Internship Admissions, Support, & Initial Placement Data
Eligibility Criteria
Internship Program Tables
Date Program Tables are updated: 7/30/2024
Application Procedure
We will be participating in the APPIC matching program. All materials must be available for review on-line by our due date of November 1, 2024 (midnight EST). The training committee will use the following information to determine which candidates will be invited for interviews:
- Completed AAPI as found on the APPIC web site at www.appic.org "AAPI On-line" (Make sure to include your Curriculum Vitae and Transcripts, as required by the "AAPI on-line").
- Cover letter explaining why you believe you would be a good fit with the internship program at the William & Mary Counseling Center. Be specific about your goals for internship and how our program - in particular - will help you meet these goals.
- Three letters of reference with at least two from people who have supervised your clinical work. References should reflect your most recent work if possible.
This internship 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.
Interviews
Applicants will be notified of their interview status via email by the December 15th deadline. Dates of interviews are communicated to selected applicants via e- mail. We plan to offer video conference (Zoom) interviews this year. Applicants who receive an interview offer are to schedule their interview through an online scheduling platform where they will select their preferred day. Scheduling of interview days occurs on a first-come, first-serve basis. The interview starts with an introduction to the selection committee (Training Director, intern supervisors, seminar /group facilitators, and interns) and a thorough description of the agency and the work we do. The interview continues with two individual meetings during which intern selection committee members (2-3 per team) ask the applicants standard questions. Applicants then have a meeting with current interns and end with time with the Training Director. A virtual lunch meeting may also be included in the interview. There are opportunities for applicants to ask questions during the different components of the interview. It is our goal that, by the end of the interview day, applicants have a good sense of who we are, how we work, and the specifics of our training program. We believe that a good fit is predictive of interns' satisfaction and success during internship; as such, we have developed an informative, transparent, and thorough process by which our site and our applicants can evaluate degree of fitness.
Based on William & Mary Human Resources policies and congruent with APPIC Match policies, appointments of applicants to internship positions will be contingent upon the applicants satisfying a background check. Psychology interns are classified to be in "sensitive" positions, as such, criminal history checks are required. Information collected from the following databases: Sex Offender registry, County Criminal database (Felony, Misdemeanor and Other Offenses), Federal Criminal database (Felony, Misdemeanor and Other Offenses), National Criminal database, are reviewed in this process. Violent crimes, identity theft, felony charges, domestic abuse, are examples of offenses that would interfere with someone being hired for positions requiring criminal history checks. These procedures are carried out after the Match and solely for matched interns. Please see APPIC Match Policy #6b for more information.
Accreditation
The William & Mary Counseling Center is accredited by the American Psychological Association through 2027. We are also ACCTA and APPIC members and the Counseling Center is accredited by IACS (International Association of Counseling Services, Inc.).
For information regarding our APA accreditation, please contact the APA Commission on Accreditation with the following information:
Phone: (202) 336-5979 or (202) 336-6123 TDD
Web: http://www.apa.org/ed/accreditation/
Email: apaaccred@apa.org
USPS: 750 First Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002-4242
Training Year
The internship training experience begins on August 1st (unless it falls on a Saturday or Sunday; in this case, internship starts the following Monday) and ends July 31st. During the internship year, interns will accrue and document a minimum of 2,000 professional hours, of which a minimum are to be 500 hours of direct clinical service during the internship year.
Positions
The Counseling Center provides 3 internship positions.
Stipend and Benefits
Policies/Procedures
Additional information regarding the internship training can be found in the Training Manual.
Initial Placement Data
Initial Post Internship Positions 2020-2023
Date Program Tables are updated: 7/30/2024
Contact Information
Alexandra Pappas-Bourdage, Ph.D.
Associate Director and Director of Training
Counseling Center
William & Mary
P.O. Box 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
Phone: (757) 221-3620
Fax: (757) 221-3615
Email: agpappas@wm.edu
