We in the ACBS Student SIG/Committee are interested in compiling a more comprehensive list of psychology internship placements in the US and Canada with some kind of exposure to ACT. Our current list on the ACBS website is awesome but needs to be updated to better represent the wonderful ACT-related opportunities! If you are currently at a location that does any kind of ACT work, we would like to hear from you! If you are interested, we ask that you email houyuan@ualberta.ca at least the name of the University/Hospital/Consortium/Facility etc. and a contact person with email address. Once we have that information we hope to compile and update for future students to use as a guide/reference! Thank you in advance for any help you can give to make this endeavor possible.

 

Take care,

Houyuan Luo

ACBS Student Representative

University of Alberta

The Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, offers a fully American Psychological Association approved internship training program in clinical psychology. Interns in the Baylor program are accepted into one of seven tracks, differentiated on the basis of the population served and/or the location of the training experience. While each track has a somewhat different clinical emphasis, all interns have core seminars and training experiences in common and carry adult psychotherapy patients in the Baylor Adult Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic. The number of positions available in each track and the sequence of rotations may vary, depending upon funding and resource availability. Training content and clinical emphasis, however, remain constant. Currently, ten intern positions are available.

The Adult Anxiety Track is particularly ACT-friendly. This internship track consists of a year-long placement at the Menninger Compulsive Disorder Treatment Program. The treatment philosophy of the program is firmly rooted in evidence-based cognitive-behavioral therapy. The Menninger OCD Treatment Center, with the capacity of 15 patients, is a specialized in-patient program providing intensive cognitive-behavioral therapy, medication management and milieu treatment for adults and adolescents with severe obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), OCD Spectrum disorders and other anxiety disorders. Previous interns in this track have been allowed to incorporate ACT into their work.

There are a few other psychologists at the internship site with varying knowledge on ACT. In addition, there are opportunities to learn more about and practice DBT in other areas of the internship. For more information about the internship you can visit their website:

https://www.bcm.edu/departments/psychiatry-and-behavioral-sciences

 

(This page was updated October, 2022)

Place: Boston VA
APA Accreditation: Accredited
Training Director & Lead / Director: Colleen Sloan, Ph.D.
Positions: 
Stipend: 29.000
Primary Agency Type: Consortium
Descriptor: The VA Boston Healthcare System Psychology Internship Training Program is a yearlong training program located among the campuses of the VA Boston Healthcare System. The internship is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of the American Psychological Association*. The internship is a member of the Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers (APPIC) and is one of 12 internship members of the Academy of Psychological Clinical Science (APCS). The internship seeks candidates from APA-accredited and Canadian Psychological Association (CPA)-accredited programs in Clinical, Counseling, or Combined psychology; or Psychological Clinical Science Accreditation System (PCSAS)-accredited programs in Clinical Science. Our training program provides a wide variety of opportunities to work with Veterans on three different VA campuses, as well as potentially children and adolescents in a non-VA externship setting (with Boston University’s Center for Anxiety & Related Disorders (CARD)).

Website: https://www.va.gov/boston-health-care/work-with-us/internships-and-fellowships/psychology-training-programs/

(This page was updated on October 13, 2022).

Place: Boys Town, part of the Nebraska Internship Consortium in Professional Psychology
APA Accreditation: Accredited
Training Director & Lead / Director: Dennis McChargue
Chief Psychologist: Dennis McChargue
Positions: 32-48
Stipend: 28,000 to 38,822
Primary Agency Type: Consortium
Descriptor The NICPP adheres to a scientist - practitioner approach to psychological practice within an ecological-developmental framework. Although the exact goals of each of the agencies may differ to some extent, all are committed to a training philosophy that emphasizes ethical problem solving; evidence-based assessment and intervention practices; access to supervision that facilitates reflective, scientifically-based practice and to other resources supportive of this goal; access to diverse clients; research activities; and to a training plan that combines experiential learning with other modes of education. Specific training objectives include assisting interns to: (a) apply ethical decision making to complex clinical and research activities; (b) deepen their understanding of the role of psychology as a science and a practice in many professional settings; (c) refine their commitment to life-long scholarship and contributions to the science and practice of psychology; and (d) develop competencies to evaluate the efficacy of work with diverse clients and systems.
Website: http://cehs.unl.edu/nicpp/

 

(This page was updated 10/14/2022).

The Counseling and Career Center (CCC) at Brigham Young University (BYU) offers four full-time, 12 month internships for doctoral-level graduate students in Clinical or Counseling Psychology. The internships for the school year begin in August. Each position carries a stipend and includes all benefits accorded full-time University personnel (vacation and sick leave, holidays; medical, dental, and life insurance; library privileges; bookstore discount; and discounted tickets to University events). The CCC Psychology Internship, which began in 1989, is fully accredited by the American Psychological Association.

The program provides supervised training experiences in a full range of psychological services. Interns function as colleagues of the professional faculty and staff and participate in all services and staff development activities of the Center.

Full info on the internships can be found here.

 

(Updated 10/18/2022).

Our internship recently doubled in size from 4 to 8 interns. As a result, I am now supervising an intern for my PTSD/SUD clinic for half of the year for approximately 16 hrs. If you are interested in applications of ACT for complex presentations, there will be no shortage of opportunities. Interns typically carry a weekly caseload of around 8-10 patients. Additionally, Interns will co-facilitate a 12-week Seeking Safety group, an integrated EBP for PTSD/SUD and a 12-week group ACT group. Both groups also use contingency management to foster group attendance. There are also opportunities to co-facilitate a Cognitive Processing Therapy group, or to learn how to provide individualized Prolonged Exposure. Lastly, I am in the process a developing a program evaluation project, so there may be opportunities to participate in a systematic evaluation of my clinic's services, an experience that would be an asset in many clinically or research-oriented Post-doc fellowships.

Perspective interns who are interested are welcomed to contact me at: Jonathan.Weinstein@VA.gov.

The internship at Brown Medical School has 4 tracks--neuropsychology, behavioral medicine, adult, and child (general and pediatrics). Both the adult and the behavioral medicine tracks are "ACT friendly." I know less about the child tracks--others might add their input about the child rotations.

In the adult track, there is a women's partial program that trains in DBT, and interns familiar with ACT have mentioned that they gained a better understanding of ACT principles through this rotation. There are also some people familiar with ACT in the alcohol center at Butler Hospital and at the RIH inpatient rotation (mood disorders rotation).

In the behavioral medicine track, there is one rotation (RIH behavioral medicine track--anxiety and sleep disorders) that is very ACT friendly. Both of the Miriam rotations (A and B) are also open to ACT and mindfulness concepts (chronic pain, weight management, smoking cessation).

Overall, the internship is hospital-based, and 4 hrs/week are reserved for research. You are required to submit at least one research project by the end of the year. Keep those details in mind when applying to make sure it's a good fit aside from the ACT friendly rotations.

Added by Kristy Dalrymple on 7/23/2013:

In addition to the information here, the predoctoral internship at the Alpert Medical School of Brown University also has a MIDAS Project Clinical Research Track (a separate track from the Adult Clinical track, yet under the adult division). The MIDAS track (which stands for the Methods to Improve Diagnostic Assessment and Services Project) typically has one internship slot available per year, with potential opportunities for a postdoctoral fellowship. Interns in this track spend the first 8 months (20% time) at an ACT and mindfulness-based partial hospitalization program at Rhode Island Hospital, including conducting ACT and mindfulness-based group and individual therapy sessions. Note that the primary rotation consists of 50% time clinical research, and applicants should consider this when applying to the MIDAS track.

The Clinical Psychology Predoctoral Internship is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation (CoA) of the American Psychological Association (APA) and is a member of the Association of Psychology Predoctoral and Internship Centers (APPIC). Following our last site visit, our program was re-accredited for a full 10 years, with our next site visit scheduled in 2027.

The Clinical Psychology Predoctoral Internship provides a dynamic, generalist training experience. The Clinical Psychology Predoctoral Internship provides a dynamic, generalist training experience. All interns, regardless of specialty interests, are expected to learn and demonstrate the basic skills required of a beginning psychologist, primarily in the areas of assessment, intervention, consultation, and professional development. Our training program currently maintains seven internship slots, including three General Psychology Track, two Health Psychology Track, and two Neuropsychology Track positions. No positions are dedicated to any one university, and our interns come from all over the United States. All tracks provide vigorous training in evidence-based practices and promote recovery-oriented, veteran-centered care.

