Program Overview

Program Overview

The Doctoral Internship in Health Service Psychology at Northern Arizona University (NAU) is a full-time, 12-month, non-recurring position that provides doctoral-level training for counseling and clinical psychology doctoral students. The internship is designed to prepare trainees to function as generalist Health Service Psychologists with a specialization in service delivery to university students in an integrated health care system.

Program Details

• The internship is fully accredited by the American Psychological Association (APA) and received APPIC membership on January 5th, 2018 (Program #1107).
• The program code for the internship is #1107.
• The internship provides a stipend of $37,584 per position per year, along with benefits associated with full-time, benefit-eligible employees at NAU, including health/dental/vision insurance, vacation/sick leave, and paid university holidays.

Training Program

Philosophy and Principles

The training program is rooted in the "Practitioner-Scholar" model and values the integration of science and scholarly knowledge in the practical application of psychology. The program strives to develop a doctoral internship training program that is consistent, predictable, transparent, flexible, and simple.

Training Model

The program embraces the training of emerging Health Service Psychologists as a core value of the center. Training during internship is regarded as a cornerstone of the service delivery system and an opportunity for the center to give back to the profession via fulfilling generativity needs.

Inclusivity Statement

NAU Counseling Services is dedicated to the exploration and understanding of the impact of individual differences and sociocultural influences on the mental health concerns of NAU students. The program commits to ongoing development of inclusivity training for staff and integrates this emphasis into all facets of training.

Profession-Wide Competencies

The program assesses intern competency in the following areas:

• Professional values, attitudes, and behaviors
• Individual and cultural diversity
• Ethical and legal standards
• Research
• Assessment
• Intervention
• Supervision
• Consultation and interprofessional/interdisciplinary skills

Competencies

Professional Values, Attitudes, and Behaviors

• Conducts self in a professional manner across settings and situations
• Independently accepts personal responsibility across settings and contexts
• Responsibly completes commitments
• Takes ownership of professional development and actively engages in activities that maintain and improve professional performance

Individual and Cultural Diversity

• Independently monitors and applies knowledge of self as a cultural being in assessment, treatment, supervision, outreach, and consultation
• Seeks understanding of how their own personal/cultural history, attitudes, and biases may affect how they understand and interact with people different from themselves

Ethical and Legal Standards

• Demonstrates advanced knowledge and acts in accordance with the current version of the APA Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct
• Abides by relevant laws, regulations, rules, and policies governing health service psychology

Research

• Demonstrates the substantially independent knowledge and ability to critically evaluate and formulate research and other scholarly activities
• Conducts research or other scholarly activities to enhance knowledge base and to aid in their clinical treatment

Assessment

• Independently selects and implements multiple methods and means of evaluation that draw from the best available empirical literature
• Selection of assessment measures are responsive to and respectful of unique needs and contexts of clients

Intervention

• Establishes and maintains effective relationships with the recipients of psychological service
• Independently develops individual case conceptualization for clients and plans interventions specific to the service-delivery goals

Supervision

• Understands the ethical, legal, and contextual issues embedded in the role of supervisor
• Demonstrates knowledge of various supervision models or theories
• Provides supervision in a manner that is consistent with legal and ethical guidelines

Consultation and Interprofessional/Interdisciplinary Skills

• Aware of the models, research, and theory-based literature related to the implementation of proactive developmental/preventative outreach programming
• Independently designs, implements, and evaluates outreach programs
• Demonstrates skill in facilitating group discussion and student/staff engagement in outreach presentations or workshops

Additional Resources

Accreditation Status

The Doctoral Internship in Health Service Psychology at NAU is currently fully accredited by the American Psychological Association.

Staff

The staff consists of a multidisciplinary group of mental health providers with a vast range of experience and diverse backgrounds, theoretical foundations, and approaches.