For more information about our APPIC membership for all regions, go here.

Please click here for the Application Procedures.

More information about what is required in your application can be found here: Internship Application

• Comprehensive Examination successfully completed
• Completion of a Master’s degree from a degree-granting program in professional psychology (clinical, counseling, school)
• Completion of all formal academic coursework for doctoral degree (other than dissertation/doctoral project)
• Dissertation or Doctoral Project proposal approved by match ranking deadline
• Completion of a combined 300 Intervention and Assessment hours
• 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.

Our Virtual Open House will occur the week of September 16th, 2024. During open house, applicants will have the opportunity to learn more about NPTC and each of our regions. Applicants can ask questions of our Regional and Site Training Directors and learn more about the application process. The specific dates and times of our Virtual Open House meetings will be available soon. 

Interested applicants can request recordings of these meetings by emailing applicant@psychologyinterns.org after the event is over. You can also review our Virtual Open House FAQ document which is a compilation of all questions and answers from the meetings last year.

Annual pay varies at each site. Please see the site pages for more details about pay and benefits.

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.

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.

In the Cascades Region, interns will travel for didactics on the first Friday of every month. Didactics will be hosted by HealthPoint in Renton, by Community Health of Central Washington in Yakima, and by Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic in Toppenish, on an alternating basis.

In the Central Region, interns will travel for in-person didactics once per quarter. Didactics will take place in Springfield or Jefferson City.

In the Great Lakes Region, interns will travel for in-person didactics once per quarter. Didactics will take place in Columbus, Lafayette, Noblesville, Warsaw, or Whiteland.

In the Cy-Hawk Region, interns will travel for in-person didactics once per quarter. Didactics will take place in Urbandale or Ankeny.

Social events in the Cascades, Central, Great Lakes, and Cy-Hawk Regions typically occur when interns come together for didactics once per quarter. 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.

Information on Intern support and benefits is available here: https://psychologyinterns.org/about-nptc/internship-admissions-support-initial-placement-data/

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