This page is is in the process of being revised. Check back closer to the end of July 2025 for an updated description of our current internship program.

The UW Counseling Center offers a Doctoral Internship in Health Psychology. Here you will find information pertaining to this opportunity. Please note this opportunity is specific to doctoral level candidates. The internship matching program code is 162011.

Doctoral internship program overview

We are pleased that you have chosen to review our website describing our APA-Accredited Doctoral Internship Program in Health Service Psychology at the University of Washington Counseling Center. Our internship is a full year starting on August 16^th and concluding on August 15^th of the following year. Intern stipends are budgeted at $50,000 for 12 months. We hope that the following pages are useful to you in your search for the right fit for your interests and needs when selecting an internship. We have also included the Intern Handbook to provide any additional information you may need.

We are very excited about our training program, and continue to develop and grow. Interns who enter our internship program are exposed to a wide range of possibilities with the goal of furthering each intern’s professional growth. Interns are involved in individual therapy, group therapy, consultation, crisis work, outreach and workshop presentations, career counseling and therapeutic psychological assessment.

We are delighted to announce that our doctoral internship program received accreditation by the American Psychological Association on November 18, 2011. We are also members of the Association of Counseling Center Training Agencies (ACCTA) and the Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers (APPIC), and participate in the APPIC Match process for our internship.

We expect that you will find the information you need to create thoughtful deliberation about our internship within this website. However, if you have any questions about our internship training program, please don’t hesitate to contact us by telephone at 206.543.1240 or e-mail us at counsels@uw.edu (e-mail is preferred). We will be happy to discuss our internship training program with you!

We are aware that the internship application process is a stressful endeavor for intern applicants. We want to wish you the best in reviewing, researching, writing, and submitting your application. We hope that you give our site careful consideration when deciding where you might apply–and later in the process–where you might choose to go for your doctoral internship. We welcome your application.

Regards,

UW Counseling Center Training Team

Mission Statement:

The University of Washington Counseling Center, acting in support of the academic and student development missions of the University of Washington and the Division of Student Life, provides a safer environment to help students explore the challenges of life and learning through counseling, outreach, preventive programming, advocacy, and consultation. The Counseling Center strives to create a diverse, inclusive, and multicultural learning community. As both a service and training site, the staff is committed to excellence within the college mental health profession. The staff at the Counseling Center affirm the right of all students to receive services that are welcoming, respectful, and culturally competent. Therefore, staff are steadfast in the goal of meeting the needs of a variety of people, including but not limited to, students of diverse racial, ethnic and national backgrounds, sexual/affectional orientations, gender identities, physical and mental abilities, languages, ages, religious/spiritual beliefs, and socioeconomic backgrounds.

Clientele served

Students representing a wide range of cultural and ethnic backgrounds are seen at the Center. Many of the students present with a variety of symptoms and experiences including affective issues, relationship problems, eating disorders, substance misuse, and some with more long-standing psychological disturbances. Additionally, many students seeking services at the Counseling Center present with developmental problems typical of a college student population.

The University and surrounding environment

The University of Washington opened in 1861, on a ten acre tract of hilly wilderness that is now in the heart of downtown Seattle. In 1895, classes began at the present campus, beside Lake Washington, Portage Bay, and Lake Union. Today the campus includes many beautiful buildings and gardens, and the institution enjoys an international reputation for its research, graduate programs, and medical school. The UW enrolls approximately 47,000 students, of whom about one-third were graduate and professional students. Many of these students commute to the University daily and represent a culturally and ethnically diverse student population.

Surrounded by national parks, forests, and mountains, the greater Seattle area offers its two million residents the cultural and economic diversity of a major city amidst abundant recreation opportunities, and a mild climate in which to enjoy it all.

Training Philosophy

The doctoral internship program’s aim is to prepare, train and develop interculturally responsive and multiculturally competent early-career/entry-level psychologists in health service psychology skilled in profession-wide competencies to serve a diverse public (especially within a university/college setting). The doctoral internship program at the Counseling Center of the University of Washington wants to support and train psychology doctoral interns’/students’ transition into competent, ethical, independently functioning psychologists who will contribute to the welfare of society and to the profession. The professional training model and educational philosophy of the internship program is to provide training grounded in the profession-wide competencies and the scientific principles of the profession, with an emphasis in the area of applied practice in counseling centers. The training staff is committed to providing flexible, challenging, supportive, developmentally-appropriate and respectful supervision and mentorship. UWCC has a developmental training model that encourages trainees to engage in graduated “learning by doing” that is enhanced and deepened with seminars and consultations.

Upon completion of the internship, the developing professional should have sufficient experience in a university counseling center and general psychotherapeutic practices to confidently and competently carry out the responsibilities of an entry level health service psychologist in a variety of settings. Our training is focused on the following APA designated profession-wide competencies:

Research
Ethical and Legal Standards
Individual and Cultural Diversity
Professional Values, Attitudes, and Behaviors
Communication and Interpersonal Skills
Assessment
Intervention
Supervision
Consultation and Interprofessional/Interdisciplinary Skills

The primary focus of the internship training is to assist interns in expanding their knowledge and increasing their expertise in counseling with a diverse student population. The training program is committed to providing interns with training in diversity. This training encompasses increasing awareness of different identities (e.g. sexual/affectional orientation, physical challenge, nontraditional student age, etc.).

The program is dedicated to the enhancement of the ethical and professional development of interns. Interns are encouraged to make professional contributions in staff case conferences, seminars, and outreach presentations.

In accordance with the premise that individual change occurs within the context of significant human interaction, the supervisor-intern relationship is intended to be an important and necessary ingredient for the development of professional competence. Therefore, interns are provided with in-depth supervision.

