Internship Program Admissions

Date Program Tables were updated: 08/29/2024

Information to assist potential applicants in assessing their likely fit with your program. This description must be consistent with the program’s policies on intern selection and practicum and academic preparation requirements:

• Our internship program prepares interns as strong generalists for entry level, doctoral positions in the practice of health service psychology. Potential applicants will be assessed for level of fit based on the following criteria:
  • Clinical experience, counseling center experience, multicultural competence, supervision experience, group experience, crisis experience, outreach experience, ability to engage in self-reflection, cover letter, essays, and letters of recommendation.
• Our internship program prepares interns as strong generalists for entry level, doctoral positions in the practice of health service psychology. Potential applicants will be assessed on the following criteria:
  • • Clinical experience, counseling center experience, multicultural competence, supervision experience, group experience, crisis experience, outreach experience, ability to engage in self-reflection, cover letter, essays, and letters of recommendation.

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Does the program require that applicants have received a minimum number of hours of the following at time of application? If Yes, indicate how many:

• Total Direct Contact Intervention Hours
  • Yes; Amount: 300
• Total Direct Contact Assessment Hours
  • No; Amount: N/A

Describe any other required minimum criteria used to screen applicants:

• Enrolled in an APA or CPA accredited doctoral program in counseling or clinical psychology
• Completion of all required course work
• Minimum of 300 direct clinical contact hours
• Minimum of 3 years of graduate training
• Applicants must pass comprehensive exams by the ranking deadline
• Approval of dissertation proposal is strongly preferred

 

Finance and Other Benefit Support for Upcoming Training Year*

	Annual Stipend/Salary for Full-time Interns	43,888
	Annual Stipend/Salary for Half-time Interns	N/A
	Program provides access to medical insurance for intern?	Yes
	If access to medical insurance is provided:
	Trainee contribution to cost required?	Yes
	Coverage of family member(s) available?	Yes
	Coverage of legally married partner available?	Yes
	Coverage of domestic partner available?	No
	Hours of Annual Paid Personal Time Off (PTO and/or Vacation)	96
	Hours of Annual Paid Sick Leave	96
	In the event of medical conditions and/or family needs that require extended leave, does the program allow reasonable unpaid leave to interns/residents in excess of personal time off and sick leave?	Yes
	Other Benefits (please describe): Health, dental, and vision insurance; dissertation release time; spacious, private office with personal networked laptop, two desktop monitors, and camera; university facilities access, including gym and libraries; approximately thirteen university holidays/scheduled closings per year; professional development time and expenses paid for select professional travel or continuing education.

*Note: Programs are not required by the Commission on Accreditation to provide all benefits listed in this table.

Note: “PD” = Post-doctoral residency position; “EP” = Employed Position. Each individual represented in this table should be counted only one time.  For former trainees working in more than one setting, select the setting that represents their primary position.

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EEO Statement

All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment and admission without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, and parental status, or any other characteristic protected by federal or state law. In accordance with the requirements of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the University of Tennessee affirmatively states that it does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, or disability in its education programs and activities, and this policy extends to employment by the university.

Requests for accommodation of a disability should be directed to the ADA Coordinator at Equal Opportunity and Accessibility, 1840 Melrose Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37996-3560, by email to oed@utk.edu, or by phone at 865-974-2498. Inquiries and charges of violation of Title VI (race, color, and national origin), Title IX (sex), Section 504 (disability), the ADA (disability), the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (age), sexual orientation, or veteran status should be directed to the Office of Investigation and Resolution, 216 Business Incubator Building, E J. Chapman Drive, Knoxville, TN 37996-3560, by email to investigations@utk.edu, or by phone at 865-974-0717.

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Initial Post-Internship Positions

Aggregated Tally for the Preceding 3 Cohorts

2021-2024
Total number of interns who were in the three cohorts	15
Total number of interns who did not seek employment because they returned to their doctoral program/are completing doctoral degree	1
	PD	EP
Community mental health center	1	1
Federally qualified health center	0	0
Independent primary care facility/clinic	0	1
University counseling center	2	5
Veterans Affairs medical center	1	0
Military health center	0	0
Academic health center	0	0
Other medical center or hospital	0	0
Psychiatric hospital	1	0
Academic university/department	0	1
Community college or other teaching setting	0	0
Independent research institution	0	0
Correctional facility	0	0
School district/system	0	0
Independent practice setting	1	6
Not currently employed	0	0
Changed to another field	0	0
Other	0	0
Unknown	0	0