Externship Program

2025-2026

Old Town Psychology offers a 12-month externship where students have the opportunity to conduct both therapy and cognitive assessments with children, adolescents, and adults in a private practice setting. Externs also have the opportunity to receive specialized training in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), Mindfulness-Based Interventions, and multicultural approaches. Students receive compensation as part of the externship.

Our externs are able to provide long-term therapy to clients presenting with a variety of concerns including depression, anxiety, OCD, adjustment issues, trauma, grief and loss, stress, and relationship issues. Externs also have the opportunity to administer cognitive assessments, including intelligence tests, achievement tests, learning disorder assessments, and ADHD assessments, write testing reports, and conduct feedback sessions with clients. Our supervisors are Ph.D level psychologists who integrate Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), multiculturalism, and interpersonal approaches.

Opportunity Details

• Externs are expected to carry a caseload of approximately 6-8 therapy clients per week and 2-3 testing cases per month.

• Externs receive compensation.

• Externs are required to be on-site 8-16 hours a week. Strong preference will be given to externs who can be on-site for two full days (16 hours) a week.

• Externs are required to attend (in-person or virtual) weekly group supervision/didactics at 11am on Thursdays.

• Externship includes weekly individual supervision in accordance with DC Externship Consortium guidelines.

• Externship Dates: May/June 2025 to May/June 2026.

• Office is metro accessible.

Requirements

• Doctoral student in Clinical Psychology or Counseling Psychology APA-accredited Program.

• Must have obtained a Master's degree by the start of externship.

• Must have completed at least one year of clinical practicum.

To Apply:

• Submit a cover letter, CV, and two letters of recommendation to info@oldtownpsychology.com.

• One of the letters of recommendation must be from a recent supervisor.

• Applications must be received by end of day on January 27, 2025.

About Old Town Psychology

We are a unique psychology practice that combines a passion for clinical work, research, assessments, training, and community outreach. We believe our clinical work makes us better researchers and trainers, and our work in these other roles makes us better therapists.

We believe in creating new and innovative ways to improve people's mental health. We do this by conducting meaningful research, applying the findings to our clinical work, disseminating the findings so that the community can benefit, providing training to the next generation of psychologists, and creating a welcoming environment where healing can happen for all types of clients, every time they interact with Old Town Psychology.  

Variety of Work: We believe that having a variety of roles makes us better clinicians by enriching our lives and the lives of our clients. Our practice supports our therapists in engaging in clinical work, research, assessments, training, and community outreach in a way that pushes the field of psychology forward and allows us to provide better care.

Collaborative and Inclusive Environment: We welcome people of all ages, races, ethnicities, cultures, national origins, sexual orientations, genders, sexes, religions, and abilities. We provide a warm, supportive environment where relationships are valued and ideas are encouraged. Research, training, and outreach is team-based and our clinical work is supported through regular case consultations.

Meaningful Clinical Work: We work with clients of all ages and often develop rewarding long-term therapeutic relationships. Our clients tend to be motivated and psychologically-minded.

Research: At Old Town Psychology, we believe our research is critical to providing good clinical care and moving the field of psychology forward. Our research is clinically based and we disseminate the results so that everyone can benefit.