Student Disclosure of Personal Information: We concur with and affirm the principles set forth in the 2003 APA Ethical Guidelines related to student disclosure of personal information (Ethical Standard 7.04). However, we also acknowledge that personal history/experiences, values, and beliefs may affect professional activities. Interns are encouraged to share such information in supervision, consultation, or other activities in which the intern feels that such information may be useful to help them understand their own functioning as a professional. In order to encourage professional development, supervisors or others may ask interns to reflect upon their experiences, values, and/or beliefs if they notice professional behaviors that may indicate personal history affecting professional performance. Nevertheless, interns may always choose what to disclose and how much to disclose, and will not be penalized for this choice. We assert that supervision is not therapy, and again stress that disclosure of personal information remains the choice of the trainee.

Intern Orientation

During the first six weeks, all interns are introduced to the primary activities of the Counseling Center.

Goals of orientation:

To introduce interns to the training staff and to interact individually with each staff member;
To give interns important information regarding Counseling Center operations, policies and procedures, and to ensure that interns understand their rights and responsibilities as doctoral interns at our site;
To meet with members of various departments within the Division of Student Life as a way of learning more about the overall context within which the Counseling Center operates;
To allow time to set up offices;
To provide an opportunity for interns to get to know each other and the training director;
To allow time for interns to assess their professional growth needs and determine learning goals to be achieved.

During orientation, interns also begin to be involved in didactic and experiential seminars to prepare them to work with clients at our Counseling Center. Interns also begin to provide initial consultations after initial clinical training and may begin to see a few clients during orientation.

Training Activities

Individual supervision

Supervision is a central component of the training program, and licensed psychologists conduct individual primary supervision of interns on a regularly scheduled basis.
Each intern may have at least two primary supervisors during the year, with primary supervisors changing at the conclusion of January. Formal primary supervision time is scheduled for two hours per week.
Interns also choose an emphasis area supervisor; this supervision time is generally formatted around a specialization or focus, depending upon intern and staff interest, and interns meet with their emphasis area supervisors for one hour per week.
Unscheduled supervision/consultation is always available to interns as well as staff members.

Group Supervision/Clinical Teams (prep/case conceptualization)

Interns receive one hour per week to prepare for supervision by reviewing electronically recorded counseling sessions or doing other related activities.
This time is used to organize cases for discussion with the primary supervisor, within group supervision or with clinical team.
Interns are actively involved in weekly, 1.5 hours of group supervision or clinical team as this meeting serves as group supervision for interns during the second half of the year.
The team lead, a licensed psychologist, will collect evaluative feedback from the other clinical team members and complete the Case Presentation and Group Supervision evaluation for the second half of the year. For the first half of the year, interns participate in group supervision with a licensed psychologist who will also provide evaluation.
As part of their training, interns prepare and present two of their cases in a more structured format during the training year, with the first occurring within group supervision and the other occurring in clinical teams. .

Therapeutic psychological assessment

Training in the Therapeutic Assessment (TA) model will be composed of didactic and experiential sections focused on learning how to apply the TA model to the use of the CCAPS.
In an initial didactic training during intern orientation, interns will independently view a 60-minute training video about the CCAPS and read two articles about the CCAPS and TA model.
They will then attend a 1 hour didactic seminar in which they are introduced to the TA model, learn further information about the CCAPS, and complete role-plays of providing CCAPS data to clients within the TA model.
The APA Ethics standards for testing will also be reviewed and discussed, including how they pertain to use of the CCAPS at the Counseling Center. During fall quarter, intern supervisors will review video of interns discussing CCAPS data with two of their clients using the TA model, and supervisors will provide feedback to the interns about their implementation of the TA model.

Intern check-in with T.D. and intern cohort meetings

Interns meet with the Training Director for one hour on an every-other-week basis.
Interns are encouraged to discuss all aspects of their internship during these meetings.
The Training Director responds to these issues and works to resolve problems if and/or when they arise.
During the weeks they are not scheduled to meet with the Training Director, interns are expected to meet in a non-facilitated cohort group meeting to enhance their collaboration during the internship. They may use this time for consultation around professional development issues, to discuss cases, or for group self-care.

Dissertation and research exploration and support and post-doc support

In a post-doc seminar that occurs every-other-week, interns meet with a staff member to discuss post-doc and licensure processes. Interns receive support, practical information, and a space to ask questions.
Interns meet with a staff member on an every-other-week basis to discuss and process their dissertation and/or other research interests. The staff member collaboratively assists in the planning process for accomplishment of research and/or dissertation goals.
Interns present their dissertation research to the Counseling Center staff usually during summer quarter.

Professional development

Interns may participate in one of our professional committees at the Center (i.e. Training Committee, Clinical Services Committee, etc.). Membership on these committees provides interns with the opportunity to participate in decision-making processes as well as offer feedback on the general operations of the Counseling Center.

Intern Seminar Series

These didactic and experiential training experiences provide a forum for the training staff and other professionals to present topics on mental health issues and professional development. Some of these training experiences occur in module formats over a period of several weeks that provide the opportunity for a more in-depth exploration of the topics under discussion. Others occur once on a specific topic. The seminar series also focuses on a variety of specific clinically, culturally and professionally relevant topics. A special emphasis is placed on providing psychological services to individuals from different cultures, gender, and perspectives. Some of the topics for this seminar are generated by the needs and interests of the intern group and may include one or two presentations on such topics as: substance misuse issues, disordered eating, sexual abuse survivors, and working with gender issues in treatment.

Multicultural/diversity and social justice seminar

This seminar meets every week for one hour for the first three quarters of the academic year and then transitions to multicultural case conference. The seminar series focuses on a variety of specific culturally, clinically and professionally relevant topics. A special emphasis is placed on providing psychological services to clients with culturally diverse backgrounds. Interns are expected to be self-reflective and focused on greater multicultural competency and intercultural humility.

Professional ethics/legal issues seminar

This seminar offers a review of APA Code of Ethics and Washington State Law relevant to providing psychological services. Professional, ethical and legal issues are also discussed in supervision throughout the internship year.

