Psychology Internship:
Current Clinical Psychology Interns
Psychology Postdoctoral Fellows
Jesse Cook, PhD
Jesse Cook, PhD (he/him) is a postdoctoral fellow with a doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He completed his pre-doctoral internship at the VA Palo Alto Health Care System. His research focuses on the intersection of sleep and mental health, with his primary program of research purposed to advance the classification, assessment, and treatment of unexplained hypersomnolence. He has additional research interests related to the strengths, limitations, and overall utility of wearable sleep tracking technology for research and clinical purposes, as well as the roles of sleep and circadian health in the performance and well-being of athletes. Clinically, he embraces an integrative orientation, drawing principally from CBT and third-wave therapy approaches (i.e., ACT and DBT). He is very passionate about behavioral sleep medicine and intends to specialize as a Diplomate in Behavioral Sleep Medicine. Jesse is excited about the opportunity to return to WisPIC, viewing this as the optimal next step towards a career in science and practice grounded in sleep and mental health.
Alumni
Our interns are successful in finding a good fit for their next step in their career. The majority of our graduates complete a post-doctoral fellowship in academic university/department or health center settings after internship, although we invite and support the career path that feels like a best fit for you. Please see the table below for information on our graduates’ initial post-internship positions over approximately the last 3 years.
Initial Post-Internship Positions
(Provide an Aggregated Tally for the Preceding 3 Cohorts)
| 2024 – 2026 | ||
| Total number of interns who were in the 3 cohorts
|
21 | |
| Total number of interns who did not seek employment because they returned to their doctoral program/are completing doctoral degree
|
1 | |
| PD | EP | |
| Academic teaching
|
0 | 0 |
| Community mental health center
|
0 | 0 |
| Consortium
|
0 | 0 |
| University Counseling Center
|
0 | 0 |
| Hospital/Medical Center
|
6 | 0 |
| Veterans Affairs Health Care System
|
0 | 0 |
| Psychiatric facility
|
0 | 0 |
| Correctional facility
|
0 | 0 |
| Health maintenance organization
|
0 | 0 |
| School district/system
|
0 | 0 |
| Independent practice setting
|
2 | 0 |
| Other: Academic university/department
|
10 | 0 |
| Other: Federally qualified health center
|
0 | 0 |
Note: “PD” = Post-doctoral residency position; “EP” = Employed Position. Each individual represented in this table should be counted only one time. For former trainees working in more than one setting, select the setting that represents their primary position.