The “Outpatient PTSD” rotation offers interested interns an opportunity to learn and practice Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). Training opportunities include co-facilitating group psychotherapy sessions, conducting individual therapy sessions, performing functional analytic/case conceptualization interviews, participating in a weekly experiential group for staff practicing ACT, doing supervised readings on Relational Frame Theory (RFT), the basic science underlying ACT, and individual/group supervision.

Full info on the internship can be found at - https://www.va.gov/central-arkansas-health-care/work-with-us/internships-and-fellowships/psychology-internship-program/

Place: Central Texas Veterans Health Care System
APA Accreditation: Accredited
Training Director & Lead / Director: Holly LaPota, Ph.D.,Co-Training Director Central Texas VHCS & Tai Blanscet, PsyD , Co-Training Director Central Texas VHCS

Positions: 6
Stipend: 26,297
Primary Agency Type: Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Descriptor "CTVHCS offers training in a variety of contexts including general medical/surgical hospital, psychiatric inpatient, a domiciliary, integrated and home-based primary care, and multiple outpatient clinics. Please see our web brochure for further description of the training opportunities within each setting.

Our program places 6 interns annually, two at each of its three primary training sites: Temple and Waco VA Medical Centers, and the large Austin VA outpatient clinic. Our training model is ""reflective-practitioner"", which is a form of scholar-practitioner training. We emphasize the value of reflecting on professional practices through intensive case study, locating and incorporating relevant scientific/professional knowledge and seeking experiential wisdom. Our program focuses on the development of competency in 15 professional domains, based on the APA model for competency benchmarks in professional psychology. We have been continuously accredited by the APA for over 30 years. Our program was re-accredited for seven years in 2011. The internship year is divided into three, four-month major rotations. Interns spend a minimum of 28 hours per week on the major rotation. We offer major rotations in outpatient mental health clinics, inpatient psychiatry, substance abuse treatment, rehabilitation and reintegration (domiciliary), integrated primary care, residential and outpatient PTSD, family program, neuropsychology and rehabilitation. Please see our brochure for a complete listing. We offer opportunities to pursue specialized professional competencies via minor rotations for 4 to 8 hours per week (e.g. military sexual trauma, neuropsychological assessment, clinical research, assessment, group therapy, serious mental illness (SMI), compensation & pension exams, blind rehabilitation, training and program development, etc.). We have approximately 65 licensed full-time psychologists on staff between our training sites, as well as a number of recent graduates who are in the process of becoming licensed."
Website: https://www.va.gov/central-texas-health-care/work-with-us/internships-and-fellowships/psychology-internship-and-fellowships/

 

This page was updated 10/2022).

Category (e.g., practica, internship, externship, post-doc, workshop, CE, computer-based learning module, etc.)

  We welcome students coming to train for varying amounts of time. We have had some students and professionals come for 10-week rotations and have had others just do a day or two. We also may be having a Master's level intern this year.

 

How it relates to Contextual Medicine, or to what degree it integrates contextual behavioral science with medicine

  We have a Behavioral Health Consultant (BHC) team of three psychologists (one of which is Dr. David Bauman, PsyD) on staff who use ACT and other contextually-based interventions with medical patients.

 

Contact information of either yourself or some other person/place to get more information or to apply

Follow this link: http://cwfmr.org/student-rotations

Bridget Beachy, PsyD

bridget.beachy@gmail.com or bbeachy@forest.edu

330-397-4349

 

(This page was updated on 10/19/2022).

Central Washington University Student Medical and Counseling Clinic has an APA-accredited internship program for students from counseling, clinical, and combined doctoral psychology programs. The link for our online brochure is below. We are a great site for students who are interested in both counseling center work and rural psychology. We are also a colocated medical and counseling clinic and therefore afford our interns with lots of opportunities to work closely with our medical staff. Another fairly unique aspect of our program is the training in the use of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. We are open, supportive, and encouraging of other theoretical orientations and approaches, but want to highlight ACT as something that sets us apart from many sites. We particularly seek intern applicants who have experience with college students and a strong commitment to diversity and multiculturally competent service delivery. If you have any questions about our program, please the Training Director, Cindy Bruns, PhD, at brunsc@cwu.edu.

http://www.cwu.edu/medical-counseling/doctoral-internship

 

(Updated 10/18/22).

Interns interested in ACT are provided ample opportunities to gain clinical experience and receive supervision in this model at the VA Central Western Massachusetts.

Interns interested in conducting ACT-based groups may select a four-month rotation on the Specialized Inpatient PTSD Unit, where ACT forms the backbone of the program philosophy. While on this unit, interns will have opportunities to colead and lead ACT groups that follow a flexible 15-session protocol. They also will colead daily ACT-based groups that are more free-form in nature. In these intensive six-week groups, they will learn how to identify and target key ACT processes in-the-moment. They will learn how ACT may be paired with behavioral activation and "in vivo" exposure, and they will learn how to bring acceptance skills into the work with veterans as they begin approaching previously avoided situations in the community (e.g., crowds). 

Interns interested in building ACT competencies in individual psychotherapy may select a year-long ancillary rotation in ACT where the central focus is on outpatient treatment. Interns on this rotation build a small caseload of clients experiencing a range of problems and they practice working with these clients from an ACT-consistent perspective. Sessions are audio-taped for review by the intern and supervisor.

Interns interested in thoroughly emersing themselves in the ACT model may select both the inpatient and outpatient rotations simultaneously. We have found that the combination of these two rotations provides a rich training experience, and has helped our interns establish a solid foundation in core ACT competencies.

Visit:  https://www.psychologytraining.va.gov/northampton/index.asp  for more information about our training program.

Scott Cornelius, Psy.D., National Consultant/Regional Trainer for the VA ACT for Depression rollout, and Staff Psychologist on the Specialized Inpatient PTSD Unit is the supervisor for these rotations.

This center has more than 25 years of experience in specialized psychological care.

We also have training programs and agreements signed with several  universities as practice teachers in Third Generation Therapies (ACT, FAP; Mindfulness) as well as in EMDR.

Our professionals guide students from national and international universities (Tenerife, Madrid, La Rioja, Valencia, Granada, Padua, Florence, etc.) and also participate in training, supervision and research with professionals in psychology, medicine and psychiatry.

The training programs are coordinated by Domingo Jesús de la Rosa Díaz (Specialist in Clinical Psychology and Expert in Contextual Therapies by the MICPSY Institute) and usually include the stay in the center for hours of practice with real cases in blocks of 200 minimum hours.

 

We have adequate facilities and resources and the center is officially accredited as a health and training center by autonomic administration.
Currently, the available places do not exceed 6 students and the demand is high, since a solid and quality training is offered.

For more information write to domingojdelarosa@gmail.com or visit https://psicologiacanarias.com/, https://es-es.facebook.com/pages/category/Mental-Health-Service/Centro-de-Psicologia-y-Salud-de-Canarias-SL-247766722286332/

Doctoral Psychology Internship - San Diego - Sharp HealthCare

Sharp HealthCare is San Diego's most comprehensive and experienced not-for-profit behavioral health care provider. Sharp's APA-accredited Psychology Doctoral Internship in clinical psychology provides psychologists-in-training with a yearlong, in-depth training experience.

Folks with a strong interest in ACT are humbly encouraged to apply to the APA accredited internship at Sharp Health Care. Competitive interns will have strong experience/interest in ACT, the recovery model and patient-centered care, and have a solid foundation in assessment. 