Supervision seminar

The objective of this seminar is to present information about training and supervision models, as well as both content and process in supervision. Interns will have the opportunity to supervise a peer intern on one case in the summer and will be evaluated on their ability to apply the knowledge and skills they learned.

Suicide seminar

Interns meet for the Suicide seminar to discuss and process the experience of working with suicidal clients beyond assessment.

Direct Service

Direct service activities include individual and group counseling, group supervision and clinical team, outreach, consultation, Counselor-on-Duty crisis services, all equity and diversity meetings, trainings and workshops, and case management.

Intern time allocations

*These numbers are based upon the average of time spent in each activity over four quarters and are subject to change.

Direct Service	*Average Hours Per Week	Average Percent of Time
Individual/Couple Therapy	16	40.0
Initial Consultations	3.0	10.0
Group Counseling (if no group, add 2 hours to individual counseling)	2.0	5.0
Consultation to University (as needed)	0.5	1.0
Workshops and Outreach	1.0	2.5
TOTAL DIRECT SERVICE AVERAGE	22.5	56.0
Training Activities	*Average Hours Per Week	Average Percent of Time
Individual Supervision (primary and emphasis area)	3.0	7.5
Supervision Preparation	1.0	2.5
Group Supervision/Clinical Teams	1.5	4.0
Supervision of Group Counseling (with Group Co-Facilitator)	0.5	1.0
Case Presentation (two per year)	0.5	1.0
Intern Seminars	2.0	5.0
Therapeutic Assessment	0.5	1.0
Meeting with Training Director or Intern Cohort Meeting	1.0	2.5
Professional Development	See category of Professional Development
TOTAL TRAINING ACTIVITIES AVERAGE	10.0	25.0

Administrative Activities	*Average Hours Per Week	Average Percent of Time
Staff Meetings	1.0	2.5
Committee Meetings	1.0	2.5
Intern Selection	0.5	1.0
Case Management/Recordkeeping	4.0	10.0
TOTAL ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIVITIES AVERAGE	6.5	16.0
Professional Development Activities	*Average Hours Per Week	Average Percent of Time
Professional Development Activities	1.0	2.5
TOTAL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES AVERAGE	1.0	2.5
TOTAL FOR ALL INTERN ACTIVITIES	40.0	99.5
*These numbers are averages; therefore they will not always add up to exactly 40 hours per week or 100%. In addition, interns accrue professional development time up to 4 hours per week for all other professional development activities.

Counseling Center Staff

Counseling Center Staff

Counseling Center staff is comprised of support staff (responsible for daily operations and managing front desk reception and other duties accordingly), doctoral interns, psychiatric care staff, clinical training staff, liaison counselors who are also clinical training staff (counselors that have partnerships with other departments or schools and provide them with direct clinical services) and the Leadership Team (please see below).

Leadership Team

The Counseling Center Leadership Team consists of the Director (Natacha Foo Kune), the Associate Director (Linda Anderson), and the Assistant Directors (Hsuan Hsuan Dai). The leadership team members oversee the administrative, clinical, training, and overall general operations of the Counseling Center. Members of the leadership team are also members of the training staff, and clinicians who are available for consultations as well as other clinically or training relevant needs. Kevin Springer, our Program Coordinator, is also available for all non-clinical consultations.

Doctoral Psychology Interns 2023-2024

Yiyu Cheng, M.S. (she/her) Loyola University Chicago
Vanessa Prosper, M.S. (she/her) Wright State University

Herleena K. Verraich, M.S. (she/her/hers) The Chicago School

Intern Applicant FAQ

What is the developmental model?

The doctoral internship training program at UWCC is based on a developmental model of training. The professional training model and educational philosophy of the internship program is to provide training grounded in the core competencies and the scientific principles of the profession, with an emphasis in the area of applied practice. The internship training program has, at its foundation, a belief that trainees learn best in a supportive, challenging, experiential, and didactic training environment in which the relationship between the trainees and the trainers is paramount. Training staff affirm that trainees are engaged in a developmental process, and offer a variety of graduated and sequential training experiences including strong supervisory and mentoring relationships. Our objective is to support and train psychology doctoral students’ transition into competent, ethical, independently functioning psychologists who will contribute to the welfare of society and to the profession. The developmental training model encourages trainees to engage in graduated “learning by doing” that is enhanced and deepened with seminars and consultations.

What is the culture like at UWCC?

Prior interns have described the culture at UWCC to be busy, supportive, challenging and fun. UWCC is a fast-paced counseling center that serves many students daily. Whereas training staff understand and acknowledge the embedded hierarchy in a training program, interns have reported that the culture still felt collegial and collaborative, with the environment being team-oriented, consultative and friendly.

What is an emphasis area?

An emphasis area can be either a type of service or a particular clinical issue that you want to gain greater expertise with. Emphasis areas can be either half-year or full-year, depending on the topic. Each intern is able to choose one of the emphasis areas that are offered by staff and will meet with his/her emphasis area supervisor weekly. Emphasis area tasks can range from facilitating a group, to working with a particular committee on campus, to learning a new therapeutic technique. Typically, emphasis areas that are offered are training and supervision at a university counseling center, trauma, mindfulness, couples therapy, and multi-cultural issues. Staff availability, intern interests, and the needs of the center are determinants in which areas of emphasis are offered.

Generally speaking, what have former interns said about their experiences at UWCC?

We highly recommend that applicants contact current interns to gain perspectives on what training here can be like. We think it is best for all parties when interns are able to have fuller knowledge about what we offer and which areas of training are more limited. Our staff recognize that internship is the capstone of your doctoral-level education, and interns should expect to feel supported as a trainee. UWCC is a busy and rigorous environment. Each intern who comes to our internship site will have specific skills and experiences that will both benefit the clinical team as well as the University community. Interns have noted that the feedback they offer the team about their experiences is taken seriously and held with integrity. Many interns also have said they feel integrated as part of the UWCC team.

What characteristics would be best for an UWCC intern to have?

