The General Track and Tics, Tourette Disorder, and Trichotillomania Program allow externs to gain supervised, hands-on experience with evidence-based treatments across child and adult populations living with anxiety and mood disorders.

General Track Externship

The Anita Saltz Institute for Anxiety and Mood Disorders at the Child Study Center seeks an extern to treat children with anxiety disorders, including generalized anxiety disorder, separation anxiety disorder, social phobia, and obsessive–compulsive disorders, as well as mood disorders, including major depression and dysthymia. Because children with anxiety and mood disorders also often display comorbidity with other disorders, our externs also gain significant exposure to children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and other externalizing disorders, autistic spectrum disorders, learning disorders, selective mutism, and other conditions.

Our service utilizes evidence-based treatments, primarily cognitive behavioral therapy, habit reversal training, and dialectical behavior therapy, to treat these conditions. Externs report directly to Aleta G. Angelosante, PhD, clinical director of the Anxiety and Mood Disorder Service, and Randi D. Pochtar, PhD, associate clinical director of the Anxiety and Mood Disorder Service.

Additional details regarding this externship offering can be found within the Externship Site Directory for the Northeastern Regional Externship Match. Learn more on our site listing for the 2026-27 training year.

Tics, Tourette Disorder, and Trichotillomania Program

The Tics, Tourette Disorder, and Trichotillomania (T3) Program provides treatment for children and adults with motor and vocal tics, as well as body-focused repetitive behaviors (BFRBs), such as trichotillomania and excoriation (skin picking). The T3 Program is a Tourette Association of America Center of Excellence, which recognizes our high level of clinical care, leadership in training and education, and exceptional community outreach and advocacy for people who have Tourette disorder or other tic disorders. This position allows an extern to gain specialized training and experience treating both anxiety and mood disorders, as well as children and adults with motor and vocal tics and body-focused repetitive behaviors. Our service utilizes evidence-based treatments—primarily cognitive behavioral therapy, habit reversal training, comprehensive behavioral intervention for tics, comprehensive behavioral treatment for BFRBs, and dialectical behavior therapy—to treat these conditions. The position is open to graduate students enrolled in a doctoral program with a terminal degree of PhD or PsyD.

Externs report directly to Mark J. Knepley, PhD, director of the program, Aleta G. Angelosante, PhD, clinical director of the Anxiety and Mood Disorder Service, and Randi D. Pochtar, PhD, the service's associate clinical director.

Additional details regarding this externship offering can be found within the Externship Site Directory for the Northeastern Regional Externship Match. Learn more on our site listing for the 2026-27 training year.