About PAU
Internships
Students are required to complete a predoctoral internship as the culmination of clinical training and a requirement to graduate from the Clinical Psychology Ph.D. Program or Psy.D. Program at Pacific Graduate School of Psychology.
PAU recognizes three types of Internships: APA accredited, APPIC (Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers) and CAPIC (California Psychology Internship Council). While PAU encourages students to pursue APA-accredited internships, application to APPIC and CAPIC sites is acceptable and sometimes optimal. Many of these programs offer the highest quality training but lack the resources to become APA-accredited.
- APA-accredited: Sites approved by the American Psychological Association Commission on Accreditation. Accreditation status confers eligibility for many federal employment positions, such as with the Veterans Administration. APA internships are paid and usually full-time. Students typically move to another part of the United States or Canada for a year at an APA internship.
- APPIC Internships: The majority of psychology internships in the United States and Canada are members of the Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers (APPIC). APPIC membership includes APA-accredited internships and non-accredited internships throughout the U.S. that meet nationally endorsed standards for training in psychology. Most APPIC internships are paid and full-time.
- CAPIC Internships: The California Psychology Internship Council (CAPIC) is a not for profit membership association of doctoral programs, pre-doctoral internships and postdoctoral programs. CAPIC membership internships must meet established quality assurance standards consistent with APPIC criteria. CAPIC member internships are paid or unpaid, part-time or full-time. All CAPIC internships are in California and recognized by the State of California for licensure.
PAU students in the Ph.D. and Psy.D. programs are accepted to a wide variety of APA and APPIC internship positions throughout the United States and Canada. Within the State of California, students are fortunate to have the option to complete their internship training at a CAPIC internship. This option can be especially important to students who intend to practice in California, who have commitments that limit their ability to relocate for internship, and/or who are interested in specific training offered by a CAPIC program.
In addition, PAU requires that internship settings meet the regulations of the jurisdiction (state, province) where students are accruing supervised experience and that students to complete two thousand (2,000) hours of supervised professional experience at the internship level This requirement is in place to ensure future mobility for licensure in U.S. .
PGPS supports students in multiple ways in their endeavor to place in an internship that best fits their training and career goals. Support services are coordinated by the Office of Professional Development and the Psy.D. and Ph.D. Program offices. Through this combination of support services, students are closely advised by faculty advisors in addition to receiving professional development coursework, workshops, and individual student advisement focused on preparation for internship and the internship application.
Questions related to the program’s accredited 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 / E-mail: apaaccred@apa.org
Web: www.apa.org/ed/accreditation
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