Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center offers a one-year, full-time psychology internship to doctoral students in clinical, counseling, or school psychology. For the 2021-2022 training year, there will be two intern positions. The 12-month internship begins July 1, 2021.
The Doctoral Psychology Internship Program is not currently APA-accredited and is not an APPIC member. We have submitted an application for APPIC membership. We are in the process of completing an APA self-study to be submitted upon acceptance in 2020. We cannot guarantee that membership or accreditation or will be granted.
Please visit Employment & Internships for other internship opportunities.
Student Internship Selection Criteria
- Applicants must currently be enrolled in a doctoral (i.e., Ph.D. or PsyD) program in clinical, counseling, or school psychology.
- At this time, applicants will be considered from both APA- and non APA-accredited programs. Applicants from online programs will not be accepted.
- Prior to the interview, if one is granted, applicants must have completed (1) at least three years of graduate coursework in their current field; (2) at least 500 hours of supervised practicum work; (3) all required doctoral course work; and (4) have successfully proposed their dissertation.
- Applicants with previous clinical experience with children, adolescents, and families, previous clinical experience working with those with trauma histories, and those interested in child maltreatment will be the best fit for the internship program.
- Applicants who are bilingual in English and Spanish and those underrepresented in psychology are especially encouraged to apply.
Program Description
How to Apply
Two separate application procedures are described below. The first set of procedures will apply should DCAC be granted APPIC membership. The second set of procedures will apply should DCAC not be granted APPIC membership. As soon as DCAC receives notification from APPIC, this website will be updated accordingly with a dated notification message.
If granted APPIC membership
In order to apply, prospective interns should submit their completed application via the AAPI Online Applicant Portal by October 31, 2020 11:59pm CST.
The AAPI Online Portal is accessed through the Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Center’s (APPIC) online application service. https://portal.appicas.org/applicants20/index.cgi.
To be considered, the following materials must be submitted through the APPIC’s Online Service by October 31, 2020:
- Cover letter/letter of intent summarizing career goals and interest in the DCAC Doctoral Psychology Internship Program
- If applicable, statement discussing how you and your program have adapted to changes in training opportunities due to COVID-19. Please discuss any changes to training opportunities and the accumulation of hours toward supervised practicum work.
- Curriculum Vitae
- APPIC Application for Psychology Internship (AAPI)
- Three letters of recommendation (one from the applicant’s Director of Clinical Training and two others from clinical supervisors)
- De-identified intake report including case conceptualization and treatment recommendations
If not granted APPIC membership,*
Applicants should submit the following information via email to the Director of Clinical Training, Elena M. Doskey, Ph.D.
- Cover letter/letter of intent summarizing career goals and interest in the DCAC Doctoral Psychology Internship Program
- At the end of the cover letter, please provide documentation of completed practicum hours, including the total number of intervention hours completed to-date, the total number of assessment hours completed to-date, and the total number of supervision hours completed to-date
- If applicable, statement discussing how you and your program have adapted to changes in training opportunities due to COVID-19. Please discuss any changes to training opportunities and the accumulation of hours toward supervised practicum work.
- Curriculum Vitae
- Three letters of recommendation (one from the applicant’s Director of Clinical Training and two others from clinical supervisors)
- Copy of all graduate transcripts (unofficial copies will be accepted)
- Deidentified intake report including case conceptualization and treatment recommendations
*Note. If not granted APPIC membership, applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis by the Training Committee.
Applicants will be contacted to schedule an in-person interview as merited and as possible, given evolving COVID-19 precautions. If in-person interviews cannot be conducted, a series of interviews via Microsoft Teams, Zoom, GoToMeeting, or another similar platform will be conducted.
