Page Menu

Psychology Internship

To apply, complete online application at www.appic.org

Psychology Internship Brochure (opens pdf for printing)

Doctoral Internship in Clinical Psychology

Deadline for submitting an internship application:
Sunday, November 1, 2020

Internship Admissions, Support, and Initial Placement Data

Date Program Tables are updated: 9/1/2020

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:

Applicants must be in good standing in a doctoral program in psychology in an accredited educational institution and must have completed at least two years of graduate study prior to the internship year. Applicants must have completed appropriate practica and be approved by their Director of Training as prepared for internship. Preference will be given to students from clinical psychology programs accredited by the American Psychological Association.

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:
Total Direct Contact Intervention Hours	N	Y	Amount: N/A
Total Direct Contact Assessment Hours	N	Y	Amount: 50

Describe any other required minimum criteria used to screen applicants:

One factor to which we pay close attention is whether the training experiences that we provide are consistent with the needs and interests of the candidate, insofar as those needs and interests are expressed in the application. We especially welcome applications from minority group members. While the law of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts expressly prohibits asking for such information, those candidates who wish to provide this information will enable us to be consistent with valuable affirmative action policies.

Financial and Other Benefit Support for Upcoming Training Year*

Annual Stipend/Salary for Full-time Interns	31,200
Annual Stipend/Salary for Half-time Interns	N/A
Program provides access to medical insurance for intern?	Yes	No
If access to medical insurance is provided:
Trainee contribution to cost required?	Yes	No
Coverage of family member(s) available?	Yes	No
Coverage of legally married partner available?	Yes	No
Coverage of domestic partner available?	Yes	No
Hours of Annual Paid Personal Time Off (PTO and/or Vacation)	104 hours
Hours of Annual Paid Sick Leave	0 hours
In the event of medical conditions and/or family needs that require extended leave, does the program allow reasonable unpaid leave to interns/residents in excess of personal time off and sick leave?	Yes
Other Benefits: Paid state and federal holidays.

*Note. Programs are not required by the Commission on Accreditation to provide all benefits listed in this table

Initial Post-Internship Positions
(Provide an Aggregated Tally for the Preceding 3 Cohorts)

	2016-2019
Total # of interns who were in the 3 cohorts	11
Total # of interns who did not seek employment because they returned to their doctoral program/are completing doctoral degree.	0
PD Post-doctoral residency position EP Employed position	PD	EP
Community mental health center	1	0
Federally qualified health center	0	0
Independent primary care facility/clinic	0	0
University counseling center	0	0
Veterans Affairs medical center	0	0
Military health center	0	0
Academic Health Center	6	0
Other medical center or hospital	0	0
Psychiatric hospital	1	0
Academic university/department	0	0
Community college or other teaching setting	0	0
Independent research institution	0	0
Correctional facility	1	0
School district/system	0	0
Independent practice setting	2	0
Not currently employed	0	0
Changed to another field	0	0
Other	0	0
Unknown	0	0

Admission Policy

Interview Process

The interview dates for recruiting Intern applicants are to be determined. Interviews will be virtual and will take place on one of four dates in December 2020 and January 2021.

Overview

Structure of the Internship

Faculty and Staff

The University of Massachusetts Medical School and Worcester Recovery Center and Hospital offer a doctoral internship in psychology. The program is accredited by the American Psychological Association. It is one of the oldest continuously offered internships in psychology in the country.

The program offers three full-time funded internship positions that carry a stipend of $31,200 per year, subject to availability of funds. The program is a member of the Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers and subscribes to its uniform notification procedures.

There are several requirements and guiding principles we follow in this selection process:

We do not publish any minimum number of intervention hours but seek interns with at least 50 hours of assessment. We carefully review each application to see the “goodness of fit”, i.e., the match of your stated training goals and experience with what our internship has to offer. Your application essay should clearly describe your training goals, state your track preference (general or forensic), and identify the potential rotations you are considering to reach those goals. We do look closely at the breadth of practicum experiences an applicant has and how their doctoral training has prepared them to be trained at an intermediate to advanced level. We review the applicant’s coursework to see if the academic preparation is consistent with the type of training activities the intern will pursue.

The contact information for the Commission on Accreditation of the American Psychological Association is:

Office of Program Consultation and Accreditation
American Psychological Association
750 First Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002-4242
(202) 336-5979
apaaccred@apa.org

Requests for printed brochures should be emailed to:

John P. Terry, Ph.D.
Director of Psychology Intern Training
John.Terry@umassmemorial.org