What is your APA Accreditation status?
For more information about our APA Accreditation status for all regions, go here.
What is your APPIC Membership status?
For more information about our APPIC membership for all regions, go here.
What does the application process entail?
Please click here for the Application Procedures.
What materials are necessary for application?
More information about what is required in your application can be found here: Internship Application
What type of applicant is NPTC interested in?
- Completion of all formal academic coursework for doctoral degree (other than dissertation/doctoral project) from a degree-granting program in professional psychology (clinical, counseling, school)
- Comprehensive Examinations successfully completed
- Completion of a Master’s degree (required by most sites in the region)
- Completion of a combined 300 Intervention and Assessment hours
- Dissertation proposal approved by match ranking deadline
- Approval to participate in the APPIC National Match
For more information about what the individual sites look for in an intern, check out the “Intern Selection Process” tabs on each of the site pages, which you can access from the sites page.
What is your Virtual Open House like?
Our Virtual Open House occurred in September 2025. Interested applicants can request recordings of these meetings by emailing applicant@psychologyinterns.org.
What are the start and end dates for the training year?
What is the current annual pay?
Annual pay varies at each site. Please see the site pages for more details about pay and benefits.
What is the cost of living?
Cost of living estimates will vary by region. Due to our focus on rural psychology, many of our sites are in areas where the cost of living is far lower than in other parts of the country. The pay provided at many of our sites will go farther than it would in more expensive parts of the country.
Specific information can be provided by request, and matched interns will recieve a resource guide shortly after matching.
Will I need a car as an intern?
While some interns have completed internship without a vehicle, we strongly recommend that interns have their own form of transportation due to the rural nature of most of our sites. In addition, some rotations require interns to travel between site locations, and travel is required for didactics.
How often do I need to travel for didactics?
In the Cascades Region, interns will travel for didactics typically on the second Friday of every month.
In the Central Region, interns will travel for in-person didactics two to four times per year.
In the Great Lakes Region, interns will travel for in-person didactics two to four times per year.
In the Cy-Hawk Region, interns will travel for in-person didactics two to four times per year.
In the Pacific Region, interns will travel for in-person didactics two to four times per year.
How does NPTC facilitate social opportunities for interns in each region?
Social events in the Cascades, Central, Great Lakes, Cy-Hawk, and Pacific Regions typically occur when interns come together for didactics. Chief Interns in each region also plan social events for interns outside of didactics.
In the past, intern-led social events across all regions have included virtual game nights, virtual Uber Eats socials, ski trips, ice cream socials, and roller-skating parties.
What type of benefits does NPTC offer?
Information on Intern support and benefits is available here: https://psychologyinterns.org/about-nptc/internship-admissions-support-initial-placement-data/
What is a consortium?
What does it mean to be Partially Affiliated?
Does NPTC offer half-time internships?
Not at this time.