Madison County Community Health Centers, Inc

Indiana Consortium Health Service Psychology Doctoral Internship

Greetings Applicant!

I want to thank you for considering the Indiana Consortium Health Service Psychology Doctoral Internship. Our Interns participate in a 12 month, 2000 hour internship that involves rotations in integrated primary care, a school-based health center, a residential facility and acute care inpatient hospital.

The mission and primary goal of our doctoral internship program is to provide comprehensive clinical training to attain entry level competence in health service psychology. Interns participate in a broad range of clinical experiences while training alongside primary care physicians, certified nurse specialists, psychiatric nurse practitioners, psychiatrists, psychologists, licensed clinical social workers, dentists and dental assistants. Additional program development and outreach opportunities within our community are also available to enrich the internship experience.

The members of our training program include highly trained doctoral-level psychologists. We encourage you to visit our website at for more information. I welcome any questions that you may have about our progressive health service psychology doctoral internship program.

Best regards,
Sharon L. McNeany, Ph.D., HSPP, NCSP
Training Director

Indiana Consortium Health Service Psychology Doctoral Internship
1503 N. Mitthoeffer Road
Indianapolis, IN 46229
Phone: 317.355.3770

Indiana Consortium Health Service Psychology Internship

The Indiana Consortium Health Service Psychology Doctoral Internship began in 2016 with the belief that our training environment will put our interns at the forefront of providing services in integrated healthcare settings. Aligning with the American Psychological Association’s strategic plan for expanding psychology’s role in healthcare, our doctoral internship program is designed to train our interns to attain entry level competence as a psychologist in health service psychology. This commitment is achieved through experiential learning activities that prepare interns to provide services to children, adolescents, and adults in a variety of settings along with training in an integrated healthcare setting. Specifically, each intern will complete two tracks throughout the entire training year: an integrated healthcare track along with a track in a residential treatment facility and an acute inpatient care hospital, or a school-based health center.

The 2017-2018 training year marks the beginning of two Indiana organizations coming together to train doctoral interns: The Jane Pauley Community Health Center and Bloomington Meadows Hospital. The Jane Pauley Community Health Center is a Federally Qualified Health Center with several school-based health centers in Indiana. Bloomington Meadows Hospital is a residential treatment center and acute care inpatient hospital in Indiana.

The Jane Pauley Community Health Center (JPCHC) was established in 2009 with generous support from the Metropolitan School District of Warren Township, Community Health Network, and the Community Health Network Foundation. It is named after Jane Pauley, a 1968 Warren Central High School graduate who grew up in the area and is well known as the former anchor of NBC-TV’sTodayandDatelineprograms.

In 2011, The Jane Pauley Community Health Center was awarded Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) status by the Health Resources and Service Administration (HRSA). This recognition allowed JPCHC to help even more patients and expand our services. Now, in 2016, The Jane Pauley Community Health Center has fifteen sites in four counties offering care to patients of all age groups, nationalities, and backgrounds. JPCHC also operates several school-based health centers in Indiana, offering primary care, dental, and behavioral health services.

Bloomington Meadows Hospital (Meadows) is a residential treatment facility for adolescents, ages 12 through 18, and an acute inpatient care hospital for children, adolescents, and adults. Meadows also offers a school program, a dual diagnosis program for adolescents and adult populations, and a medically supervised detoxification program for adults. Meadows is located on seven acres in Bloomington, Indiana, and is committed to the wellness of their patients, families, and the communities they serve.

Clinical Training and Internship Goals

All of the didactic and experiential components of this program have been developed to allow interns to assume increasing responsibilities as they move towards greater autonomy over the course of their internship year. Thus, the program fosters the development of professional competencies as well as professional identity as a health service psychologist. The program also fosters the development of multicultural competence and benefits greatly from the rich diversity of the patients we serve. Thus, the following goals and competencies have been established for all interns:

Goal 1 – To develop competence in Therapeutic Intervention

Goal 2 – To develop competence in Professional Consultation

Goal 3 – To develop competence in Theories and Methods of Psychological Screening, Diagnosis, and Assessment

Goal 4 – To develop competence in Supervision

Goal 5 – To develop competence in Professional Conduct, Ethics, and Legal Matters

Clinical Supervision and Training Opportunities

Interns will complete two hours of individual supervision split between two site supervisors each week. Site supervisors will consist of doctoral level Licensed Psychologists that are certified as a Health Service Provider in Psychology.

Group supervision will be one hour weekly and will include all doctoral interns on site as well as all site supervisors. Supervision of supervision will also be given in group format for one hour weekly. Interns participate in a two hour behavioral health didactic. Group supervision, supervision of supervision, and behavioral health didactics will typically occur all in the same block of time on Wednesdays from 1 to 5 p.m.