Interns that report having a successful and beneficial year at UWCC usually have 1) self-awareness to accurately assess both strengths and areas of growth and utilize this knowledge to be able to sculpt their training experiences and needs; 2) the ability to balance being a trainee and a professional—able to learn, ask questions, seek guidance, and absorb the information being provided while also developing confidence in their skills and strengths and abilities to contribute to the mission of the UWCC; 3) time management and the ability to handle a busy and rigorous year of training; 4) interest in the training provided by the UWCC and the role and duties of a health service psychologist; and 5) self-care coping strategies. Please note that this is not an all-inclusive list!

How is self-care for interns supported?

There are several ways that an internship at UWCC will offer self-care activities. First, as an intern you are offered the excellent health benefits that permanent staff are offered. Secondly, interns are also eligible for University holidays and personal holidays, as well as sick time and annual leave. The UWCC is a center that also likes to have fun, and there is a Celebrations Committee that manages the many annual events we offer throughout the year (i.e. annual picnic, quarterly games night, etc.). For instance, interns are invited to participate in our birthday buddy system in which a staff member volunteers to help celebrate your birthday.

Is it true that it rains all the time in Seattle?

Actually, a lot of Seattle residents are drawn to the area because of the weather. It does rain frequently, especially during the late fall and winter months. However, the rain tends to be lighter and does not usually accumulate. The rain equates to an overall cooler temperature as well as a lush landscape. A lot of our interns appreciate living in Seattle because of the environmental beauty of the Northwest. We are surrounded by gorgeous mountains and near Puget Sound. Seattle also has major lakes (Lake Washington, Lake Union, and Green Lake) where boating, swimming, and walking trails are available. Seattle is also known for its coffee roasting, craft beer industry, and music scene, and there are endless affordable activities to do in the city. Seattle also has an extensive bus system as well as bicycle lanes within the streets, so many residents are able to live here without a car.

Admissions, support, and initial placement data

Our National Computer Match Program Code number is 162011

Admissions

While the primary function of the Counseling Center is to provide counseling services to students of the University of Washington, the Counseling Center maintains a strong commitment to facilitating each intern’s transition from trainee to professional psychologist. Thus, we are looking for people who are flexible and interested in learning, but who also have the training, experience, interpersonal skills, counseling skills, and maturity to offer quality services under the supervision of our professional staff. Specifically, we require the following:

Candidates must be from APA or CPA accredited programs in psychology.
Candidates must have majored in counseling or clinical psychology, and must have completed all required courses for the doctorate (at least three years of graduate study)
Candidates must have provided a minimum of 500 hours of direct contact experience to clients accrued before the application deadline of November 1st. There is no minimum for assessment hours.
Candidates must have passed their doctoral qualifying examinations by the application deadline of November 1st and be certified by their academic director of training as ready for the internship experience.
Candidates must have had their dissertation proposal approved by the application deadline of November 1st.
It is not a requirement that candidates must have defended their dissertations by our application deadline, but there is a strong preference that applicants will have completed their dissertations before the start of internship. The doctoral internship is an intensive learning experience and interns are more able to focus on the internship if the work on their dissertations is completed as they will likely have more energy and time for self-care.
Interns at the University of Washington Counseling Center receive ongoing evaluative feedback from supervisors throughout the training year. These evaluations are quite comprehensive in nature, are based on our program’s training model, philosophy, goals and objectives, and the profession-wide competencies and benchmarks established by our profession. Some doctoral programs require their students to have additional training contracts and/or evaluations completed by their internship programs. The University of Washington Counseling Center internship does not enter into training contracts with academic training programs, and the UWCC supervisors do not complete evaluations on interns developed by academic training programs. Your program may choose to use the data from the University of Washington Counseling Center’s evaluations to complete their own forms. You are strongly encouraged to consult with your Director of Clinical Training or the University of Washington Counseling Center Training Director if you have questions about this policy.
Candidates should be prepared to work with clients with various presenting issues/concerns and intersecting identities. As a staff, we are deeply committed to developing our own multicultural competencies as well as promoting social justice and cultural humility for ourselves and those of our doctoral psychology interns. An understanding of the impact of culture is integrated into every aspect of the work we do in direct services, training, scholarly activity and research. We define culture and diversity broadly, allowing our definition to encompass racial and ethnic differences, gender and gender identity, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, nationality, acculturation, religious affiliation, ability status and so forth. Comprehensive understanding of the impact of culture is seen by our staff as an integral ingredient of competent psychological practice. We ascribe to APA’s position statement “Preparing Professional Psychologists to Serve a Diverse Public: A Core Requirement in Doctoral Education and Training” which can be found at http://www.apa.org/pi/lgbt/resources/policy/diversity-preparation.aspx. We train interns to be well-rounded professional psychologists with the profession-wide competencies to serve clients representing different forms of diversity. In providing this training, we commit ourselves to creating a supportive training environment that allows for self-exploration and the development of cognitive flexibility. All of our doctoral psychology interns are required to engage in learning about the range of multicultural competencies, oppression and privilege and interns must demonstrate willingness to serve people who represent the full range of intersecting identities. Refusal to engage in these efforts or meet the required competency level for interns may result in remediation and/or dismissal from the program.

Selection process

Online application materials are screened by an intern selection committee. Applicants are rated by this committee based on their online materials. Applicants whose training, experience and professional goals most closely parallel the training opportunities available at the UW Counseling Center will be invited to participate in a Zoom or telephone interview. The training program at the UW Counseling Center adheres to the Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers’ (APPIC) guidelines regarding offers and acceptances. Our Center participates in the APPIC Matching Program for Psychology Internship Positions. For additional information regarding the APPIC Internship Matching Program, you may contact www.natmatch.com/psychint.

