Externships and Internships
Current Clinical Externships
- Adventure Camp, Advanced Therapeutic Solutions, Oak Brook, IL (summer opportunity)
- The OCD and Anxiety Center, Oak Brook, IL (year-long placement)
- DeKalb County Probation Department, Sycamore, IL (year-long placement)
- Konick & Associates, Naperville, IL (year-long placement)
- Northwestern Medicine Ben Gordon Center, Sycamore, IL (year-long placement)
- Pediatric Consultation Center & Associations, Deerfield, IL (year-long placement)
- Psychological Services Center, NIU, DeKalb, IL (10-12 month placement)
- Sheltered Village, Woodstock, IL (year-long placement)
- Trauma Services Program, Edward Hines Jr., VA Hospital, Hines, IL (11-month placement)
- Piece by Piece: Neurobehavioral Services (year-long placement)
- Dirksen Center for Neurobehavioral Health (year-long placement)
- Tompkins and Associates (11-month placement)
- LivingRite (year-long placement)
- Kendall County Court Services (year-long placement)
- Road Home Program at Rush University Medical Center (year-long placement)
Updated 1/10/25
Recent Clinical Internships
2024-2025
- Nebraska Internship Consortium (Boys Town Omaha Child/Adolescent Outpatient Track), Lincoln, NE
- VA Connecticut Healthcare System (GMH-PTSD and COMH Track), West Haven, CT
2023-24
- Children's Mercy (Pediatric Psychology Track), Kansas City, MO
- Sacramento VA Medical Center
- Emory School of Medicine (Adult/Pediatric Neuropsychology Track)
- Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services (Outpatient, Neuro, SUD, and ASD track), Grand Rapids, MI
- James A. Haley Veterans Hospital Trauma Psychology, Tampa, FL
2022-23
- Rogers Behavioral Health (Anxiety Track), West Allis, WI
- University of Arizona School of Medicine (Child Track)
- Ann Arbor VA
- John D. Dingell VA Medical Center, Detroit, MI
- Baylor College of Medicine – Menninger Department of Psychiatry & Behavior, Houston, TX (OCD and Related Disorders)
- University of Louisville School of Medicine
- University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN (Pediatric Psychology)
- University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN
- University of South Florida, Tampa, FL (Pediatrics)
2021-2022
- Jewish Child and Family Services (JCFS Chicago), Northbrook, IL
- MetroHealth Medical Center (Trauma and Community Health Track), Cleveland, OH
- Rogers Memorial Hospital (Child and Adolescent Day Treatment Track), West Allis, WI
- VA Central Western Massachusetts Healthcare System, Leeds, MA
2020-2021
- UC Davis Medical Center – CAARE Center (Trauma-Adolescent Mental Illness Track), Sacramento, CA
- Louise Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
- Nationwide Children's Hospital (Pediatric Acute Treatment Track), Columbus, OH
- VA Medical Center – Minneapolis, Minneapolis, MN
- Southwest Consortium/NMVAHCS, Albuquerque, NM
- Saline Regional Health Center, Salina, KS
- Rogers Behavioral Health (Anxiety Disorders Track), West Allis, WI
- University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY
- VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System (Health Psychology Track), Ann Arbor, MI
Contact Us
Kathi West
815-753-0374
kwest1@niu.edu
Laura Pittman, Ph.D.
co-Director of Clinical Training
Psychology-Computer Science Building room 313
lpittman@niu.edu
co-Director of Clinical Training
Psychology-Computer Science Building room 318
horcutt@niu.edu