Internship in Health Service Psychology

Dear Intern Applicant,

The Georgia Southern University Statesboro Campus Counseling Center is proud to offer four internship positions each year through our APA-Accredited Internship in Health Service Psychology. As training is a treasured and highly valued aspect of our center, we work to cater our internship to the individual goals of each intern. We do this through various opportunities which include: optional rotations, a wide variety of topics for weekly training seminars, provision of supervision to practicum students, and meeting with different individual and rotation supervisors throughout the internship year.

We seek applicants with emotional and social maturity, interest in individual and group therapy, and interest in crisis intervention and outreach activities. We seek applicants who have experience in working with diverse client populations, have interest in developing multicultural competencies, have awareness of social justice principles, and can effectively and collaboratively participate as a team member at the Georgia Southern University Counseling Center.

I hope this information helps you in finding an internship site that will fit your goals and needs.

Mark Taracuk, PhD
Training Director
Georgia Southern University Counseling Center

About the 2024-2025 Internship

Number of Available Internship Positions: 4
Internship Start Date: August 1st, 2024
Location: Statesboro Campus
Status: Accredited through March 2024

Application Process

The Counseling Center is a member of the Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers (APPIC) and adheres to APPIC policies for intern selection. The 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.

For the 2024-2025 internship year, the application along with three letters of recommendation (the Standardized Reference Form) is due Friday, November 17, 2023 at 11:59pm. Applicants should have at least 3 years of graduate training and a minimum number of 400 intervention hours. Applicants should have passed their graduate program’s comprehensive exams by the application date and should an approved dissertation proposal by the start of internship.

Selection Process

During the week of November 20th, 2023, candidates will be notified via email regarding their interview status. For those candidates who are extended an offer to interview, the email will include times and dates for a Zoom interview. Zoom interviews will be held the first week of January 2024. The Zoom interview is approximately 2 hours in length comprised of an interview with 4-5 members of the staff including at least 1 current intern.

For the 2023-2024 internship year, the application process will be completed via the APPIC MATCH. Phase One Match Day is scheduled for February 16th, 2024.

Please visit the APPIC Website for more information on the Match process.

Mission

The mission of the Internship Program is to offer high quality training in the practice of health service psychology.  Psychologists who work in a variety of health care settings, including university counseling centers, are recognized as Health Service Providers “…if they are duly trained and experienced in the delivery of preventative, assessment, diagnostic and therapeutic intervention services relative to the psychological and physical health of consumers based on the following: 1) having completed scientific and professional training resulting in a doctoral degree in psychology; 2) having completed an internship and supervised experience in health care settings; and 3) having been licensed as psychologists at the independent practice level” (APA, 1996; HSPEC, 2013, August 5).  The Counseling Center adheres to the principals of the Health Service Psychology Education Collaborative (HSPEC, 2013, August 5). For more information please visit: Health Service Psychology: Preparing Competent Practitioners

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Philosophy

The internship training program at the Georgia Southern University Counseling Center is designed to offer high quality training in the practice of professional psychology, based on an integrated working knowledge of the application of clinical theory, research, and ethical, legal, and professional standards.  In addition, the Training Committee believes that every competent practitioner in the field should be guided by sensitivity to individual differences within a diverse society, and by an openness to lifelong learning.

These ideals are incorporated into our training programs via a practitioner-apprenticeship training model in which didactic and experiential learning are combined.  Trainees are treated as professionals and, as such, are expected to understand, demonstrate, and apply appropriate levels of clinical skills, acquired from their academic training program, as well as to participate fully in the mission of the Georgia Southern University Counseling Center.  The Counseling Center functions under the Division of Student Affairs. The staff collaborate regularly with colleagues in the Dean of Students Office, Health Services, University Residence Life, Student Wellness and Health Promotions, and Office of Career and Professional Development, along with the broader campus community.

Contact

For further information or questions about the internship program, contact the training director at:
Mark D. Taracuk, PhD
Georgia Southern University Counseling Center
P.O. Box 8011
Statesboro, GA 30460-8011
912-478-5541 or mtaracuk@georgiasouthern.edu

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Last updated: 2/21/2024