If you are matched with our site, the University will conduct a national criminal conviction background check at no cost to you. You will complete a self-disclosure questionnaire that will be submitted to UW Human Resources. While hiring is contingent upon successful completion of a background check, a criminal conviction is not an automatic bar to being hired at the Counseling Center. Eligibility for hiring will be determined by the Counseling Center administration in consultation with UW Human Resources. Applicants who match to our program but do not successfully pass this background check will not be hired as doctoral psychology interns (see APPIC Match Policy 6b). See RCW 43.43.830 for relevant Washington state regulatory guidelines/definitions.

Application procedures

Applications reviewed will include the following:

AAPI Online* (Application for Psychology Internship) with the following elements attached:
- Cover letter describing how you would be a good fit. Please be specific about your goals for internship and how our particular program will help you meet these goals
- Curriculum vitae
- All graduate transcripts
- Three letters of recommendation: at least two of which must be from clinical supervisors, and at least one supervisor must have viewed the applicant’s counseling either live or by electronic video recordings.

*Our site requires the AAPI Online, which may be accessed at www.appic.org.

**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.

*** All materials MUST be available for review online by NOVEMBER 1, 2023 by 11:59 p.m. Pacific Standard Time*** We encourage applicants to apply ahead of the deadline as we rarely accept late applications.

Financial and other benefit support for the upcoming training year

Annual stipend/salary for full-time interns: $50,000
Annual stipend/salary for part-time interns: N/A
Program provides access to medical insurance: Yes
Trainee contribution to cost required: No
Coverage for family member(s) available: Yes
Coverage for legally married partner available: Yes
Coverage for domestic partner available: Yes

Hours of vacation time off & personal holidays: 184*
Hours of sick time off: 80*

*All time off needs to be approved by the TD and it is strongly encouraged that interns allocate of week of vacation time off for the last week of internship. Please be mindful of the 2000 hour requirement when requesting time off (see leave policies).

In the event of medical conditions and/or family needs that require extended leave, the program allows reasonable unpaid leave to interns in excess of vacation and sick time off. This happens with negation with UW’s Human Resources and the TD.

Other benefits (some are optional):

Dental and vision insurance
Life insurance
Short-term and/or long-term disability insurance
10 paid state holidays
Access and use of library and library resources, recreational facilities and a discounted public transportation pass (called the U-PASS)

Internship Admissions, Support, and Initial Placement Data
Date Program Tables are updated: October 2023

Program Disclosures
Does the program or institution require students, trainees, and/or staff (faculty) to comply with specific policies or practices related to the institution’s affiliation or purpose? Such policies or practices may include, but are not limited to, admissions, hiring, retention policies, and/or requirements for completion that express mission and values?							____Yes__X__No
If yes, provide website link (or content from brochure) where this specific information is presented:
N/A

Internship Program Admissions

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:

Must be currently enrolled in a counseling or clinical program.Must have proposed and passed dissertation proposal before November 1^st application deadline.Must have completed/passed oral/qualifying/comprehensive exams by November 1^st application deadline.Must have a minimum of 500 intervention hours by November 1^st application deadline.Must have experience providing counseling/psychotherapy and have appropriate supervision, especially one-on-one with a psychologist (at least 75 hours).Must be from an APA-accredited program.All probations and criminal activity will be reviewed by TD but are not automatically culled out.Must have UCC experience.Must have seen at least 20 individual clients.

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: at least 1,000

Total Direct Contact Intervention Hours

Yes

Amount: 500

Total Direct Contact Assessment Hours

Yes

Amount: no minimum

Describe any other required minimum criteria used to screen applicants:

N/A

Financial and Other Benefit Support for Upcoming Training Year*
Annual Stipend/Salary for Full-time Interns	$50, 000
Annual Stipend/Salary for Half-time Interns	N/A
Program provides access to medical insurance for intern?	Yes X	No
If access to medical insurance is provided:
Trainee contribution to cost required?	Yes X	No
Coverage of family member(s) available?	Yes X	No
Coverage of legally married partner available?	Yes X	No
Coverage of domestic partner available?	Yes X	No
Hours of Annual Paid Personal Time Off (PTO and/or Vacation)	184
Hours of Annual Paid Sick Leave	80
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 X	No
Other Benefits (please describe):

Initial Post-Internship Positions
(Provide an Aggregated Tally for the Preceding 3 Cohorts)
	2022-2020
Total # of interns who were in the 3 cohorts	9
Total # of interns who did not seek employment because they returned to their doctoral program/are completing doctoral degree
	PD	EP
Academic teaching		1
Community mental health center
Consortium
University Counseling Center	2
Hospital/Medical Center		2
Veterans Affairs Health Care System
Psychiatric facility
Correctional facility
Health maintenance organization
School district/system
Independent practice setting	1	3
Other
Note: “PD” = Post-doctoral residency position; “EP” = Employed Position. Each individual represented in this table should be counted only one time. For former trainees working in more than one setting, select the setting that represents their primary position.

Equal opportunity and disability accommodation

The University of Washington reaffirms its policy of equal opportunity regardless of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, or status as a disabled veteran or Vietnam era veteran in accordance with University policy and applicable federal and state statutes and regulations.

The University of Washington is committed to providing access and reasonable accommodation in its services, programs, activities, education and employment for individuals with disabilities.

To request disability accommodation in the application process, contact the Disability Services Office at least ten days in advance at:

206-543-6450/Voice
206-543-6452/TTY
206-685-7264 (FAX)
dso@uw.edu

APPIC Match Dates

SCHEDULE OF DATES FOR THE 2025 APPIC MATCHUpdated July 31, 2024

JULY 2024

Internship Site Registration: Registration emails for participation in the Match are sent to Training Directors, who must complete the online registration process using the NMS Match System.

Applicant Registration: Beginning in July, applicants can register for the APPIC Match via the Match website at natmatch.com/psychint. Prior to registering, applicants should review the information in the Applicant Registration section of the Match website. Applicants are required to provide their Match Code Number on their AAPI applications, therefore applicants must register for the Match before submitting applications to internship programs.

