A Look Back
Our History
The postdoctoral training program began in 1981 and received its APA accreditation in 1997. Our fellowship program was one of the first three APA-accredited postdoctoral fellowships in the United States.
Our Current Training Director
Dr. Astrid Reina is our current training director for both the externship and the postdoctoral fellowship programs.
Our Most Recent Accreditation
We received our most recent accreditation in 2019.
Our Location
The Setting
Our psychology training programs are funded and sponsored by the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health and we operate on the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center campus in a setting that is rich in the traditions of public service, education, and research.
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center is a publicly funded teaching hospital owned and operated by the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services. It is located in Torrance, California — on the ancestral and unceded territories of the Tongva peoples, which covers approximately 21 square miles in south western Los Angeles County, bounded by the Pacific Ocean on the west.
As a tertiary medical center and Level I trauma center, Harbor-UCLA serves a population of over 2 million culturally and ethnically diverse people from economically disadvantaged and underserved backgrounds. Harbor-UCLA Medical Center provides emergency and trauma care, a full spectrum of medical and surgical inpatient services, and ambulatory primary and specialty care. All ambulatory mental health services at Harbor-UCLA are funded and operated by the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health.
AFFILIATED INSTITUTIONS
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center is affiliated with the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. Its campus is home also to the Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation (formerly the Los Angeles Biomedical Institute). Through these affiliations, Harbor-UCLA faculty have the opportunity to secure extramural funding and conduct research in various areas.
AFFILIATED PROGRAMS
Training programs affiliated with the Psychology Training Program include a social work internship training program funded by the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health and a psychiatry residency program funded by the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services which has been in place since 1960.