In brief, our internship is APA accredited. We have 8 interns, a dozen practicum students and several fellows. Interns each complete three four-month rotations (inpatient and hospital-based outpatient settings). In addition to CBS and hospital-based programs, interns at Sharp receive excellent training in trauma-informed care, The Recovery Model, clinical supervision (you-as-supervisor), and multi-cultural competence. We utilize ACT and other third wave therapies in all of our clinical programs. Interns also get solid training in second wave CBT. Rotations are available across the lifespan and we have multiple rotations that focus on SUD.

https://www.sharp.com/interns-fellows/doctoral-psychology-internship/

 

 

(This information was updated on November 5, 2022)

Duke Counseling & Psychological Services (CAPS) is an integrative, multidisciplinary setting that serves undergraduate, graduate, and professional students at Duke. While ACT is not the only orientation within our office, there are several staff members and supervisors with experience in ACT and a growing interest among recent trainees. Duke CAPS is very ACT-friendly and there are additional ACT training opportunities around campus and in the larger Triangle area. Duke CAPS offers training in psychology, social work, counseling, and psychiatry across the masters, doctoral, and postdoctoral levels, including an APA-accredited internship in health service psychology. Please find more information here: https://students.duke.edu/wellness/caps/trainingprograms/

 

(Information added 9/14/2022).

The Duke internship has been known for providing quality DBT training, but a critical mass of ACT-trained faculty are increasingly available to provide experience using ACT with eating and anxiety disorders, among others. It is expected that over the next several years, opportunities for ACT-specific training at DUMC will grow as a result of recently awarded grant-funding to develop ACT for adolescent anorexia nervosa (Duke PI: Rhonda Merwin; Towson PI: Alix Timko). The Durham VA (adjacent to the med center campus) is also ACT-friendly and currently has an ongoing ACT consultation and study group.

Visit: https://psychiatry.duke.edu/education

for up-to-date information on training opportunities.

 

Updated 4/26/14

Place: Duke
APA Accreditation: Accredited
Training Director & Lead / Director: Karen Wells PhD
Chief Psychologist: Richard Surwit PhD
Positions: 11
Stipend: 24000
Primary Agency Type: Medical School
Descriptor Duke University Medical Center's Clinical Psychology Internship Program provides one year of doctoral-level internship training in essential skill areas of clinical psychology: assessment and diagnosis, effective intervention, consultation and evaluation, and supervision skill areas. The training model is scientist-practitioner. Two tracks are offered: Adult and Child, each with specific areas of concentration. Adult track consists of Adult CBT and Adult Health. Child track consists of Clinical Child & Pediatrics. These do not overlap so applicants must apply to one only: CBT, Health, Child, or Peds. Please see our website for a more detailed description about our program, the application process, our requirements for applying, and other information that may be useful to those interested.
Website: http://education.psychiatry.duke.edu/training-programs/psychology-internship/program-introduction

Supervisor and contact person: Patricia E. Zurita Ona, Psy.D.

Accreditation: N/A
Post-doctoral positions open: 2
MFT internships: 0
Stipend: available ($52.000.- to -$54.000.-)
Type of setting: private practice
Weekly supervision including hands-on training in conducting intakes, ACT case formulation, ACT-consistent exposure, ACT interventions for emotion regulation:
Monthly didactic seminar
Monthly team meeting
Full description: https://eastbaybehaviortherapycenter.com/opening-position/ 

website: eastbaybehaviortherapycenter.com

Email: ebbehaviortherapycenter@gmail.com 

The EBBTC is a private center dedicated to the "therapy, research and training" of empirically-supported treatments for children, adolescents, and adults located in Walnut Creek, CA. We're a group of compassionate and caring behaviorally oriented therapists committed to our clients. At our center, behavioral therapy is not just a therapy approach; it's a way of looking at the world and understanding human behavior. Compassion and caring are the hallmarks of our therapy work with the added benefits of behavioral interventions.

 

(This page was updated 10/27/2022).

Place: FAU’s Counseling and Psychological Services
APA Accreditation: Not Accredited
Training Director & Lead / Director: NA
Chief Psychologist: M. Kirk Dougher Ph.D.
Positions: 2
Stipend: 27000
Primary Agency Type: University Counseling Center
Descriptor: FAU Counseling and Psychological Services is a comprehensive university counseling center that provides services to enrolled students paying the University health fee. Interns will be providing individual, relationship and group therapy; crisis intervention; referrals for psychiatric consultation; therapeutic psychological assessment; drug and alcohol use assessment; educational workshops and outreach presentations; consultation with students, faculty and staff; and supervision to less advanced graduate students in training.  Interns have the option to pursue roations in various areas such as: sports psychology, psychodrama, working with the glbt population, therapeutic assessment, trauma work, eating disorders and counseling center administration. The Training Committee is open to consider new rotations created by the intern.  Our program places interns on our Boca Raton campus. Interns recieve supervision from a multitude of supervisors:  primary, secondary, group, assessment, rotation, and outreach.  They also meet with the Training director on a regular basis. Our inaugural internship class started in August, 2013 and we have created our program so that it is consistent with APA guidelines. We are currently APPIC members and plan to apply for APA accreditation in the future. 

Website: https://www.fau.edu/counseling/training/internship/

Doctoral Psychology Internship: Trinity’s doctoral internship program is a member of the Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers (APPIC). As part of their training experience, interns spend four days per week at one of Trinity’s three-day treatment programs and one day per week at Trinity’s diagnostic clinic. Within the day program, interns gain experience working with adults with serious mental illness and/or with serious mental illness and mild intellectual disability. The intern’s training goals determine the populations emphasized during the year. In addition, the intern achieves competence applying empirically based treatments to assist clients in improving adaptation across important spheres of functioning. At the diagnostic center, interns obtain experience administering psychological tests to adults and children and generating written reports. The clinic serves persons with a range of presenting concerns. Autism screening and assessment is also a service provided at the clinic. Interns receive a total of four hours of supervision per week, and participate in weekly didactic trainings covering third-wave contextual behavior therapy models, such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and Functional Analytic Psychotherapy. The opportunity to co-facilitate case consultation for therapy externs is also provided. The hours are 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. The training year begins July 1 and ends June 30. Doctoral Psychology students interested in applying to the program may contact Carl V. Indovina, Psy.D. via email at cindovina@trinityservices.org or by phone at (815) 462-4273.

Questions related to the program’s accredited status should be directed to the Commission on Accreditation: Office of Program Consultation and Accreditation, American Psychological Association, 750 1st Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002. Phone: (202) 336-5979 / E-mail: apaaccred@apa.org. Web: www.apa.org/ed/accreditation

Website link: https://www.trinityservices.org/careers/internship-externship-and-practicum-opportunities

(Information updated October 21, 2022).

Place: Geisinger Medical Center
APA Accreditation: Accredited
Training Director & Lead / Director: Laura K. Campbell, PhD, ABPP
Chief Psychologist: 
Positions: 
Stipend: 27,000
Primary Agency Type: Private General Hospital
Descriptor Geisinger Medical Center, a tertiary care teaching hospital, serves a population of more than 2 million in central and northeastern Pennsylvania. In addition to the internship, Geisinger has over 25 medical residencies and fellowships.By focusing on broad training in clinical psychology and behavioral medicine, the internship primarily prepares interns for careers as practitioners in medical or applied practice settings. We adhere to the scientist-practitioner model of psychological practice. Clinical training experiences follow the apprentice model. Interns are supervised by faculty members directly involved in providing clinical services to specific patient groups within the medical center. Interns function with a good deal of autonomy, assuming junior level staff responsibilities.Participants in the program are expected to:- Further develop basic clinical skills to begin independent practice;- Understand the medical culture;- Learn to serve as members of interdisciplinary teams within the medical center;- Work with culturally diverse groups;- Learn to consult with physicians;- Apply clinical research skills in a clinical setting;- Uphold high standards of patient care and professional ethics.Interns expand their skills in assessment, psychotherapy, consultation and research. Clinical experiences are of primary importance in the internship with particular emphasis placed on learning behavior change methods for use with medical patients. Faculty frequently use cognitive-behavioral, ACT, and motivational interviewing approaches although other treatment methods with empirical support are encouraged.Interns choose 1 of 2 tracks: 1) adult clinical/behavioral medicine (3 interns) or 2) child clinical/pediatric psychology (4 interns). Contact the program for details.4 weekly education conferences complement the clinical component of the internship. Research opportunities exist. Postdoc opportunities available for year 2.
Website: https://www.geisinger.edu/education/residencies-fellowships/residencies/clinical-psychology-internship-residency

(This page was updated on October 21, 2022).

