Benefits & Application
Benefits
| Salary: | Intern salary for the internship year is $23,944. The contract period runs for one full year, beginning in early/mid August. Please consult the APPIC program site at www.appic.org 
, Program number 1454, under Program Information for the exact start date for the upcoming internship year. |
| Health Benefits: | Interns may choose from a variety of comprehensive medical plans. Dental, vision, and prescription plans are provided through the United University Professions union. |
| Vacation and Sick Leave: | Interns earn 1.0 days per month of vacation leave and 1.0 days per month of sick leave during the year. In addition, there are approximately 10 paid holidays. |
| Professional Development and Professional Leave: | Time is allotted for professional development activities (e.g. dissertation, research). Leave time for workshop and conference attendance/presentations, dissertation defense, job interviews is available on an as-needed basis pending approval by the Director. Staff, including psychology interns are also allotted $900 for professional development activities. |
| Computer and Research Facilities: | Each intern office is equipped with a networked computer running Windows, through which interns have access to the internet, email, client scheduling & documentation (Titanium), webcams (for video/audio recording therapy sessions) and other computer processing needs. In addition, interns may utilize university libraries and consultants for research and professional development. |
Eligibility and Application Procedures
APPLICATION CRITERIA & PROCEDURES
Minimum requirements:- Minimum 800 AAPI Grand Total Practicum Hours; Minimum 450 AAPI Total Intervention Hours
- Minimum 3 years of graduate training in a clinical or counseling psychology doctoral program
- Comprehensive Exams passed by application deadline
- Graduate program that is APA-accredited; CPA-accredited is acceptable also
- Endorsement by their department chair regarding their readiness for internship.
- 300 hours supervised psychotherapy experience (individual, couples, group) in graduate level practicum
- Psychotherapy experience with adult client populations (similar to college age populations)
- Experience providing process oriented group psychotherapy
- Experience providing services to diverse client populations
- Counseling center experience
- Crisis intervention
- Outreach and consultation
- Providing clinical supervision and/or clinical supervision coursework
APPLICATION PROCESS
Interested candidates should submit application materials via the AAPI Online, which may be accessed at http://www.appic.org
, and clicking on “AAPI Online.” Please submit via the AAPI Online the following:
- Cover letter explaining (1) why you believe you would be a good fit with the internship program at UBCS, (2) what your goals for internship are, and how our program would help meet these training goals.
- 3 Letters of Reference: at least 2 of these letters should be from clinical supervisors (and at least one of these 2 should be from your most recent clinical supervisor)
- AAPI Application, with verification of internship readiness from your graduate program training director
- Current Curriculum Vitae
- Official Graduate Transcript
Our APPIC Internship Match Code is: 145411
All APPI Online materials must be completed and available for review by our Application Due Date (under Application Process) indicated on the APPIC Program site (Program number 1454). Counseling Services is a member of the Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers (APPIC) and the Association of Counseling Services Training Agents (ACCTA). We adhere to the policies and procedures established by APPIC for application procedures and communications with internship applicants.
All applicants will be notified by email, unless specifically requested otherwise by the applicant, by December 15 (as per APPIC recommendations) whether or not they will be offered a phone interview. If being offered an interview, you will be invited to contact the center to schedule a phone interview, which typically takes place during the last week of December through the first two weeks of January.
There will be NO notification to applicants of their ranking status (i.e. whether or not they will be ranked by our program), as there is no benefit for applicants in having this information and no cost for applicants of not having this information, given that APPIC match procedures will not be impacted by this knowledge. No person at this training facility will solicit, accept or use any ranking-related information from any intern applicant.
Following applicants' phone interviews, there will be NO further recruitment efforts, as we do not wish to be perceived as courting an applicant (per APPIC guidelines). Applicants, however, may contact us following their phone interviews if needing further clarification about any information relevant to their ranking decisions. They are also welcome to speak further with other staff members or current interns, as relevant to their ranking decisions.
We do NOT offer on-site interviews (to be fair to applicants who cannot afford on-site interviews). However, applicants are welcome to informally visit our center, if that will aid in their decisions about ranking internship sites. Interested applicants should contact the Training Director to schedule the informal visit.
Any questions regarding the internship or application procedures should be directed to:
Sung E. Kim-Kubiak, Ph.D., Training Director/ Assistant Director
Counseling Services - State University of New York at Buffalo
120 Richmond Quadrangle
Buffalo, New York 14261-0053
716-645-2720
sekim@buffalo.edu
Specific questions about APPIC policies and procedures, and the APPI Online should be addressed to APPIC at http://www.appic.org
.
Information and materials for the APPIC Internship Matching Program can be found at the official web site (http://www.natmatch.com/psychint/
) or by email at psychint@natmatch.com, or via mail or phone at:
National Matching Services Inc.
595 Bay St., Suite 301, Box 29
Toronto, Ontario
Canada, M5G 2C2
Telephone: (416) 977-3431
Fax: (416) 977-5020
- or -
National Matching Services Inc.
P.O. Box 1208
Lewiston, NY 14092-8208
Telephone: (716) 282-4013
Fax: (716) 282-0611
The University at Buffalo is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. We are particularly interested in identifying prospective women, minority, and differently abled intern applicants. In accordance with federal and state laws, no person in whatever relationship with the State University of New York at Buffalo shall be subject to discrimination on the basis of age, religion or creed, color, disability, national origin, race, ethnicity, sex, marital or veteran status. Additionally, New York's Executive Order 28 and the University Board of Trustees Policy prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.
* The information presented here is correct at the time of publication and is subject to change.