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How to Apply

Application Process and Selection Criteria

Students interested in applying for the internship program should submit an online application through the APPIC website. Interviews are conducted via Zoom. 

Application due date: December 1st

A complete application consists of the following materials, which are all part of the online AAPI:

  1. Completed Online AAPI  
  2. Cover letter 
  3. Current Curriculum Vitae
  4. Three Standardized Reference Forms, two of which must be from persons who have directly supervised your clinical work. Please submit no more than three letters
  5. Official transcripts of all graduate coursework
  6. Supplementary materials: One full integrated assessment report (please redact appropriately) 
     *All samples must be de-identified, removing all identifying client information. Breaches of confidentiality within submitted samples will disqualify your application for further consideration and your program’s Director of Clinical Training will be notified.

All application materials must be received by the APPIC deadline in order to be considered. Applicants who are invited to interview will be notified by email. Interviews will be scheduled in January/February and will occur via zoom.

The program bases its selection process on the entire application package noted above; however, applicants who have met the following qualifications prior to beginning internship are considered preferred:

  1. Preferred. Minimum of 400 intervention hours (experience with CBT, MET, DBT, Trauma-Focused Interventions)
  2. Preferred. Minimum of 200 assessment hours (experience administering cognitive, neuropsychological, personality measures with experience in integrative Report Writing)
  3. Preferred. Dissertation proposal defended or data collected/ date set.
  4. Interest in Telehealth and Interactive Technologies
  5. Some experience or special interest in working with diverse populations

In addition to the above consortium-wide preferences, the internship program will consider specific aspects of the applicant’s experience, interests, and training goals in determining an applicant’s potential “fit” with individual clinical training sites. Applicants are encouraged to carefully review the descriptions of the training sites and to highlight areas of perceived fit within their cover letters.
 
In general, the internship program prefers that interns have completed intervention hours that include experience with CBT, MET, DBT, and/or Trauma Focused interventions. In terms of assessment experience, the program looks for experience administering such measures as the WISC, WAIS, WMS, MMPI, and the PAI as well as experience with integrated report writing.
 
 Each site also has its own preferences for practicum experiences which are as follows:

  • CCSI looks for applicants who have research experience and proficiency in conducting clinical research and consultation.
  • Hillside prefers applicants who have practicum experience with children and adolescents and youth exposed to trauma.
  • Rochester Regional Health (RRH) Outpatient Behavioral Health and Ontario County Mental Health prefer applicants with prior outpatient practicum experiences.
  • URMC Addiction Forensic Clinical Research at Strong Recovery prefer applicants with prior substance use and mental health outpatient treatment experiences as well as research experience and interest. 
  • Rochester Regional Health (RRH) Neuropsychology at the Neuroscience Institute requires applicants have previous practicum experience in neuropsychology.

All interns who match must successfully pass a background check as well as obtain any required medical clearances, before beginning their internship. Clinical sites may require site specific clearances, background checks, and/or drug testing. Applicants are advised that the internship requires regular travel between training sites, and thus interns must have consistent access to reliable transportation.

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. 

Questions regarding the selection process may be directed to:
Dr. Cassandra Berbary
Internship Training Director