Internship Admissions, Support, And Initial Placement

Briefly describe in narrative form important information to assist potential applicants in assessing their likely fit with your program. This description must be consistent with the program's policies on intern selection and practicum and academic preparation requirements:

Interns are selected on a competitive basis from a nationwide pool of applicants and are from both universities and professional schools of psychology.

Applicants must have permission to work in the United States. Applicants must have permission to work for the entire length of the 12-month, full-time internship period.

Does the program require that applicants have received a minimum number of hours of the following at time of application? If Yes, indicate how many:

Describe any other required minimum criteria used to screen applicants:

ACADEMIC

• The applicant is a doctoral candidate in counseling or clinical psychology at a regionally accredited university or school of professional psychology.
• The candidate is from an APA accredited program.
• The applicant must have completed all courses and practica.
• The applicant will have completed and passed comprehensive examinations by rank day.
• The applicant is from an academic program that offers training in life-span development, community psychology, multicultural counseling and group process that is directly applicable to work in a comprehensive counseling center serving an urban university community that places value on all forms of diversity.
• The applicant is certified as ready for internship by their doctoral programs.
• The training of the applicant complies with current ethics and standards of practice of the American Psychological Association.

INTEREST

• The applicant should have a strong desire to examine attitudes, assumptions, behaviors, and values in order to learn to work effectively with all forms of diversity.
• The applicant expresses interest in gaining breadth of knowledge and experience.
• The applicant has expressed an interest in generalist training and career goals.
• The applicant expresses comparable goals and interests to what is offered at this training facility.
• The applicant expresses genuine interest in college students, i.e., an appreciation for and knowledge of the developmental concerns of this population.
• The applicant expresses interest and openness to the training experience this site has to offer.

EXPERIENCE

• The applicant has practice experience with outpatient adults and/or adolescents with a range of symptoms.
• The applicant has completed a minimum of 450 intervention hours as indicated on the application for Psychology Internship.
• The applicant already possesses knowledge, skills, and interests that will meet some of the current needs of CAPS and its clientele in terms of clinical, outreach, and consultation services.
• Previous experience in a university counseling center is desirable but not required.

INTERPERSONAL

• The applicant has demonstrated higher-level interpersonal skills as described by reference letters and exhibited during the interview.
• It is predicted that the applicant will demonstrate interpersonal fit and comfort with the current staff.