Place: Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis
APA Accreditation: Accredited
Training Director & Lead / Director: Marcia Jensen, PhD, LP
Chief Psychologist: Marielle Demarais, PhD, LP
Positions: 4
Stipend: 31,200
Primary Agency Type: State/County/Other Public Hospital
Descriptor Hennepin County Medical Center has been a psychology training site since 1965. It is a large teaching hospital and a Level I Trauma Center. Our internship program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation (CoA) of the American Psychological Association (APA). While we emphasize a strong foundation in assessment and intervention as well as consultation to our medical services, we also strive to individualize the internship experience. Our setting offers interns the opportunity to work with an ethnically, culturally, and socioeconomically diverse patient population. In addition, being part of a large teaching hospital and trauma center provides our interns many unique training experiences.
Website: https://www.hennepinhealthcare.org/medical-education-training/psychology-internship/

(This page was updated on October 21, 2022).

Loma Linda VA Medical Center is ACT friendly and providers in ACT have grown there in the last several years.   There are multiple opportunities - we have an APA approved internship program which involves specific rotations in evidenced based services CBT/ACT/DBT which usually last 4 months or longer.  There is also a postdoctoral fellowship position which involves 1 year of more intensive work with ACT and some opportunities with DBT.  There are a number of supervisors that have been trained and certified through the VA national roll out in ACT. 

Current opportunities include:

ACT group for Anxiety/Depression

ACT group for PTSD (MST patients primarily)

Involvement in Wellness College (recovery-oriented groups designed to help Veterans who are “stuck” to gain skills and transition into the community using ACT and DBT approach). 

Opportunities to see ACT individual patients. 

https://www.va.gov/loma-linda-health-care/work-with-us/internships-and-fellowships/psychology-training/

 

Scott Wenger, PsyD - Training Director - Psychology

Bryan Goudelock, PhD - Associate Training Director- Psychology

(This page was updated on October 21, 2022).

Place: Medical College of Georgia (at Augusta University) and Charlie Norwood VAMC in Augusta, GA
APA Accreditation: Accredited
Training Director & Lead / Director:Christian Lemmon, PhD
Chief Psychologist: 
Positions: 9
Stipend: 30,160
Primary Agency Type: Consortium
Descriptor The Medical College of Georgia (MCG) and the Charlie Norwood Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) are organized as partners in offering a 12-month, full-time Residency (Internship) in Clinical Psychology. We currently fund nine Residents. The Residency combines a solid grounding in clinical skills with access to a wide range of mental health and medical settings through which a Resident can develop general clinical-counseling skill as well as special expertise. An "Empirical Clinician" training model guides its focus on teaching practice skills that are empirically supported. Training and supervision is available in both DBT and ACT. Our hospitals and clinics are large regional treatment and training centers with more than 1000 combined inpatient beds and a multitude of specialty treatment programs and clinics. Our program partners with East Central Georgia Regional Hospital (ECRH) - a state funded psychiatric hospital that provides care for individuals with serious and chronic mental health disorders. The Augusta Campus of ECRH consists of three primary inpatient units: Adult Mental Health, General Mental Health, and Forensics. In addition to the generalist training opportunities available, emphasis training is provided through the selection of one of five tracks: Child and Family, Community Psychology, Health Behavior, Medical Psychology -HIV/AIDS,and Psychology of Women. Within the Health Behavior Track options include specialization in Trauma/PTSD and Medical Psychology. At the residency facilities Residents work in close collaboration with primary care physicians, psychiatrists and other physician specialists, and other allied health professionals to develop skills in providing interdisciplinary health care. Finally, an emphasis is placed on developing skills relevant to providing care to underserved populations - children, individuals living with HIV/AIDS, and individuals from underserved rural communities.
Website: http://www.augusta.edu/mcg/psychiatry/psychology/

 

(This page was updated October 21, 2022).

The Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) is an affiliated teaching facility that provides comprehensive inpatient primary, secondary and tertiary care, in medical, surgical, neurological, rehabilitative, and short-term psychiatric modalities, primary and specialized ambulatory care, and rehabilitative nursing home care. This medical center is one of eight in the VA system that house a Women Veterans Comprehensive Health Center, which provides clinical service, education, and research in primary care, preventive medicine, gynecology services, and sexual trauma intervention for female veterans. Psychologists in the department currently have more than $1,000,000 in merit-reviewed, multi-year research grants.

We offer a yearlong seminar in contemporary behavior therapies, with emphasis on DBT and ACT, including experiential workshops, weekly didactic seminar, and weekly small group supervision. We also have a weekly consultation group for DBT and ACT therapists. There are multiple ACT-fluent staff here.

Here is the link to our website: https://www.va.gov/minneapolis-health-care/work-with-us/internships-and-fellowships/psychology-and-psychiatry-clinical-training/

Training Director: Wayne Siegel, Ph.D., ABPP (Wayne.Siegel@va.gov)

Assistant Training Director: Amanda Ferrier-Auerbach, Ph.D., ABPP (Amanda.Ferrier-Auerbach@va.gov)

 

(This page was updated October 27, 2022).

Place: Montefiore Medical Center
APA Accreditation: Accredited
Training Director & Lead / Director: Simon Rego/Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Chief Psychologist: Simon Rego
Positions: 8
Stipend: $47,752.80
Primary Agency Type: Academic Medical Center
Descriptor "Based in an academic medical center, our psychology training program emphasizes learning about the nature of psychopathology using diagnosis, case conceptualization and formulation, and a variety of treatment approaches. A scientific approach to the study of psychopathology requires an in-depth understanding of evidence-based treatments - as well as the controversies surrounding them. By the end of their training, interns will have a strong command of the expanding knowledge base in psychopathology, including the complex interrelationship between biological, psychological, and social factors, and the impact they have on thoughts, emotions, and behaviors.

We offer 3 specialized training programs: an adult track, a child and adolescent track, and a combined (child, adolescent, and adult) track.

While each of the specializations has its own goals and objectives (see website for details), they all share the same overarching philosophy: that the internship should provide interns with a broad set of high quality clinical experiences that are sequential, cumulative, of graded complexity, and customized to fit the individual goals of each intern. As such, our program offers a number of elective rotations and makes every reasonable effort to tailor training to the needs and interests of the individual intern. This individualized training program is discussed and finalized prior to the internship start date. We also place great emphasis on supervision, providing at least 5-7 supervision hours per week, using a variety of different theoretical orientations, including: psychodynamic, cognitive behavioral, dialectical behavioral, family/systems, schema-focused, and lifespan developmental approaches. In addition, intern seminars and departmental Grand Rounds run throughout the year, and account for at least 5 hours per week of the interns' time."
Website: https://www.montefiore.org/psychologyinternship

This information was last updated on 3/13/2020.

https://icahn.mssm.edu/education/residencies-fellowships/list/msh-child-psychiatry-fellowship

Name and Brief Description of Learning Opportunity

Health Psychology and Neurobehavioral Research Group: Our group has a training program for students interested in psychology at many different levels, from graduate student externs to postdoctoral fellows. Trainees have the opportunity to gain valuable experience working with chronically ill populations and learning about all aspects of clinical research. A primary focus of our work involves conducting Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help adolescents and adults cope with chronic pain and other illness-related stressors. Trainees participate in numerous didactic activities, such as weekly case conferences, monthly journal club discussions, individual and group supervision with a licensed psychologist, and educational seminars and symposiums sponsored by various NIH institutes.

Category (e.g., practica, internship, externship, post-doc, workshop, CE, computer-based learning module, etc.)

We take 1-2 part-time graduate student externs per year, and externships begin in July or August. Most years we also have funding for a full-time postdoctoral fellow.

Qualifications required (e.g., academic degree, level of licensure, position in graduate program sequence, amount/type of experience)

(A) Graduate student externs should have completed at least two years in an APA-approved graduate program in psychology and have experience with cognitive assessments.

(B) The post-doctoral fellow should have completed a PhD or PsyD from an APA-approved psychology program. Experience working with medical patients preferred. There is no requirement regarding licensure for the postdoc, and ample clinical hours will be provided.

How it relates to Contextual Medicine, or to what degree it integrates contextual behavioral science with medicine

Our group conducts ACT – both in research studies and clinically - with various medical populations, most of which involve chronic pain. In addition to conducting therapy, graduate student externs will also conduct comprehensive neuropsychological assessments and learn how test results can inform recommendations from a functional contextual perspective.

