Internship Admissions, Support, and Initial Placement Data
Date Program Tables Updated: September 28, 2023.
Program Disclosures
Does the program or institution require students, trainees, and/or staff (faculty) to comply with specific policies or practices related to the institution’s affiliation or purpose? Such policies or practices may include, but are not limited to, admissions, hiring, retention policies, and/or requirements for completion that express mission and values. |
No |
Internship Program Admissions
Briefly describe in narrative form important information to assist potential applicants in assessing their likely fit with your program. This description must be consistent with the program's policies on intern selection and practicum and academic preparation requirements: |
The Northwestern CAPS Doctoral Internship provides strong generalist training to prepare interns to function effectively as psychologists in a college counseling center or similar clinical setting. Interns gain experience in providing essential college mental health services, including intake assessment, individual and group therapy, rapid access and crisis intervention, community-based intervention/outreach, clinical consultation, advocacy, case management, and clinical supervision. To support the psychological well-being of clients and the broader NU student community, interns routinely interact and collaborate with members of our diverse and multidisciplinary staff of psychologists, counselors, clinical social workers, and psychiatrists—as well as CAPS’s campus partners. Clients of CAPS present with a range of clinical concerns and treatment needs, and staff are committed to understanding psychological illness and wellness in the context of clients’ social and cultural realities. CAPS is a dynamic and fast-paced workplace, and our supervision, mentorship, and training curriculum support and challenge our Doctoral Interns to thrive as emerging professionals in this environment. |
Does the program require that applicants have received a minimum number of hours of the following at time of application? If Yes, indicate how many: |
Total Direct Contact Intervention Hours: YES Amount: At least 350 by October 1st. Total Direct Contact Assessment Hours: NO |
Describe any other required minimum criteria used to screen applicants: |
To be considered for the CAPS Internship Program, applicants must fulfill the following criteria at the time of application submission:
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Financial and Other Benefit Support for Upcoming Training Year
Annual Stipend/Salary for Full-time Interns |
at least $42,000 |
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Annual Stipend/Salary for Half-time Interns | Not applicable | |
Program provides access to medical insurance for intern? | Yes | |
If access to medical insurance is provided: | ||
Trainee contribution to cost required? | Yes | |
Coverage of family member(s) available? | Yes | |
Coverage of legally married partner available? | Yes * | |
Coverage of domestic partner available? | No | |
Hours of Annual Paid Personal Time Off (PTO and/or Vacation) | 135 hours | |
Hours of Annual Paid Sick Leave | 112.5 hours | |
In the event of medical conditions and/or family needs that require extended leave, does the program allow reasonable unpaid leave to interns/residents in excess of personal time off and sick leave? |
Yes ** | |
Other Benefits (please describe): | ||
*Including same-sex spouse ** Must be approved through consultation with CAPS, Northwestern Human Resources, and the Northwestern Office of Civil Rights & Title IX Compliance. Additional information is available on the Human Resources webpage: Leaves, Holidays, and Time Off. |
Initial Post-Internship Positions
(Provide an Aggregated Tally for the Preceding 3 Cohorts)
2020-2023 | ||
Total # of interns who were in the 3 cohorts | 9 | |
Total # of interns who did not seek employment because they returned to their doctoral program/are completing doctoral degree | 0 | |
PD | EP | |
Academic Teaching | 0 | 0 |
Community Mental Health Center | 0 | 0 |
Consortium | 0 | 0 |
University Counseling Center | 3 | 1 |
Hospital/Medical Center | 0 | 0 |
Veterans Affairs Medical Center | 0 | 0 |
Psychiatric Facility | 0 | 0 |
Correctional Facility | 0 | 0 |
Health Maintenance Organization | 0 | 0 |
School District/System | 0 | 0 |
Independent Practice Setting | 2 | 0 |
Other | 2 | 1 |
Note: “PD” = Post-doctoral residency position; “EP” = Employed Position. Each individual represented in this table should be counted only one time. For former trainees working in more than one setting, select the setting that represents their primary position. |