Psychology Internship Program

UTHealth Houston Doctoral Psychology Internship Program

The Louis A. Faillace, MD, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences offers an APA-accredited 12-month full-time psychology doctoral internship program with 15 positions to graduate students in clinical, school, and counseling psychology with a stipend of $35,000 plus benefits.

Our program provides broad, evidence-based clinical training with children, adolescents, and adults. It follows a scientist-practitioner training model, preparing interns for careers in a variety of clinical and academic settings. All interns have a research mentor and are expected to engage in research during the year. The five tracks available are Addictions/Community (match number 229411), Trauma (match number 229413), Child and Adolescent inpatient and outpatient (match number 229415), Adult Inpatient (match number 229411)  and Developmental/Assessment (match number 229414 ). Interns may apply to one track or two.  When matched to a track, the intern will be assigned 2 rotation blocks from that track and one from another track, in accordance with our generalist training model. Details on each track and ideal candidates for each track are described in the Handbook. Application deadline is November 1, 2024.

This program is at an advanced level and interns should expect to challenge and expand their knowledge and professional competencies. Inpatient and outpatient experiences are offered, depending on the track. Applicants must have successfully proposed their dissertations before applying. Ideally applicants should have about 500 intervention hours and 200 assessment hours. The program encourages applicants from programs that historically serve underserved communities. Those strongly interested and accomplished in research are also encouraged to apply.

Read the full program description in our Handbook.

See the evaluation forms and appendices here.

Internship Admissions, Support and Initial Placement Data for the past 3 cohorts (2020-2022) may be found here.