Applicants must apply to internship programs using the AAPI application service. Application deadlines for training sites vary and may be found in the APPIC Directory.

OCTOBER 1, 2024

By this date, a list of internship programs participating in the Match is available on the Match website at natmatch.com/psychint.

DECEMBER 31, 2024

For applicants registering for the Match after this date, the applicant’s Director of Clinical Training must provide explicit authorization to NMS before the registration can be completed.

MONDAY, JANUARY 20, 2025

Phase I Rankings Open: Applicants and programs may begin to submit Rank Order Lists for Phase I of the Match using the NMS Match System.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Phase I Rank Order List Deadline: Applicant and program Rank Order Lists for Phase I of the Match must be entered and certified in the NMS Match System by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time.

No changes for Phase I, including new registrations for Phase I, withdrawals, entering or certifying rankings, can be made in the NMS Match System after this date. Applicants who register after this date may participate in Phase II of the Match.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2025

APPIC Phase I Match Day: Results of Phase I of the Match are released to applicants, internship Training Directors, and Directors of Clinical Training of academic programs. Result information is distributed by email and is available online in the NMS Match System beginning at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time. Internship Training Directors must send letters of confirmation of the Match result for Phase I to matched applicants and their academic Directors of Clinical Training shortly after receipt of the Match results, in accordance with APPIC Match Policies.

Available Positions: A list of programs with positions available in Phase II of the Match is provided on the Match website at natmatch.com/psychint beginning at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time. No action to fill positions offered in Phase II is to be taken prior to 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time.

Applications to Programs: Applicants who are eligible to participate in Phase II of the Match can submit applications to programs that are participating in Phase II beginning at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time using the AAPI application service.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Applicants and programs that are eligible to participate in Phase II of the Match can access the NMS Match System to update their status and profile information for Phase II (e.g., withdraw or reactivate, update contact information, etc.).

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Phase II Application Deadline: All programs participating in Phase II of the Match must accept applications submitted by applicants until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time. Programs may elect to continue accepting applications for Phase II of the Match beyond this deadline, but are not required to do so.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Programs participating in Phase II can view and download applications from the AAPI system beginning at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time.

Phase II Rankings Open: Applicants and programs that are eligible to participate in Phase II of the Match may begin to submit Rank Order Lists for Phase II using the NMS Match System.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 2025

Phase II Rank Order List Deadline: The deadline for submission of applicant and program Rank Order Lists for Phase II of the Match is 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time.

No changes for Phase II, including registrations, withdrawals, entering or certifying rankings, can be made in the NMS Match System after this date.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 2025

APPIC Phase II Match Day: Results of Phase II of the Match are released to applicants, internship Training Directors, and Directors of Clinical Training of academic programs. Result information is distributed by email and is available online in the NMS Match System beginning at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time. Internship Training Directors must send letters of confirmation of the Match result for Phase II to matched applicants and their academic Directors of Clinical Training shortly after receipt of the Match results, in accordance with APPIC Match Policies.

Beginning at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time, Training Directors of training sites that have available positions may notify APPIC that they want their positions listed in the Post-Match Vacancy Service.

THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 2025

Post-Match Vacancy Service Opens: The APPIC Post-Match Vacancy Service provides information on available positions beginning at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time. No action to fill positions remaining unfilled after Phase II is to be taken prior to 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 2025

NMS Match System Closes: Information regarding the results of the Match for applicants and programs will no longer be available in the NMS Match System.

FUTURE MATCH DATES

The dates for the 2026 APPIC Match will be announced on this page and via the MATCH-NEWS e-mail list no later than August 1, 2025.

APPIC Match Policies

APPIC Match Policies: 2024-2025

Adopted July 28, 2024

The following policies will guide the 2025 APPIC Match and Post-Match Vacancy Service.

Adherence to these policies is a condition of membership in APPIC
and of participation in the APPIC Match or Post-Match Vacancy Service.

The APPIC Board of Directors, in its sole discretion, may make changes to these policies and/or
the published Schedule of Dates in unusual, unforeseen, and/or emergency circumstances.

Phase I of the MatchThe Rank Order List Submission Deadline is February 7, 2025 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time.Results of the Match will be released on APPIC Phase I Match Day, February 21, 2025.Phase II of the MatchThe application deadline (see paragraph 5b) is February 27, 2025 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time.The Rank Order List Submission Deadline is March 19, 2025 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time.Results of the Match will be released on APPIC Phase II Match Day, March 26, 2025.Post-Match Vacancy ServiceInformation on available positions is provided beginning at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time on March 27, 2025.

