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Counseling Center

Application Process

Thank you for your interest in NC State’s Counseling Center’s Doctoral Psychology Internship Program. We anticipate offering three positions for the 2025-2026 internship year. You will find information about the application process below. Please feel free to contact the Training Director regarding any questions you may have.

Requirements

By the application date, applicants will be expected to have completed two practicum experiences with a minimum of 400 intervention hours. All formal academic coursework, accepted dissertation proposal and practicum training requirements should be completed prior to beginning the internship. Passing a criminal background check, having essential vaccines/inoculations, active enrollment at the home University, and signature of the agency confidentiality policy are required by the Counseling Center for matched interns.

Application Deadline

Friday, Nov. 8, 2024 at 11:59 PM EST

Application Process

To apply electronically, please follow instructions for the AAPI Online. Please make sure that your AAPI Online includes the following:

  • Cover Letter including how the Doctoral Psychology Internship Program at NCSU fits with your experience, training goals and longer term plans
  • A completed APPIC application packet
  • Vita detailing educational, training, practicum, and employment experiences
  • Official transcripts of graduate coursework
  • Three standardized reference forms, two of which must be from persons familiar with your recent clinical/counseling work.
  • Part I of APPIC Application for Psychology Internship
  • Academic Program’s Verification of Internship Eligibility and Readiness

Zoom interviews will be held in place of in-person interviews. Dates and times for these interviews will be determined by the application deadline and will be shared with interviewees. Zoom interviews will last for 45 minutes in length and are conducted with the Training Director and members of the Training Committee from mid-December to mid-January. Applicants are notified of an invitation for a Zoom interview via email (by Monday, December 2) and are asked to sign up for the interview through an online scheduling program.

Successful applicants will be notified on Match Day in February 2025. Anticipated start date: August 1, 2025. Successfully matched applicants must also apply for the position on the NC State employment website once matched.

As a condition of employment, all new employees of the center are required to successfully pass a background check.

NC State is committed to providing a safe and secure environment for its students, faculty, staff, volunteers, visitors, and other constituents; and to protecting its funds, property, and other assets. Well-informed hiring decisions contribute to this effort. The University conducts background checks on persons hired for initial employment at the University, as well as current employees who change jobs or otherwise become subject to a background check as indicated in this regulation.

A previous criminal conviction does not automatically disqualify an applicant from consideration for employment with the University. Candidate eligibility depends on a variety of factors, such as the relationship of the conduct to the specific job duties and responsibilities that would be performed by the covered individual, if appointed; the nature, gravity, and context of events surrounding the conduct, as evidenced by the background check and any supplementary information that can be obtained by NC State or that is promptly provided by the covered individual; the time that has elapsed since the conduct occurred and/or the completion of any sentence served; the individual’s demonstrated behavior since any conviction and the future potential for illegal activity by the individual, as might be inferred from a past pattern of conduct; any other extenuating circumstances documented by the covered individual or otherwise known to NC State (e.g., the age of the covered person at the time of the conduct or the totality of the circumstances); and the truthfulness and completeness of the candidate’s disclosure of the conviction(s).

A “conviction” includes any unlawful offense other than a minor traffic violation, including but not limited to DUI/DWI, worthless check, and violations of local ordinances or statutes that resulted in a fine, restitution, or incarceration.

A discovery of falsification, including misrepresentation or failure to disclose relevant information as part of the recruitment and application process, will disqualify a candidate from employment consideration.

Contact Information

For questions about our Internship Program, please contact Dr. Erin Higgenbotham, Interim Assistant Director for Doctoral Psychology Training at 919.515.2423 or via email at ehiggen@ncsu.edu

Address
Counseling Center
NC State University
2815 Cates Ave.
Box 7312
Raleigh, NC  27695-7312