Contact information of either yourself or some other person/place to get more information or to apply

Staci Martin, PhD
Licensed Psychologist
Senior Associate Scientist, Behavioral Health Core
Clinical & Training Director, Health Psychology and Neurobehavioral Research
National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

martins@mail.nih.gov

 

(This page was updated November 2, 2022).

The Diversus Health family of organizations has provided healthcare solutions to Southern Colorado residents for over 140 years. Diversus Health offers a continuum of care to meet adult and family behavioral health needs including evidence-based practices in adult, child and family outpatient care, substance abuse treatment, integrated health care, inpatient crisis evaluation and treatment, and managed care. Diversus Health’s treatment philosophy of recovery and community reintegration is reflected in services which provide vocational skills training and affirmative employment. The organizations are funded in part by the Diversus Health Foundation and also through state and federal dollars. Diversus Health is an integrated healthcare system on the cutting edge of practice. 

Diversus Health currently has five psychology internship positions budgeted. The current stipend for the internship is $27,090. Interns are eligible to receive benefits including health insurance, dental insurance, and 401k. 

Check out the website: https://diversushealth.org/careers/#section-section_grey-cards_0

For more information contact - 

(This page was updated November 3, 2022).

Place: Portland VA
APA Accreditation: Accredited
Training Director & Lead / Director: Jason Steward PhD
Chief Psychologist: Chris Anderson, Ph.D.
Positions: 6
Stipend: 28,064
Primary Agency Type: Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Descriptor The number one priority in the Portland VA Medical Center's internship program is to give students a positive, supportive training experience. Interns work reasonable hours, are provided ample supervision and didactic opportunities, and are treated as colleagues by the psychology staff. The PVAMC predoctoral internship program assists interns as they prepare for future careers or for additional postdoctoral training. We use a generalist model, focusing on skills of assessment, treatment, consultation, and integrated care with diverse patient populations. Each intern participates in three, 4-month long training rotations. In interns first rotation, interns are expected to be full-time on one rotation. However, in subsequent rotations, interns may select to be on one rotation full-time or a Major/Minor model with minors consisting of one-day per week opportunities to broaden skills and provide more flexible training opportunities. Rotations we offer include Health Psychology, Outpatient Mental Health, Neuropsychology, Substance Abuse Services, Inpatient Acute Mental Health, Women’s Health, Assessment Clinic, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Clinical Team. Interns now may also have clinical experiences at OHSU, our medical school affiliate. Professional development is a primary focus of our training, as we assist interns in transitioning from graduate school to a professional career.
Website: https://www.va.gov/portland-health-care/work-with-us/internships-and-fellowships/clinical-psychology-training-programs/

(This page was updated November 3, 2022).

Place: VA Southern Arizona Health Care
APA Accreditation: Accredited
Training Director & Lead / Director: Jane Houghtaling Walker, PhD, HSPP
Chief Psychologist:
Positions: 4
Stipend: 28,345
Primary Agency Type: Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Descriptor The internship strongly emphasizes empirically supported treatments.  Rotations offered include Blind Rehabilitation, Evaluation and Brief Treatment of PTSD Unit, Home Based Primary Care, Mental Health Outpatient, Neuropsychology, Polytrauma/TBI, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Unit, Substance Abuse and PTSD, and Psychological Assessment.  Interns attend weekly didactics as well as a weekly Supervision seminar.  Please see the brochure for a complete description of the rotations and program offerings.
Website: https://www.va.gov/southern-arizona-health-care/work-with-us/internships-and-fellowships/

(This page was updated November 2, 2022).

Place: Stony Brook University's counseling and psychological services
APA Accreditation: Accredited
Assistant Training Director & Lead / Director: Bethany Riddle, Ph.D.
Chief Psychologist: Smita Majumdar Das. Psy.D.

Stipend: 35,000
Primary Agency Type: University Counseling Center
The primary goal of the internship program at CAPS is to prepare trainees for functioning as independent professional psychologists with specific skills in the treatment of a diverse population of college students. The program consists of numerous clinical and didactic opportunities that build upon one another, allowing the intern to gradually attain increasing levels of clinical autonomy through the course of the year. Close attention is paid to supervision with the program's history rooted in a mentor/apprecticeship model. Self-reflection and self-awareness are prioritized. Interns participate in a number of experiential activities, including the provision of individual, group and couples' therapy; crisis management and risk assessment; consultation and collaboration. Opportunities to engage in outreach are ongoing. Interns receive significant didactic training and supervision in support of these experiences. Intern seminars focus on bridging theory and practice. Specific foci of seminars include case conceptualization, ethics and professional development, diversity issues, group therapy, the provision of supervision, and the challenges of meeting the needs of a college population. Interns are given opportunities to gain more specialized training in the areas of outreach and mandated assessments. Our internship program gives particular attention to multicultural awareness, in concern for the diversity of the student population that we serve and in concern for our belief in the importance of training professionals who are well-equipped to provide services to all individuals. The internship training program functions with an explicit awareness of the importance of affirming the experiences of LGBTQ-identified students as well as individuals from racially- and religiously-persecuted groups.

We have an integrative psychodynamic approach, with many practitioners aligning with depth-oriented approaches. At the same time, we tailor our interventions to meet the needs of our students which often includes short-term interventions. We begin by assessing what our clients need and what their capacities are; we develop a case formulation and tend to the therapeutic relationship from a psychodynamic perspective. Additionally, we integrate techniques from other treatment modalities (e.g., CBT, DBT, ACT, mindfulness, etc.) in helping our clients achieve change. It is our goal to train interns in how to thoughtfully integrate these techniques into an integrative philosophy of understanding clinical phenomena.

Website: https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/studentaffairs/caps/training/psychology_internship/aboutpsychologyinternship.php

(This page was updated November 8, 2022).

Clinical Director: Mike Mecozzi, Psy.D. mmecozzi@trinity-services.org

Trinity Services, Inc. Behavioral Health Department. New Lenox, IL.
https://www.trinityservices.org/careers/internship-externship-and-practicum-opportunities

Ideal Applicants to the Program
Trinity Services, Inc. is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to help individuals with disabilities live full and abundant lives. Trinity is perhaps best known for being the largest provider of residential services for persons with developmental and intellectual disabilities in the state of Illinois. Trinity also has a large Behavioral Health Department for persons with a serious mental illness that first began in 1992, and it is within the Behavioral Health Department that students complete their externship. Currently the Behavioral Health Department serves over 120 individuals who have a serious mental illness and/or mild intellectual disability. These individuals attend one of three Psychosocial Rehabilitation Programs (PSR) 5 days a week.

The PSR programs are all founded upon the principles of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and Functional Analytic Psychotherapy (FAP). On Fridays students attend a didactic seminar and case consultation. In the didactic seminar students learn the principles of the aforementioned therapy models. In case consultation students then learn to apply these models to their clinical cases.

The ideal applicant therefore has an interest in ACT, DBT, and FAP or has an interest in working with persons with serious mental illness and/or mild intellectual disabilities. No previous training in ACT, DBT or FAP is necessary; the student just needs to be open to learning these therapy models. Further, program development and innovation are encouraged at our training site, and we have had several students develop manualized group interventions during their training experience.

At the Neurofeedback, Counseling, and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Institute of Illinois (NCFII), we are proud of our student therapist training program. An Ideal applicant would be a student with clinical interest in children and adults diagnosed with neurodevelopmental disorders including Autism Spectrum Disorder, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, Intellectual Disability, Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, and/or Specific Learning Disability. Clients are also typically diagnosed with co-morbid medical and psychiatric issues.

Supervision Philosophy of the Site

Students are assigned a primary supervisor upon beginning their externship. Students meet with their primary supervisor for an hour on a weekly basis. The primary supervisor holds the degree that meets the supervisee’s training requirements. Supervision with the primary supervisor frequently involves listening to audiotaped recordings of individual therapy sessions. In addition, supervisors promote the development of case conceptualization skills from a contextual behavioral therapy framework. In the past students have also developed manualized group interventions within individual supervision.

In addition to their primary supervisor, students are traditionally assigned a site supervisor. The student’s site supervisor typically holds a degree from a different professional background than the student. Site supervisors can provide “in-vivo” feedback to students regarding clinical interactions in the therapy milieu. In addition, site supervisors provide valuable feedback regarding paperwork and documentation.