These policies apply to all participants in the APPIC Match or Post-Match Vacancy Service, including internship programs, applicants and doctoral program faculty.
1. All participants shall abide by their agreements with APPIC for participation in the APPIC Match.
2. Internship training directors must ensure that all people involved in recruiting or selecting interns understand and adhere to these policies.
3. Directors of Clinical Training of academic programs with students participating in the APPIC Match or Post-Match Vacancy Service must ensure that their students understand and adhere to these policies.
4. Violations of Match Agreements and/or APPIC Policies, including the APPIC Match Policies, by applicants or programs may result in sanctions by APPIC (e.g., being barred from future Matches) or legal action by other Match participants. In addition, violations by applicants may result in disciplinary action by the applicants’ doctoral and/or internship programs.
All participants in the APPIC Match or Post-Match Vacancy Service must meet eligibility requirements and abide by the published Schedule of Dates as shown at natmatch.com/psychint.
1. Applicants who wish to participate in the APPIC Match must meet the eligibility requirements described in the APPIC Policy on Doctoral Program Associates, including being enrolled in a doctoral program in Health Service Psychology or Professional Psychology that meets the criteria outlined in that Policy.
2. Applicants who meet the criteria outlined in paragraph 2a above may also participate in the APPIC Post-Match Vacancy Service. Applicants whose doctoral program does not meet the criteria to be an APPIC Doctoral Program Associate may participate in the APPIC Post-Match Vacancy Service if their program is approved by APPIC in accordance with the APPIC Policy on Doctoral Program Associates.
3. Each applicant’s academic program has the authority to determine the applicant’s eligibility for participation in the Match or Post-Match Vacancy Service and the training sites that the applicant is permitted to apply to, rank, and attend.
4. All APPIC-member internship programs that have positions available are required to participate in the Match. Non-member programs may not participate in the APPIC Match or Post-Match Vacancy Service.
Internship programs must offer all of their internship positions in Phase I of the APPIC Match.
1. Positions for which funding and resources are not assured should not be offered in the Match.
2. Positions that are not filled in Phase I of the Match must be offered in Phase II of the Match, in accordance with paragraph 10 and its subparagraphs below.
3. Positions that are not offered in Phase I of the Match, such as positions for which funding and resources become assured after the Phase I Rank Order List deadline or newly created positions, must be offered in Phase II of the Match, in accordance with paragraph 10 and its subparagraphs below.
4. Positions that are not offered in Phase I or Phase II of the Match can be communicated and/or offered to applicants only after the results of Phase II of the Match are released, in accordance with paragraph 11 and its subparagraphs below.
Match participants (including applicants, internship programs, and doctoral programs) must provide complete and accurate information to other Match participants, APPIC, and National Matching Services Inc.
1. Applicants must provide complete and accurate information to all internship sites to which they apply.
2. Applicants and their doctoral programs must immediately notify all internship sites to which the applicant has applied in the event of any substantive change to: (i) the applicant’s standing with their doctoral program (e.g., disciplinary action, being put on probation, failing a practicum); (ii) the information provided in the application materials (e.g., professional conduct items), or (iii) the applicant’s eligibility to apply to or attend an internship. Similarly, such changes must be communicated to the internship site to which an applicant has matched, both before and during the internship training year.
3. Internship programs must provide complete and accurate information to applicants concerning the internship position(s) available through the Match or Post-Match Vacancy Service, including all institutional and program policies related to eligibility requirements for appointment (e.g., successfully passing a drug test or background check). Substantive changes to internship programs and/or training experiences must be communicated to applicants in a timely manner.
4. APPIC strongly discourages doctoral programs from requesting or requiring separate contracts or agreements with internship programs to which their students match. In the event that such a contract or agreement is requested or required, this expectation (along with the content of the contract or agreement) must be fully disclosed by academic Directors of Clinical Training at the time of application to all internship programs to which each student applies. Such disclosures may result in some internship programs choosing not to interview or rank students from doctoral programs that request or require contracts or agreements.
5. APPIC strongly discourages internship programs from requesting or requiring separate contracts or agreements with the doctoral programs of their matched interns. In the event that such a contract or agreement is requested or required, this expectation (along with the content of the contract or agreement) must be fully disclosed no later than January 15th to all students who may be ranked by the internship program along with their academic Directors of Clinical Training. Such disclosures may result in some doctoral programs choosing not to allow their students to rank internship programs that request or require contracts or agreements.
For both Phase I and Phase II of the APPIC Match, the AAPI application service must be used by applicants to apply to all internship programs that are participating in the Match. For both Phases of the Match, all applications must be submitted using the AAPI, and no site may request a printed copy of an applicant’s application materials.
1. Internship programs and applicants must abide by the APPIC AAPI Supplemental Materials Policy, which states that the only supplemental materials that may be requested by internship programs or submitted by internship applicants are (a) a treatment or case summary, and (b) a psychological evaluation report.
2. All programs participating in Phase II of the Match must accept applications until the application deadline for Phase II established by APPIC. Programs may elect to continue accepting applications for Phase II beyond the application deadline, but are not required to do so.
For Phase I of the Match, internship programs that conduct interviews must make a reasonable effort to notify every applicant who submits a complete set of application materials as to their interview status.
1. Sites that conduct open houses to which all applicants are invited and conduct no other interviews are exempt from this interview notification requirement (this exemption should be clearly stated in sites’ APPIC Directory listings and/or public materials).
2. Notification of interview status for Phase I of the Match must occur no later than the interview notification date that appears in the program’s APPIC Directory listing and/or other publicity materials, and may be communicated via e-mail, telephone, regular mail (to be received no later than the interview notification date), or other means.
3. For Phase II of the Match, notification of interview status is not required.
The communication of ranking information, which includes intention to rank or the position of any applicant or program on a Rank Order List, must adhere to the subparagraphs below.
1. The following are not permitted:
  1. Internship sites must never request any ranking information from any applicant, even after the Match results are released.
  2. Applicants (or other individuals acting on their behalf, such as doctoral program faculty) must never request any ranking information from any internship site, even after the Match results are released.
  3. Internship sites must not communicate to any applicant the positioning of any applicant on their Rank Order Lists for either Phase of the Match, even through veiled or indirect communication, prior to the release of the results for Phase II of the Match.
  4. Applicants must not communicate to any internship site the positioning of any program on their Rank Order Lists for either Phase of the Match, even through veiled or indirect communication, prior to the release of the results for Phase II of the Match.
2. The following are permitted, but not required:
  1. Sites and applicants are allowed to communicate about matters that do not involve the sharing of ranking information.
