Internship Admissions, Support, & Initial Placement Data

Applicants must be:

1. Doctoral students in APA, CPA, or PCSAS-accredited Clinical or Counseling Psychology programs are eligible to apply.
2. All coursework required for the doctoral degree must be completed prior to the start of the internship year, as well as any qualifying, comprehensive, or preliminary doctoral examinations.
3. We prefer candidates whose doctoral dissertations will be completed, or at least well under way, before the internship. However, because internship is part of the doctoral training requirement, interns must not be granted their degree by their academic institution prior to successful completion of the internship year.

The University of Washington’s Psychology Internship Program is an equal opportunity training program. Our program welcomes and strongly encourages applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of gender, age, racial, ethnic, sexual orientation, disability, or other minority status.

Preferences:

1. Our training program foundation is based on the scientist-practitioner model and the majority of applicants come from Clinical PhD programs. Our selection process is weighted toward applicants showing promise of future academic and/or clinical research careers, applicants from programs that are primarily geared toward training practitioners are less competitive. We recognize, however, that there are applicants from PsyD programs with research experiences that have may make them competitive applicant, thus, if this describes your PsyD program, we encourage you to apply or contact the track coordinators for further information.
2. Successful applicants will generally have accrued about 1000 hours (grand total) of practicum experience. The 1000 hours includes support hours, intervention, assessment, and supervision hours. It is not a strict cutoff but rather an overall guideline. We look at a balance of direct patient contact, supervision and other activities.

Because of this program’s diversity and its geographic dispersion, it is best suited for individuals who are well organized, self-reliant, and adaptable.