The supervisory year begins with both the student and supervisor identifying goals for the supervisory relationship. Over the course of the training year students are encouraged to become more autonomous. Whereas in the beginning of the training year the supervisor may function more as a “teacher” and supervision is more actively structured by the supervisor, towards the end of the year the supervisor may serve more as a “collaborator” and the student more actively structures the supervision.

Research Opportunities

In the past students have completed their Clinical Research Project (CRP)/Dissertation while training at Trinity. Typically students who have completed their CRP/Dissertation initially completed a therapy externship at Trinity, and then stayed at Trinity for their advanced therapy externship. It is during the advanced therapy training that they conducted their research.

Students have also completed additional research projects unrelated to their CRP/Dissertation. There is much flexibility regarding diverse areas of research, as long as any interventions used are consistent with the contextual behavioral therapy models.
 

Place: UT Dallas Student Counseling Center
APA Accreditation: Accredited
Training Director & Lead / Director: Erin Schrader, Ph.D.
Chief Psychologist: 
Positions: 2
Stipend: 35,000
Primary Agency Type: University Counseling Center
Descriptor The UT Dallas internship program utilizes a Practitioner model of training, emphasizing clinical practice and service delivery with the goal of creating ethical and culturally competent generalist practitioners. We use a developmental approach to facilitate the transition from graduate student to professional psychologist.Training is focused on facilitating interns' clinical competence, fostering the development of professional judgment, and enriching interns' scientific and practice-based knowledge. Enhancement of multicultural competence is interwoven into all facets of the training program, reflecting the strong value we place on honoring the diversity and uniqueness of every individual. We are deeply committed to facilitating the integration of interns' personal and professional identities through engaging them in supportive, yet challenging supervisory and mentoring relationships. Additionally, the internship program is based largely on a relational, "use of self" training model, as we believe optimal professional development occurs within the context of self-reflection and personal exploration.The Pre-doctoral Internship at the University of Texas at Dallas has four overarching goals, which reflect our training philosophy. Goal 1: To facilitate interns' clinical competence as generalist practitioners, with an emphasis on counseling center practice. Goal 2: To foster interns' ethical practices and professionalism. Goal 3: To enhance interns' awareness, sensitivity, and skills in working professionally with diverse individuals, groups and communities who represent various cultural and personal backgrounds and characteristics (e.g. cultural, individual, and role differences, including those based on age, gender, gender identity, race, ethnicity, culture, national origin, religion/spirituality, sexual orientation, disability, size, language, and ses status). Goal 4: To facilitate the integration of interns' personal and professional identities.
Website: https://counseling.utdallas.edu/internship/

(This page was updated November 3, 2022).

The University of California, San Diego/VA San Diego Healthcare System (VASDHS) offers an ACT friendly APA-accredited internship. The Psychology Service at the VASDHS is part of an integrated Mental Health Service providing multidisciplinary team-based care spanning inpatient, residential, outpatient, and telehealth settings. The Psychology Service has one of the most academically oriented staff in the Department of Veterans Affairs hospital system. The Internship is comprised of 19 positions (12 at VASDHS, 7 at UC San Diego), each of which includes at least two, year-long Placements. Many of the major sub-specialties of professional psychology are represented on the staff, including clinical psychology, neuropsychology, geropsychology, marital and family therapy, substance use disorder treatment, behavioral medicine, post-traumatic stress disorder treatment, and related psychology research. At VASDHS, comprehensive mental health services are provided at the main medical center and several outpatient clinics including a new state-of-the-art outpatient clinic in Kearny Mesa, located approximately 10 miles from the medical center.

For more information about this internship site, please access their website here https://psychiatry.ucsd.edu/education-training/psychology-programs/internship.html

 

(This page was updated on November 17, 2022).

Place: University of Florida in Gainesville, FL
APA Accreditation: Accredited
Training Director & Lead / Director: Natasha Maynard-Pemba
Chief Psychologist: 
Positions: 5
Stipend: 36,000
Primary Agency Type: University Counseling Center
Descriptor "The doctoral internship program is an integral part of the mission of the University of Florida Counseling and Wellness Center (CWC), and the entire professional and support staff is involved in the supervision and training of our interns. The training program is designed to prepare interns to function competently and independently as psychologists. Our goals are: to graduate interns who are clinically competent, highly ethical, culturally sensitive, and who have developed a well-defined professional identity. The program follows a practitioner-scholar model of professional training for psychologists, which emphasizes experiential learning. As a practitioner, the intern applies the knowledge gained from scholarly and scientific evidence to clinical practice. As a scholar, the intern is engaged in study of the science of psychology, and is encouraged to contribute to the profession though involvement in scholarly activities. The training staff represents a wide variety of theoretical orientations. Interns provide individual, couples and group counseling, conduct triage and intake assessment, crisis intervention services, provide outreach and consultation services to the university community, provide clinical supervision to master's and doctoral students in counseling psychology and counselor education, and serve on Center committees. The components of training include supervision; formal seminars, which include series on: therapy, professional development, assessment/diagnosis, diversity seminar, and consultation seminar, among others; participation on a collaborative case management team; consultation with training director and Center clinicians. Interns work closely with other clinicians through co-therapy, co-presentations of workshops, and opportunities for collaboration on presentations at national or regional conferences and/or co-authorship on publications. We have several areas of focus that interns may engage in including: mindfulness, couples counseling, group, social justice work, assessment, anxiety reduction, eating disorders, digital outreach, addictions, DBT, s trauma, crisis intervention, LGBTQ, biofeedback, online therapy, international students."
Website: https://counseling.ufl.edu/training/training-program/psych/

UHCL Counseling Services offers an APA-accredited doctoral internship for three full-time interns. We are a Hispanic serving institution (33% of undergraduates), over 50% of students are racial or ethnic minorities, and international students comprise 14% of our student body. We place great emphasis on diversity and multiculturalism throughout our training program and aim to prepare doctoral interns to work with clients from various backgrounds. That goal is fostered through didactic and experiential training as well as exposure to clients who occupy multiple dimensions of diversity. In addition to being a racially and ethnically diverse campus, our students’ average age is 30 and nearly 40% of Counseling Services clients are first-generation college students. Interns can expect to see a wide range of clients, as students who seek counseling roughly reflect the overall demographics of our campus.

All of our staff are ACT-friendly and our new training director is strongly ACT-oriented. We hope you will have a look at our internship materials at the website below and consider applying. 

https://www.uhcl.edu/counseling-services/training/doctoral-internship/
 

There is a large, APA-accredited internship program at the University of Maryland School of Medicine / VA Maryland Health Care System Consortium. At this consortium, there is a formal ACT rotation in the area of PTSD/Substance Abuse dual diagnosis and there are actually several psychologists who could provide ACT supervision; an intern could thus spend a good portion of his/her training year honing ACT skills. 

Please visit: https://www.va.gov/maryland-health-care/programs/mental-health-clinical-center-psychology-training-program/ for up-to-date information. 

   The University of Nevada Counseling Services is a growing university counseling center that provides individual and group psychotherapy, crisis intervention, psychological assessment, outreach including educational workshops and presentations, general consultation and sport psychology consultation, and referrals to community health care providers. These services are undertaken in accordance with the following mission – the mission of Counseling Services is to provide psychological services to University of Nevada Reno students to support and facilitate their personal and academic success and development. We provide some ACT training opportunities. 

   We are pleased to announce we are currently accepting applications for three full-time, one-year (2000 hour) positions for the 2023-2024 internship year. Our stipend is $37,000 plus benefits. All materials must be submitted for review online by December 1, 2022 at 11:59 PM, PST. This internship site agrees to abide by the APPIC policy that no person at this training facility will solicit, accept, or use any ranking-related information from any intern applicant. We will notify applicants of selection for an interview by December 16, 2022 by 5 p.m. PST. Interviews will be conducted via synchronous videoconference technology (e.g. Zoom) and will be set up and conducted in early/mid January 2023. Our APPIC code is 2382
  

   Details can be found at http://www.unr.edu/counseling/training-program/doctoral-internship. The Internship Contact is:

Jodi Thomas, PsyD
Director of Training
Associate Director
Licensed Psychologist

(This page was updated on November 3, 2022).

