University of Washington Counseling Center
Pre-Doctoral Internship Program In Professional Psychology 2012-2013
Our National Computer Match Program Code number is 162011
Application Process
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 maturity and skills to offer quality services under the supervision of our professional staff. Specifically, we require the following:
- Candidates must have majored in counseling or clinical psychology, and must have completed the following courses:
- Psychopathology
- Counseling Theory and Technique
- Ethics
- Educational/Psychological Testing
- Candidates must have provided a minimum of 400 hours of direct contact experience to clients
- Candidates must have passed their doctoral qualifying examinations by the application deadline, and be certified by their academic training director as ready for the internship experience.
Selection Process
Online application materials are screened by an intern application 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 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 criminal background check at no cost to you. To do so, we will give our Human Resources department your name and date of birth. While employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background check, a criminal conviction is not an automatic bar to employment at the Counseling Center. Eligibility for employment 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 employed as pre-doctoral interns (see APPIC Match Policy 6b). See RCW 43.43.830 for relevant Washington state regulatory guidelines/definitions.
Application Procedures
Applications should include the following:
- Completed AAPI Online*, which includes:
- a cover letter
- a curriculum vitae
- the actual application (which includes essays and your program's DCT's verification of eligibility and readiness)
- all graduate transcripts
- either three or four letters of recommendation (two of which must be from clinical supervisors)
- AND, a supplementary document / table (Course Listing Supplement to Internship Application.pdf) listing all graduate coursework. Do not email or mail this document. Please print the document and then enter the appropriate material. Then, copy and paste the document and submit it as a supplement to your application by converting it into an electronic document (e.g., via scanning), upload it to the AAPI Online service, and attach it as “supplementary materials” to your application to our program.
*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 our due date of THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2011 ***
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), or
email at dso@u.washington.edu
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