Child and Adolescent Psychology Doctoral Internship Program
Internship Overview & Objectives
The primary goal of the internship program is to prepare doctoral interns to function as postdoctoral fellows or early career psychologists in health service psychology working with diverse populations of children and families with a focus on professional, ethical, and evidence-based care.
In line with the Standard of Accreditation for Health Service Psychology, our program is an organized training program that aims to train doctoral interns to demonstrate competency in the following areas:
- 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 Doctoral Internship is an American Psychological Association (APA) accredited program, on contingency. The internship program is a member of the Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers (APPIC) and participates in the APPIC match process.
Questions related to the program's accreditation status should be directed to the Commission on Accreditation:
Office of Program Consultation and Accreditation
American Psychological Association
750 1st Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002
Phone: 202.336.5979
Email: apaaccred@apa.org
Structure, Requirements, and Didactics
Explanation of Training Settings and Rotation Listing
APPLICATION
- Applications are received through the APPIC Application for Psychology Internships (AAPI) portal.
- No supplemental documents are required beyond the “universal application.”
- Applications are due on November 1 at 11:59pm EST.
- Be enrolled in and in good standing in an accredited (American Psychological Association or Canadian Psychological Association) doctoral program in Clinical, Counseling, or School Psychology. If the doctoral program is in the accreditation process, please discuss this in your application materials and your application may be considered.
- Have received 3 years of closely supervised experiential training in professional
psychology skills.
- Preference is given for experience with child and adolescent populations.
- Preference is given for applicants with 400 intervention hours and 100 assessment hours.
- Be authorized by their doctoral program to apply.
- Acceptance into the internship program will be dependent on successful completion of a background check and additional employment procedures set forth by TTUHSC.
- By the beginning of the internship program, applicants should have their graduate level coursework completed.
- All applications are reviewed using a standard applicant fating form and evaluated for potential goodness of fit with the internship program.
- Applicants are notified whether they have received an interview by email on or before December 1.
- Interviews are scheduled on a first come, first served basis in January and occur via teleconference.
- Each applicant should expect a half-day of interviews.
- Interviews are conducted using a standard set of interview questions, although interviewers may ask additional interview questions of applicants as appropriate.
- The internship program participates in the APPIC Match and follows all relevant policies and procedure.
- 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.
- The internship program participates in the APPIC Match.
- Two internship positions are available.
SALARY/BENEFITS
- The salary for a full-time doctoral intern for the 2025-2026 academic year will be $43,016.05. The interns are employees of the Health Science Center and receive benefits in line with employee status.
- Free health insurance following 60 days of employment (options to add family at low cost)
- Optional insurance (associated costs; dental, vision, life, disability, etc.)
- Optional Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
- Free liability insurance
- Retirement plan
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Professional/educational leave
- Professional/Educational funds
- Sick leave: 8 hours per month accrued (starting on first day of employment)
- Holiday leave: 2 hours per month accrued (starting on first day of employment)
- Holidays: Paid approved holidays
- Vacation leave: 8 hours per month accrued
ADMINISTRATION
Laurel Wolfe, Psy.D.
Training Director
James E. Barnett, Ph.D.
Assistant Training Director
Candice Blanchard
Training Coordinator
806.743.6021
CURRENT INTERNS
OUTCOME DATA
About Lubbock
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Values-Based Culture
TTUHSC embraces a Values-Based Culture, instilling in each member the values: BEYOND SERVICE, ONE TEAM, INTEGRITY, KIND HEART, and VISION for the future.