Place: University of Notre Dame Counseling Center
APA Accreditation: Accredited
Training Director & Lead / Director: Maureen Lafferty Ed.D., HSPP
Chief Psychologist: Susan Steibe-Pasalich Ph.D., HSPP
Positions: 3
Stipend: 45,000
Primary Agency Type: University Counseling Center
Descriptor "The internship program strives to train interns in the skills, behaviors, and attitudes of a psychologist working in the context of a university counseling center. These include: professionalism, clinical intervention, outreach and consultation, and supervision. In addition, attention to cultural diversity and evidence-based practice are integrated throughout the course of training. Interns will also develop competency in providing clinical and educational skills in a training concentration including substance abuse, eating disorders, or mind/body therapeutic approaches in the course of the internship year. The program has a dual focus on both clinical training and professional growth. It is expected that interns will make significant developmental transitions during the internship year, including consolidation of a professional identity, enhanced confidence in skills, and increased ability to function autonomously. The training program recognizes the inherent stress that accompanies these transitions. It is designed to provide activities, procedures, and opportunities that facilitate optimal professional growth while remaining sensitive to the challenges of that growth. While interns frequently seek counseling center positions as their first employment, the training at the University of Notre Dame's Counseling Center is broad enough to prepare interns well for a variety of employment settings.

"
Website: http://ucc.nd.edu/professional-training/

The VA in Ann Arbor is proud to provide ACT training in the areas of substance use disorders and primary care. We currently train students on group interventions and have ACT groups in our intensive outpatient program for substance use disorders (SUD IOP) as well as primary care mental health (PCMH). We also run ACT groups for tobacco cessation. Many of our clinicians have participated in the roll out for ACT for Depression (ACT-D) and we have a consultant for the rollout on staff. We are also dedicated to program evaluation and are currently evaluating the AAQ for substance abuse (AAQ-SA) via an IRB-approved project.

Here is the link to our training program. https://www.va.gov/ann-arbor-health-care/work-with-us/internships-and-fellowships/clinical-psychology-training-programs/

In the 2013/2014 academic year our training program consists of 4 practicum students, 12 interns, and 4 post-doctoral trainees.

The Veterans’ Affairs Hudson Valley Health Care System offers fully-accredited APA internships in Clinical and Counseling Psychology. American Psychological Association, Committee on Accreditation, Office of Program Consultation and Accreditation, 750 First St., N.E., Washington, DC 20002-4242. The website is www.apa.org, and the phone number is (202) 336-5979. Internships are full-time (2080 hours) and consist of two major rotations, of six months duration, plus supplemental rotations based on interns' training needs and areas of interest. The Hudson Valley Health Care System offers opportunities to work with a diverse patient population in a variety of clinical settings. Weekly seminars and one-to-one supervision provide specialized training in a range of assessment and treatment modalities. In addition, interns are offered support for their dissertations or other research interests, and have access to a rich array of professional education within the hospital and in the New York metropolitan area.

Details can be found in attachment.

Contact: 

Jonathan Weinstein, Ph.D.
Clinical Psychologist
Suicide Prevention Coordinator
VA Hudson Valley Health Care System

Jonathan.Weinstein@va.gov

We regret to announce that changes within our department have resulted in a cessation of recruitment for the 2023-2024 training year, and we are withdrawing our program from the APPIC Match for the 2023-2024 cycle. All of our staff remain incredibly passionate about training, and we want to offer the best program possible. We plan to re-open our recruitment for the 2024-2025 training year.

Place: VA Long Beach Healthcare System
APA Accreditation: Accredited
Training Director & Lead / Director: Leela Farina, Ph.D.
Chief Psychologist: 
Positions: 0 for 2023-2024
Stipend: 30,031
Primary Agency Type: Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Descriptor The VA Long Beach Doctoral Internship Program has been fully accredited by APA since 1980. Our primary goal is to train interns to conduct an array of psychological services in a general health care facility. Although our psychology staff provide some very specialized services, we believe that training at the predoctoral level should be broadly based rather than narrowly focused. The generalist training that we provide reflects the population of our medical center and outlying clinics. We serve primarily adult veterans and some active military service personnel, the majority of whom are male but with a higher percentage of women in younger cohorts. We've been known for our behavioral health training as well as more traditional psychological services. As with all health care systems, we have undergone a major shift from inpatient to outpatient treatment in both medical and mental health settings. We accept both clinical and counseling students and no distinction is made between them concerning the content of training experiences. We tailor our internship program to the specific needs of each intern. During orientation week, all staff psychologists present to the interns and practicum students to explain what training experiences their rotation offers. With the advisement of the Training Director interns select 4-5 rotations that blend their individual training needs and interests. Our program follows a traditional apprenticeship model where the intern works closely with her or his supervisor. The degree of responsibility and structure afforded the interns depends on their level of experience coming into each rotation. Our program also includes intern seminar, grand rounds, journal club, release time to attend any offered trainings needed for CA licensing at local sites, and other rotation-specific didactic and interdisciplinary experiences. Intern offices are located in the same area to foster close interaction.
Website: https://www.va.gov/long-beach-health-care/work-with-us/internships-and-fellowships/internship-program/

(This page was updated on November 3, 2022).

The Clinical Psychology Training Program at the Togus campus of VA Maine Healthcare System currently offers ACT training in the Pain Psychology and Geropsychology rotations.

The Chronic Pain Rehabilitation Intensive Outpatient Program (Pain IOP) within the Pain Psychology rotation is an intensive ACT training experience. In addition to interdisciplinary pain rehabilitation inclusive of pain education and mindful movement, ACT is presented to a cohort of veterans who live with chronic pain in a "workshop" format across 14 classes (groups) over five to six days. Veterans who have completed from the 1- to 2-week-long program are offered aftercare follow-up support in the form of additional groups (unlimited) or individual "coaching" sessions. This intervention is structured in an intensive outpatient program treatment model unique to pain rehabilitation (virtual programs span 6 days over two weeks, face-to-face programs follow a 5-day weeklong schedule). The program conducts 6-9 cohorts per year. ACT is also a major component of the Functional Pain School series, introduced via the ACT matrix in two of four educational sessions. The remaining weeks are for assessment, individual sessions, consultation and program development. Interns and Residents function as junior colleagues within a multidisciplinary team of pain medicine providers and rehabilitation specialists in this dynamic educational process.

Geriatric and Extended Care Psychology offers ACT for older adult veterans in our Outpatient Clinic and inpatient Community Living Center. Following important significant life events like retirement, functional impairments due to chronic illness, or end-of-life issues, older adults may experience losses and lose connection with their deeply held values in the process of trying to solve problems that are unchangeable. The goal of our ACT interventions are to reconnect veterans with their values by helping them to accept declines that are unchangeable and identify goals that are attainable in the context of values-driven behavior. Interns and Residents have opportunities to deliver ACT interventions, to provide consultation to multidisciplinary teams, and to engage in program development and evaluation. 

Place: VA Maine Healthcare System
APA Accreditation: Accredited
Training Director & Lead / Jennifer H. Breslin, Ph.D.
Chief Psychologist: 
Positions: 3
Stipend: 26,297
Primary Agency Type: Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Website: https://www.va.gov/maine-health-care/work-with-us/internships-and-fellowships/psychology-training-program/

(This page was updated November 28, 2022).

VA Palo Alto ACT Mini Rotation

We have an ACT friendly internship program here at Palo Alto VA with an opportunity to be trained in ACT, conduct individual therapy and co-lead ACT groups.

Purpose of Mini Rotation:

Many individuals suffering from mental health issues often actively work to avoid their personal experiences of emotion, thought and sensation. However, these very actions often result in loss and increased suffering. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a behaviorally based intervention designed to address avoidance of internal events and the role that language plays in human suffering. The therapy specifically uses a number of verbal, experiential and homework interventions to help patients make experiential contact with previously avoided private events (thoughts, feelings, sensations), without excessive verbal involvement and control – and to make powerful life enhancing choices. ACT is a manual-based intervention that can be applied with a number of populations. The mini-rotation provides a combination of didactic and supervised clinical experience in the use of ACT across a number of settings at the Palo Alto VA.