Interns will also be given the opportunity to provide supervision for a student trainee. This will occur for at least one hour weekly, scheduled at the intern’s and student trainee’s convenience. Student trainees completing their 2nd or 3rd year doctoral practicum experience or master’s degree will be supervised by the doctoral intern for the entire year.

Didactic Training

Clinical Psychology Seminar

The behavioral health didactic training occurs for two hours each week and is designed to provide the interns with advanced clinical training in treatment, assessment, diagnosis of psychological disorders and behavioral health issues. The following is a list of previously used topics. Presentations are given by the site supervisors, but are also given by lecturers and psychologists with expertise in that particular area. It should be noted that the didactic list could change based on the lecturers availability and interest of the interns. Didactics are occasionally held off site, when local or regional training seminars of interest can be found.

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Evaluation Policy

The following policies help our interns develop and make significant progress during their internship year.

Evaluation of Interns

Interns meet with their supervisors at the beginning of the internship to informally set personal goals. This is a collaborative process, with each intern articulating specific training goals. Additionally, interns review training goals with their individual supervisors two times a year (January and July). During these reviews, supervisors complete the Intern Competency Evaluation Form at midterm and at the end of the year in consultation with other staff members who are in a position to evaluate the intern’s progress. Each primary supervisor then reviews the evaluation in person with the intern, providing both verbal and written feedback. A copy of the intern’s competency evaluation form is placed in the intern’s file.

Evaluation of Supervisors

At the end of the internship year, interns complete the Intern Evaluation of Supervisor Form and share this evaluation with their supervisors. Informal feedback from interns is welcomed and encouraged at any time.

Evaluation of Didactics

The interns are asked to complete the Didactic/Professional Seminar Evaluation Form at the conclusion of each didactic. This feedback is important for future program development.

Evaluation of the Internship Program

At the end of the internship year, interns are asked to complete the Internship Program Evaluation Form to provide feedback about the training program. This feedback will be considered in future program development. Interns are also encouraged to provide informal feedback at any time to the training director and supervisors.

Indiana Consortium Training Committee Members

Yui-Chung Chan, Ph.D., HSPP
Assistant Professor of Psychology, Department of Counseling Psychology
Ball State University
Licensed Psychologist, State of Indiana
Health Service Provider in Psychology, State of Indiana

Erin M. Davis, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Graduate Counseling
Indiana Wesleyan University
Licensed Psychologist, State of Indiana

Kelly Hutchins, Ph.D., HSPP
Psychologist, Jane Pauley CHC at Adult and Child
Licensed Psychologist, State of Indiana
Health Service Provider in Psychology, State of Indiana

Marsha McCarty, Ph.D., HSPP
Chief Psychologist, Indiana Consortium
Director – Psychological Services, Bloomington Meadows Hospital
Licensed Psychologist, State of Indiana
Health Service Provider in Psychology, State of Indiana

Sharon L. McNeany, Ph.D., HSPP, NCSP
Training Director, Indiana Consortium
Director of Integrated Behavioral Health, Jane Pauley CHC
Licensed Psychologist, State of Indiana
Health Service Provider in Psychology, State of Indiana
National Certified School Psychologist

Kelly Thomas, Ph.D., HSPP
Psychologist, Riley Physicians in Bloomington
Licensed Psychologist, State of Indiana
Health Service Provider in Psychology, State of Indiana

Internship Compensation and Benefits

Interns receive a stipend of $23,000 a year and are paid on a biweekly basis. We also offer benefits for our doctoral interns.

Interns receive healthcare, dental, vision, and Term Life Insurance, as well as prescription drug coverage. Interns paid time off (PTO) begins accruing on the first paycheck, and the internship program observes all national holidays.

APPIC Program Code and Policies

Indiana Consortium Health Service Psychology Doctoral Internship agrees to abide by the Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Center (APPIC) policy that no person at this training facility will solicit, accept, or use any ranking-related information from any intern applicant and will abide by APPIC’s policy on nondiscrimination.

Application Procedure

The APPIC application must be submitted by November 30, 2016. The training committee will screen the applications and selected applicants will be invited for an on-site interview, including visiting our sites and meeting with our training committee members.

Interested applicants can apply on line and all application materials can be uploaded via the applicant portal of the APPIC website. Please refer to the APPIC website for more details and complete application instructions. The Program Code for Jane Pauley Community Health Center is 241111. The Program Code for Bloomington Meadows Hospital is 241112. For additional information about the Indiana Consortium Health Service Psychology Doctoral Internship please visit our website at

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