APPIC Interview Invitation Thread (2021)

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WesterlyOwl said:
Has anyone received a rejection email from Durham VA? I saw that they sent out the mass email for interviews (congrats to everyone!) so I’m assuming that means I’m waiting for the rejection email.
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I'm expecting a rejection email on 12/2 - this one put me over the edge, yesterday was not a good one for me 😓 This process has been much worse than I expected! I do feel happy to be in this community though - this is probably the nicest thread on SDN 😂
 
PSYchedAndStressed said:
Official Site Name: Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health
Date Invitation Received: 11/23
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, Snapchat): Personal Email
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): Autism Services Program and Children's Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Services
Interview Dates Offered: 1/4, 1/6, 1/8, 1/11, 1/13
(In honor of years past) If & How you're staying sane: College Football!
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Did you receive both invitations in the same email?
Has anyone received a rejection from Devereux Children's Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Services track? I received an interview for the Autism services Program track last week and I thought it was weird that I didn't hear either way from the other and I'm wondering if an email was missed or something
 
School Psych Cool Psych said:
Did you receive both invitations in the same email?
Has anyone received a rejection from Devereux Children's Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Services track? I received an interview for the Autism services Program track last week and I thought it was weird that I didn't hear either way from the other and I'm wondering if an email was missed or something
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Yes, I received both in the same email with different links to the sign up!
 
If you all haven’t seen it yet, I encourage everyone to read the latest email on the MATCH News list. It’s almost as if they’ve been reading this thread 😉

The advice about when to worry and when to contact sites if you haven’t heard is super important (as well as the part about not engaging in a doom spiral if you haven’t heard when others have). APPIC and the internship sites have given us all the information we need. Revisiting that information periodically when anxiety spikes would be immensely helpful.
 
ccpsych16 said:
If you all haven’t seen it yet, I encourage everyone to read the latest email on the MATCH News list. It’s almost as if they’ve been reading this thread 😉

The advice about when to worry and when to contact sites if you haven’t heard is super important (as well as the part about not engaging in a doom spiral if you haven’t heard when others have). APPIC and the internship sites have given us all the information we need. Revisiting that information periodically when anxiety spikes would be immensely helpful.
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Yes to this so important! I hope it also encourages those who haven't heard from sites whose deadlines passed to feel comfortable reaching out!

I hope everyone is finding ways to relax and take your minds off things in anticipation of the big week ahead. Hoping the universe has plans to surprise us all with good news!!!
 
Does anyone have any recommendations for books on child/pre-adolescent/ adolescent therapy? I recently started a practicum working with kids and I’ve only worked with adults before. So I’m just looking for anything that might have been really helpful in conducting therapy with kiddos.

Reading/studying as a means of quieting my anxiety as most of my sites don’t start reaching out for a week or so. It’s been radio silence over here but it’s been expected.
 
Cry.D.2020 said:
Does anyone have any recommendations for books on child/pre-adolescent/ adolescent therapy? I recently started a practicum working with kids and I’ve only worked with adults before. So I’m just looking for anything that might have been really helpful in conducting therapy with kiddos.

Reading/studying as a means of quieting my anxiety as most of my sites don’t start reaching out for a week or so. It’s been radio silence over here but it’s been expected.
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For younger kids, I learned a lot from Incredible Years by Webster-Stratton and especially for kids in complex family situations, I can't recommend Surviving and Thriving in Stepfamily Relationships by Papernow highly enough.
 
Cry.D.2020 said:
Does anyone have any recommendations for books on child/pre-adolescent/ adolescent therapy? I recently started a practicum working with kids and I’ve only worked with adults before. So I’m just looking for anything that might have been really helpful in conducting therapy with kiddos.

Reading/studying as a means of quieting my anxiety as most of my sites don’t start reaching out for a week or so. It’s been radio silence over here but it’s been expected.
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I have found the TF-CBT book Treating Trauma and Traumatic Grief in Children and Adolescents, Second Edition by Judith A. Cohen very helpful.
 
USA_Troll said:
I have found the TF-CBT book Treating Trauma and Traumatic Grief in Children and Adolescents, Second Edition by Judith A. Cohen very helpful.
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I second this! And also add: some of the Lowenstein workbooks give creative activity ideas to riff off of (sometimes they offer free or low cost pdf versions), Neurobiologically Informed Trauma Therapy with Children and Adolescents by Chapman, and anything about play therapy -especially child centered as it just has solid info about how to talk to kids that translates to adolescents as well
 
Psyducky said:
I second this! And also add: some of the Lowenstein workbooks give creative activity ideas to riff off of (sometimes they offer free or low cost pdf versions), Neurobiologically Informed Trauma Therapy with Children and Adolescents by Chapman, and anything about play therapy -especially child centered as it just has solid info about how to talk to kids that translates to adolescents as well
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This is so helpful, thank you so much
 
Official Site Name: Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Date Invitation Received: 11/29/20, 12:59pm
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, Snapchat): Mass email
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): Juvenile Justice/Behavioral Health (within the Child Clinical track)
Interview Dates Offered: 1/7, 1/11, 1/19

Last night, I made a coping plan for receiving rejections, including expected automatic thoughts and pre-planned restructured thoughts, plus a list of pleasant/distracting activities so I wouldn't have to brainstorm responses while upset. Highly recommend coping ahead (thanks, DBT!). Really grateful for this opportunity and sending hopeful and peaceful thoughts to everyone during this ridiculously stressful time.
 