Structure of the Mini-Rotation:

Time Commitment: Trainees interested in the mini-rotation work at their sites providing individual and group ACT. Trainees are expected to attend a weekly, 1.5 hour group supervision and read relevant materials. As well, each participant completes an ACT project that is disseminated via the web to other ACT providers across the nation. The time commitment is approximately 4 hours per week. The trainee needs to negotiate with the supervisors of his/her major rotations for the necessary time or do this rotation as an add-on above the basic 40 hours.

If you have questions, please contact Robyn.walser@va.gov or Veronica.reis@va.gov

(This information was updated 03/13/2020).

We have an ACT friendly internship program at the Seattle VA with several supervisors and clinics involved in both ACT and Mindfulness therapies.

Opportunities to get intensive ACT exposure include work with PTSD, Substance Use Disorders, Co-Occurring Disorders, and Chronic Pain populations, serving Veterans and their families. Many of the placements in the psychology internship program are open to ACT and Mindfulness approaches as well. See our brochure for potential placements and ACT-friendly supervisors here: https://www.psychologytraining.va.gov/seattle/

Opportunities include:
• to help develop and co-lead ACT groups
• to co-lead Mindfulness groups
• to recieve individual training and supervision in ACT
• to participate in ACT didactics and group supervision, and a quarterly Mindfulness and Acceptance Journal Club
• to create or participate in ongoing acceptance and mindfulness based research projects
• guidance for further local training opportunities and links to the Washington State Chapter of ACBS

 

(This page was updated November 3, 2022).
 

Place: VA Sierra Nevada in Reno, NV
APA Accreditation: Accredited
Training Director & Lead / Director: John Wyma, Ph.D.
Chief Psychologist: 
Positions: 4
Stipend: 26,735
Primary Agency Type: Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Descriptor: The mental health staff members at the Ioannis A. Lougaris Medical Center are committed to the training of professional psychologists consistent with a scholar-practitioner training model. Within a supportive and collegial atmosphere, we seek to facilitate development of a reflective approach to practice that integrates empirical knowledge and delivery of clinical services. Interns are viewed as making the transition from the student role to the professional colleague role over the course of the training year, honing the clinical skills ultimately required for independent practice. Opportunities are offered for continued training in areas of practice that interns may already be familiar with, as well as introduction to unfamiliar treatment orientations and clinical challenges.

At the start of the training year, interns undergo several days of orientation to our department as well as 3 days of orientation to the medical center. They visit potential rotation sites and potential supervisors to compose a training experience that best fits their interests and needs. The Training Director and Training Co-Director are advocates for interns and other Psychology trainees at the facility. The Director and Co-Director meet regularly with interns to respond to their concerns.

Interns receive informal feedback from supervisors throughout the year in addition to formal evaluations at mid-rotation and at the end of each rotation. Evaluations emphasize the intern's strengths and identify areas in need of improvement. In turn, interns evaluate their supervisors and the supervision experience. Evaluations are mutually shared and discussed between intern and supervisor in an atmosphere that fosters personal and professional development. Written summaries of these evaluations are furnished to the intern and graduate institution at mid-year and at the end of the training year. It is expected that interns will differ in the extent to which they require training in the expected competencies. It is further expected that there may be instances where an intern's behaviors, attitudes, or other characteristics impact the learning process, relationships with others, and/or patient care. These issues are typically addressed in supervision, but if skill deficits are noted in any of these areas, a formal remediation plan may be established to address the deficits. If skill deficits cannot be remediated, provisional completion of the internship and/or termination from the internship will be considered.
 
Website: https://www.va.gov/sierra-nevada-health-care/work-with-us/internships-and-fellowships/psychology-internship-program/

 

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Cleveland is among the largest Medical Centers in the country and the Parma Outpatient Clinic is a brand new facility with a large mental health department.

Psychology Interns are involved with a weekly introductory transdiagnostic ACT group and also an ACT psychotherapy group for men who have experienced sexual trauma. They can employ ACT individually with a wide range of clients and have the opportunity to design and implement any specialty group intervention of interest. We also maintain a full DBT program available to Interns.

Trainees could request a full four-month clinical rotation with an experienced ACT provider with an option to continue for the full year in a Clinical Enrichement of up to eight hours weekly. Multiple ACT- and DBT-trained providers are part of the clinical milieu.

 

Place: Cleveland Ohio VAMC

APA Accreditation: Accredited
Training Director & Lead / Director: Angela Kuemmel, Ph.D., ABPP
Chief Psychologist: 
Positions: 10
Stipend: 27,402
Primary Agency Type: Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Descriptor Interns pursue a Track (Mental Health, Health Psychology, Neuropsychology, Geropsychology) through three four-month rotations and an optional 300-hour enrichment if desired. We are a large facility with medical and psychiatric in- and outpatients. We encourage ethnic minority applicants. APPLICANTS MUST SPECIFY THE ONE [AND ONLY ONE] TRACK TO WHICH THEY ARE APPLYING AND THREE SPECIFIC PREFERRED ROTATIONS IN THEIR COVER LETTER. We are interested in the career trajectories of students, including preparation for postdoctoral specialization and the future implications of training assignments made during the internship year.
Website: https://www.va.gov/northeast-ohio-health-care/work-with-us/internships-and-fellowships/psychology-residency-and-internship/

 

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Place: West Haven VA in Connecticut
APA Accreditation: Accredited
Training Director & Lead / Director: John Beauvais, Ph.D.
Chief Psychologist: 
Positions: 9
Stipend: 30,387
Primary Agency Type: Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Descriptor: VA Connecticut Healthcare System - West Haven Campus (VACHS) offers healthcare services to a diverse population of Veterans that are provided in a wide range of healthcare delivery settings. VACHS is a Yale University School of Medicine affiliated education and training institution. VACHS provides primary, secondary, and tertiary care services in multiple areas (e.g., medicine, geriatrics, neurology, surgery, and mental health) and also provides specialized services for specific clinical problems (e.g., blind rehabilitation, psychosocial rehabilitation for seriously mentally ill, geriatric rehabilitation, women’s health care, psychological and pastoral counseling, alcohol and substance abuse treatment and auditory rehabilitation). Several programs have been designated as Centers of Excellence (e.g., National Center for PTSD and the Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center). Psychology staff are directly integrated into many of these clinical settings, but also serve these populations on a consultative basis. Like many other VA settings throughout the nation, our Psychology Service has recently experienced rapid growth. In addition to expanding our expert clinical staff, VACHS hosts an impressive complement of research psychologists supported through VA and other funding sources. Many of these research psychologists serve as clinical and/or research mentors for psychology trainees at VACHS. The credentials of psychologists at VACHS are exceptional and diverse. The majority of psychologists at VACHS hold academic appointments at Yale University and regularly contribute to peer-reviewed scholarly publications. The Psychology Training Program maintains full APA-accreditation and APPIC membership. Three internship tracks are available to graduate students depending on their interests and level of training; General Mental Health - PTSD and Complex Outpatient Mental Health (COMH) tracks, General Mental Health - Addictions track, General Mental Health - SMI track, Clinical Health Psychology, and Clinical Neuropsychology. In addition, we have multiple post-doctoral training programs that many interns consider when making decisions about their advanced training (http://www.psychologytraining.va.gov/westhaven/) . In most training years, several students are also offered training at the practicum level, and these opportunities often fall within the Clinical Health Psychology and Clinical Neuropsychology rotations.
Website: https://www.va.gov/connecticut-health-care/work-with-us/internships-and-fellowships/

 

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Place: West Virginia University
APA Accreditation: Accredited
Training Director & Lead / Director: Jeneice Shaw, Ph.D.
Center Director: T. Anne Hawkins, Ph.D.
Positions: 3
Stipend: 40,100
Primary Agency Type: University Counseling Center
Descriptor "CCPPS is a dynamic and integrated multidisciplinary agency which serves as the primary mental health service on campus. CCPPS is staffed by a team of psychologists, psychiatrists, clinical social workers, licensed professional counselors, and registered nurses. doctoral interns are afforded the opportunity to interact and collaborate with mental health professionals from a variety of disciplines, providing them with rich and diverse experiences.
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Website: https://carruth.wvu.edu/practicum-training/health-service-psychology-internship

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