessary to manage behavioral challenges. Trainees will have […]

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MOMS Clinic: Maternal Outpatient Mental Health Services

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION The UCLA MOMS Clinic, part of the Department of OB-GYN, provides outpatient assessment and group-based intervention services to pregnant and postpartum patients who are referred by their OB-GYN for mental health issues. The rotation provides interns with specialized training in evaluating, diagnosing, and treating a wide range of perinatal mood disorders in a

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Family Therapy Clinic

Available for the 25-26 training year PROGRAM DESCRIPTION The Family Therapy Clinic focuses on treatment and training in Family Therapy assessment, consultation, and ongoing outpatient psychotherapy. It provides weekly systemic strength-focused treatment to families of children and adolescents with a wide range of diagnoses. Patients are referred from the community or after having gone through

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Family Stress, Trauma and Resilience Clinic (STAR)

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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UCLA EMPWR Program for LGBTQ Mental Health

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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Family Development Program (FDP)

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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Child and Adolescent OCD Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP)

25-26 Availability: Fall, Winter Spring PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: The UCLA Pediatric OCD IOP provides in depth evidence-based treatment for youth ages 5 to 17 with severe obsessive-compulsive disorder. Our patient population primarily includes youths who either have failed outpatient care, need additional treatment following step-down from inpatient or residential treatment, or have traveled from an area

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Child and Adolescent Mood Disorders Program (CHAMP)

Available for the 25-26 Training Year PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: The CHAMP Clinic is a UCLA program that focuses on differential diagnosis and treatment of pediatric mood disorders, including bipolar disorder and major depression. The CHAMP Clinic involves three components: comprehensive diagnostic assessment of pediatric illness, pharmacological treatment, and psychological treatment. The Clinic sees many patients with

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Adolescent Serious Mental Illness Treatment Elective

25-26 Availability: Fall, Winter Spring DESCRIPTION & TRAINING PROVIDED: The Adolescent Serious Mental Illness (ASMI) treatment elective is housed within the UCLA Center for the Assessment and Prevention of Prodromal States (CAPPS), which provides flexible opportunities for comprehensive assessment and innovative treatments for adolescents and young adults who are at elevated risk for psychosis. There

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