Admission & Application
Jordan Valley Community Health Center offers clinical psychology internships to qualified individuals. You’ll train with us for 12 months under the guidance of licensed psychologists. Our internship program is committed to the requirement of culturally and ethnically diverse interns. We encourage inquiries and applications from all qualified individuals.
Requirements for Admission
We accept applications from doctoral candidates in good standing from APA-approved PhD or PsyD programs in clinical, counseling or school psychology. Candidates are expected to have endorsement from their graduate program’s Director of Training.
- At least three years of practicum/field placement or work experience, which includes a minimum of 500 hours of direct therapeutic experience and 200 hours of direct assessment experience
- Have written at least five integrated psychological testing reports
- Passed their doctoral comprehensive or qualifying examination
- Have dissertation/doctoral research project proposal approved at the time of application and a timeline presented for data collection, analysis and defense
- Have a good working knowledge of test administration, scoring and interpretation of cognitive and achievement assessments, behavior rating scales and objective personality/psychopathology measures
- Possess an understanding of child and personality development
- Have a good working knowledge of current psychiatric diagnoses
- Have practicum or work experience providing individual, family and/or group therapy operating from a variety of evidence-based approaches
Application Process
When you are ready to apply, you will access the application on the APPIC Internship Portal. We follow APPIC guidelines for the application and selection process.
Submit Your Application
1. Go to the APPIC Internship Portal and complete the application. You will submit transcripts, letters of recommendation and Psychological Testing Reports for an adult and a child as part of this application. It is your responsibility to acquire and submit these documents.
2. Once your application is received, our Director of Behavioral Health Integration will review it to ensure applicants meet the requirements.
3. Applicants who are best qualified to benefit from our program will be invited to interview by our Training Director.
4. During your interview, we will ask about your qualifications, experiences, interests and goals.*
5. After the interviews, Jordan Valley will rank candidates within the APPIC match service. All rankings are submitted by the Director of Behavioral Health Integration.
6. Applicants will be informed of their selection through the APPIC notification process.
*To avoid any actions that would restrict program access on grounds that are irrelevant to success in graduate training, all interviews will be conducted through an online platform.
Contact Us
Application questions? Contact Dr. Christopher Ward at [email protected].
