Information for Applicants


Applying for the Pre-Doctoral Internships in Psychology

Applicants should be individuals enrolled in Ph.D. or Psy.D. programs in clinical or counseling psychology. They should be candidates for their degree in psychology from programs accredited by American Psychological Association or Canadian Psychological Association. The training director of their graduate program must have determined that they are ready for internship training. They must have achieved at a minimum of 750 hours of practicum training in psychological assessment and treatment. They should have passed their doctoral comprehensive examinations by deadline for applications.

All applications for our psychology internship should be submitted in accordance with the procedures of the APPIC Application for Psychology Internships (AAPI Online) at: http://www.appic.org/AAPI. The deadline for applications for the 2012-13 academic year is November 15, 2012. No application materials need to be, or should be, submitted by mail. If you have any questions regarding applying to our program, please contact:

2012-2013 Interview Information

Interview Process - There are four (4) interview dates this season. Up to six (6) candidates will be interviewed per day. Each candidate will attend morning didactic, have three (3) faculty interviews, lunch with current faculty and trainees and a campus tour with our Psychology Trainees. The following dates have been set aside for interviews:

December 14, 2012
December 21, 2012
January 11, 2013
January 18, 2013
January 25, 2013

Lesley Leive
Psychology Training Program Coordinator
The University of Kansas School of Medicine
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
3901 Rainbow Blvd., MS 4015
Kansas City, KS 66160-7341
(913)  588-6401
(913)  588-8811 (FAX)

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 anticipated stipend is $24,000.00.

Intern Selection Procedures