Internship in Professional Psychology |
REQUIREMENTS FOR APPLICANTS
The following are the minimum requirements an applicant must fulfill to be
considered for an internship in the Consortium:
- The applicant must be actively enrolled in an academic program leading to a doctoral degree in professional psychology or have completed a doctoral degree in a non-professional field of psychology and be certified by an appropriate official as being enrolled in an organized respecialization program requiring the completion of the equivalent of pre-internship training in professional psychology.
- If in the United States, the academic program must be housed in a regionally accredited, degree-granting institution. If in Canada, the institution must be publicly recognized as a member in good standing by the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada.
- The applicant must have completed at least three years of graduate academic work in a program meeting the requirements described above.
- The applicant must have a minimum of 550 Total Intervention and Assessment Hours as defined by the AAPI. This training must be of such a nature and amount as to provide the applicant with the experience needed to have a reasonable opportunity to succeed in the Consortium placement for which the applicant is being considered.
- The applicant must be certified by the program’s Director of Clinical Training as being ready for internship.
- American citizenship and an APA accredited graduate program are required for a primary placement in the VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System. These are nationwide VA requirements. Neither of these factors is a necessary requirement for the Consortium’s other primary placements.