Has anyone heard from the University of Pennsylvania child/developmental disabilities track? I know their official notification date is Tuesday but I saw some folks on here have heard from their adult track.
 
I know places have until like mid December to let us know but is there a method to the madness like when you apply and when you hear or like if you haven’t heard anything is that good news hopefully coming or bad news (I’m sure this question has been asked already) I know covid definitely puts a spin on things but just curious, thanks!
 
readysetmatch said:
I know places have until like mid December to let us know but is there a method to the madness like when you apply and when you hear or like if you haven’t heard anything is that good news hopefully coming or bad news (I’m sure this question has been asked already) I know covid definitely puts a spin on things but just curious, thanks!
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I honestly don't think there's a method to the madness, unfortunately. It seems like everyone I've spoken to from previous years has such different experiences in terms of when they receive rejections and interview invites. I'm going on the premise that no news is good news! 😉
 
psychmbr08 said:
Wanted to get your opinions, I am a Minnesota Argosy transfer to the Chicago School of Professional Psychology. I have trained at competitive practicum sites (2 colleges and 1 community) in the area. For internship I have applied to a mix of Community Mental Health Centers and University Counseling Centers. I have recently been told that professional schools tend not to do great when it comes to matching at competitive sites. I guess what I am asking is will internships still consider me or will they pass over because of the name of my school? Should I ever address in my interviews (assuming I get some) why I went there?

*(Not looking for comments such as “go do a search” because I have done those).

Thanks and good luck to everyone!
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I would imagine that the "We have accepted applicants from these programs" section would be the most helpful resource in answering that question. Sorry I don't have any personal insight.
 
Official Site Name: Saint Elizabeths Hospital
Date Invitation Received: 11/29/20
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, Snapchat): mass email
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): N/A
Interview Dates Offered: will send out dates later this week
If & How you're staying sane: (second post, same coping skillz) playing with my pup and crime docs
 
thetiredgradstudent said:
Official Site Name: Saint Elizabeths Hospital
Date Invitation Received: 11/29/20
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, Snapchat): mass email
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): N/A
Interview Dates Offered: will send out dates later this week
If & How you're staying sane: (second post, same coping skillz) playing with my pup and crime docs
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I think Crime documentaries and podcasts are great for self-care!
 
reversepsychology said:
I would imagine that the "We have accepted applicants from these programs" section would be the most helpful resource in answering that question. Sorry I don't have any personal insight.
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psychmbr08 said:
Wanted to get your opinions, I am a Minnesota Argosy transfer to the Chicago School of Professional Psychology. I have trained at competitive practicum sites (2 colleges and 1 community) in the area. For internship I have applied to a mix of Community Mental Health Centers and University Counseling Centers. I have recently been told that professional schools tend not to do great when it comes to matching at competitive sites. I guess what I am asking is will internships still consider me or will they pass over because of the name of my school? Should I ever address in my interviews (assuming I get some) why I went there?

*(Not looking for comments such as “go do a search” because I have done those).

Thanks and good luck to everyone!
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Some internship sites actually prefer students from professional schools because of the clinical training focus/high number of clinical hours. If you get an interview, they think your training is good enough that they would take you on as an intern. I personally wouldn’t address why you went to a professional school unless they ask ...or unless they have maybe never interviewed a professional school student before.
 
sm89 said:
Has anyone heard from Geisinger for the Neuropsych tracks?
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Not from neuropsych but when I got my interview offer for the health track they said we had 2 weeks to pick a day or the spot would be gone so my guess is that they are planning on using those same dates for the neuropsych interviews. That was 2 weeks ago so my guess is you can probably expect something this week! Good luck!
 
soccergal_psych95540 said:
Hope y’all are hanging through this stressful time. I’ve seen different stats on this, but I’m curious about your own personal opinions..how many interviews are you “aiming” to receive? Is there a cutoff point in your mind where you think “if I receive X amount of interviews, I’ll feel confident I’ll match.” If so, what’s that cutoff point?
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Wanting at least 6, but 7-8 would be perfect. These are the numbers my supervisors have told us to aim for and what a 2014 article indicates improves chances of matching.
 
Quick DM alert before a hopefully invite abundant week for us all!

Official Site Name: VA New Jersey
Date Invitation Received: 11/29
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, Snapchat): personal email
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): n/a
Interview Dates Offered: only 12/18 offered but seemed to allude to the fact that there are other dates

Official Site Name: Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Clinical Psychology Internship Training Program
Date Invitation Received: 11/29/20
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, Snapchat): mass email
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): Health Psychology/Behavioral Medicine
Interview Dates Offered: January 7, 8, 11, and 13
 
psykhe said:
Quick DM alert before a hopefully invite abundant week for us all!

Official Site Name: VA New Jersey
Date Invitation Received: 11/29
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, Snapchat): personal email
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): n/a
Interview Dates Offered: only 12/18 offered but seemed to allude to the fact that there are other dates

Official Site Name: Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Clinical Psychology Internship Training Program
Date Invitation Received: 11/29/20
Method of Invitation (Phone call, personal/mass email, Snapchat): mass email
Specialty Track or Site (e.g., for consortiums): Health Psychology/Behavioral Medicine
Interview Dates Offered: January 7, 8, 11, and 13
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I guess I should be expecting a rejection soon.
 
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