  2. Internship programs may choose to inform applicants as to whether or not the applicants remain under consideration for admission (e.g., whether or not the applicants will be ranked).
  3. Following the release of the results for Phase II of the Match, internship programs and applicants may voluntarily disclose their rankings, but are not obliged to do so.
3. Internship programs must include the following statement on their websites and in their brochures: “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.”
4. Internship sites that offer more than one program in the APPIC Match (i.e., sites with more than one program code number) are expected to ask applicants to identify the site’s programs to which they are applying. In addition, these sites may, for the sole purpose of arranging interviews, ask applicants to designate their preferences regarding the programs at the site for which they wish to be interviewed. These sites may request interview preference information only when it is essential for making interview arrangements, and such information may not be used for any other purpose in the selection process. Furthermore, these sites may not solicit any information about applicants’ rankings of programs. Sites requesting interview preferences must state clearly in their written materials that these preferences will be used for arranging interviews only and for no other purpose.
5. Any ranking information communicated between applicants and internship programs, even if such communication is a violation of these policies, is non-binding and subject to change at any time prior to the Rank Order List submission deadline. The only binding rankings are the confidential Rank Order Lists that are submitted to the APPIC Match.
Results of the APPIC Match constitute binding agreements between applicants, internship programs, and APPIC that may not be reversed without APPIC’s consent.
1. Failure to receive timely notification of the APPIC Match results, for any reason, does not constitute a release from the obligations of the APPIC Match.
2. Appointments of applicants to internship positions may be contingent upon the applicants satisfying certain eligibility requirements. Such eligibility requirements must be clearly specified in the internship programs’ written materials and provided to applicants in advance of the deadline for submitting rankings for the APPIC Match.
3. Internship training directors are encouraged to contact matched applicants by telephone as soon as possible after (but not before) 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time on the APPIC Match Day for each Phase of the Match.
4. It is not necessary for internship training directors to contact applicants with whom they have not been matched.
Internship training directors must put in writing their appointment agreements with matched applicants in letters postmarked or e-mailed no later than 7 days following receipt of the APPIC Match results for each Phase of the Match.
1. Letters must be addressed to the applicants and must include confirmation of conditions of the appointment, such as stipend, fringe benefits, and the dates on which the internship begins and ends.
2. Copies of these appointment letters must be sent simultaneously to applicants’ academic Directors of Clinical Training.
Positions that remain unfilled in Phase I of the Match must be offered in Phase II of the Match. Positions not offered in Phase I of the Match, such as positions for which funding and resources become assured after the Phase I Rank Order List deadline or newly created positions, must also be offered in Phase II.
1. Applicants who register for Phase I of the Match and who do not obtain a position in Phase I (e.g., those who withdraw or remain unmatched) are eligible to participate in Phase II of the Match. Applicants who match to a position in Phase I are not eligible to participate in Phase II. Eligible applicants who do not register for Phase I can register for and participate in Phase II.
2. All positions at an internship site that remain unfilled in Phase I of the Match must be offered to applicants in Phase II of the Match. A site can decide not to offer an unfilled position in Phase II only if it decides not to fill the position in the program for the coming year (e.g., anticipated loss of funding or resources, shifting of funding or resources to other purposes). Removing an unfilled position from Phase II of the Match for any other reason requires APPIC approval.
3. Internship programs with positions that are offered in Phase II of the Match may not take any actions to publicize or fill these positions prior to 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time on APPIC Phase I Match Day. Applicants who do not obtain a position in Phase I of the Match, along with other individuals acting on their behalf (e.g., doctoral program faculty), may not contact internship programs about available positions in Phase II prior to 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time on APPIC Phase I Match Day. All applications to programs for Phase II of the Match must be submitted using the AAPI, as specified in paragraph 5 above.
The APPIC Post-Match Vacancy Service begins operation after the conclusion of Phase II of the Match as specified in the Schedule of Dates. Internship programs that have one or more open positions may publicize these positions in the Post-Match Vacancy Service or by other means. Programs may make offers of admission (verbal or written) to eligible applicants who are not already matched, even if those applicants did not participate in the APPIC Match.
1. Programs are not required to fill positions that remain unfilled after Phase II.
2. Beginning on APPIC Phase II Match Day, internship programs that have open positions after completion of Phase II of the Match may notify APPIC that they want their positions listed in the Post-Match Vacancy Service. Internship programs may not take any other actions to publicize or fill available positions prior to the opening of the Post-Match Vacancy Service.
3. Applicants who anticipate using the Post-Match Vacancy Service, along with other individuals acting on their behalf (e.g., doctoral program faculty), may not contact internship programs about open positions in the Post-Match Vacancy Service prior to the opening of the Post-Match Vacancy Service.
4. Prior to making offers to fill open positions, internship training directors must verify with applicants, to the best of their abilities, that the applicants have not previously been matched to other internship programs nor accepted other offers.
5. Prior to making offers to fill open positions, internship training directors must ensure that doctoral programs have verified their applicants’ eligibility and readiness for internship. Such verification can occur via a review of the appropriate application materials and/or via direct communication with the doctoral programs.
6. Applicants may not accept an offer if they have been matched or have already accepted an offer from another internship program.
7. An offer (verbal or written) that has been tendered by an internship program and accepted by an applicant constitutes a binding agreement between the program, the applicant, and APPIC that may not be reversed without APPIC’s consent.
8. The internship training director must put in writing the appointment agreement with the applicant in a letter postmarked or e-mailed no later than 7 days following acceptance of the offer by the applicant, as described in paragraphs 9a and 9b above.
Individuals who perceive violations of these policies are urged to request compliance with APPIC policies from the appropriate party (parties).
1. Unresolved compliance problems should be resolved informally, whenever possible, through consultation among applicants, internship training directors, academic Directors of Clinical Training, and/or APPIC, or by other informal means. APPIC sponsors an “Informal Problem Consultation” process (described on the APPIC website) that is recommended for use in addressing these issues.
2. Internship training directors who become aware of violations of these policies by other internship training directors should (a) urge the affected applicants and academic Directors of Clinical Training to follow the informal resolution procedures described above, (b) directly contact the other internship training directors, and/or (c) use the APPIC “Informal Problem Consultation” process.
3. Perceived violations of APPIC Policies and/or the Match Agreements that are not resolved informally may be submitted as a formal complaint to APPIC. Formal complaints are investigated by APPIC, and the APPIC Board of Directors will ultimately determine the course of action. Instructions for filing a formal complaint are available on the APPIC website.

NOTE: APPIC members may reprint the APPIC Match Policies in their program materials and brochures by stating “Reprinted with permission.”