Thank you for your interest in our Internship Training Program!

NAAPTC Pre-doctoral Internship in Clinical Psychology is accredited by the American Psychological Association and a member of the Association of Psychology Post-doctoral and Internship Centers (APPIC).
To verify the APA-accredited status of the NAAPTC Predoctoral Psychology Internship, please check the American Psychological Association website: http://www.apa.org/ed/accreditation/ or contact the Office of Program Consultation and Accreditation. Phone: 202-336-5979   Email: apaaccred@apa.org Address: 750 First Street, NE Washington, DC 20002-4242 

To learn more about our Training Model and Philosophy, please click here.

Students who are preparing for a Ph. D. or Psy. D. in clinical, counseling, or school psychology and those with outstanding credentials from Ed. D. programs are eligible to apply.

APA accreditation of the applicant's graduate program is not required, but is much preferred; clinical psychology training is preferred.

In order to be considered, applicants need to have a minimum of three years of pre-internship graduate training and must meet all their school's standards of internship readiness before application deadline. Additionally, by the start of the internship, applicants must possess at least an equivalent of master's degree and have their dissertation proposal defended and accepted.

The minimal practical training requirements are 1600 Grand Total Practicum Hours and/or 500 hours of Supervised Assessment and Intervention Experience expected by the start of the internship. Applicants who have higher amount of practical training and those with especially pertinent clinical experiences (similar patient populations, modalities of treatment, theoretical approach, etc.) receive more favorable ratings.

All applicants are required to register for the APPIC Match and submit their applications online according to the procedures adopted by APPIC. Please note that in compliance with APPIC application regulations, RAMS supplementary application is no longer required:

Each application should include the following:

• a letter of interest and intent:
  (What applicant hopes to learn during internship and what qualifies him or her as a good fit)
• curriculum vitae:
  (Please provide detailed information about all supervised professional experiences, including types of settings, clinical services provided, clinical and cultural populations served, and theoretical orientation of supervision. Additionally, we are asking all applicants who speak languages other than English to provide information on their fluency in these languages - "receptive skills only"; "minor to intermediate conversation skills"; "intermediate to fluent"; "fluent to very fluent"; "native speaker")
  
• AAPI;
• Official Transcript of Courses and Grades:
  (Graduate Transcripts only, please)
• three recent letters of recommendation:
  (Strong preference is given to recommendations from professionals who are familiar with applicants' clinical work, as opposed to letters that highlight applicants' academic achievements.)
• and an integrated psychodiagnostic assessment report on a comprehensive clinical battery of tests
  Submit reports with all identifying data removed and accompanied by the full set of  test data (so we can assess your scoring accuracy). Any complete test battery must include both cognitive and personality tests; the report must include a case formulation of both cognitive and emotional functioning. Strong preference is given to reports conducted on a patient, not a volunteer, as well as to those reports that include projective measures in addition to standardized tests.

If you do not have any reports that fit all the above criteria (i.e. you do not have access to the full test data, you have only done testing of volunteers, or cognitive tests only) please choose one report that showcases your assessment skills at their best.  For more information on what we are looking for in an assessment report, feel free to consult the Psychodiagnostic Report Outline at our website at www.ramsinc.org

The application deadline is November 1

INTERVIEW PROCESS
A typical interview is conducted by the Director of Training and a Clinical Supervisor. It takes about an hour, and is rather informal. Interviewers ask applicants about their past training and clinical work, as well as career goals. Experience of working with clients of diversity and applicants' understanding of the role their own culture plays in the clinical encounter are often discussed. Other topics of the interview may include applicants' experience in working with the underprivileged and with the severely disturbed as well as applicants' theoretical orientation and their own ideas about how therapy works. Applicants are expected to be ready to present cases to illustrate their style of work and to demonstrate clinical and cultural competency.
SELECTION OF APPLICANTS
Please note that while we give some preference to applicants who have experience or demonstrated strong interest in working with minority clients and/or are bilingual, the National Asian American Psychology Training Center and RAMS, Inc. are Equal Opportunity Employers and do not discriminate on the basis of race, culture, religion, ethnicity, nationality, class, physical ability, age, gender, gender identity, or sexual orientation.
We abide by our agreement with APPIC for participation in the APPIC Match, including the APPIC policy that no person at this training will solicit, accept or use any ranking-related information from any intern participant.
The applicant is notified of acceptance or rejection according to the procedures adopted by the APPIC; the interview notification date is December 15.
Please note that we do not routinely notify applicants of the receipt and status of their applications and are unable to respond to any inquiries regarding this matter.

If you are selected for an interview, it is your responsibility to contact the RAMS Front Office at 415.668-5955 within two weeks after the notification date to schedule an in-person interview.

Should you have any questions, please email Dr. Alla Volovich at  allavolovich@ramsinc.org

NAAPTC PREDOCTORAL INTERNSHIP SELECTION CRITERIA

The criteria listed below are those that are typically used for rating applicants during the interview and considered in our ranking of the applicants.

This information is provided to you in hope that it will help reduce the interview stress. It is not necessary that all areas apply to each applicant.

APPLICATION REVIEW:   Doctoral Training: Clinical, Counseling or School Training School's APA Accreditation Previous Practical Experience (# of hours, relevance) Relevant extra-training experiences Interest & skills relevant to our training Experience of psychodynamic supervision/training   Application Essays: Evidence of self-awareness in the essays Evidence of cultural sensitivity in the essays Writing Style and Organization of Essays   Recommendation Letters Quality of recommendations Settings: populations, services, & training (similarity to RAMS)   Psychological Testing Report: Case Formulation Writing Style Level of Organization of Material Type of Formulation Psychometric Accuracy Test Data Interpretation Accuracy Justification of Diagnostic Impressions Cultural Factors Taken into Account Number of Full Batteries

INTERVIEW:   Case Presentation: Presentation of relevant history & assessment information Ability to diagnose according to the DSM-IV Case formulation’s relevance to history and clinical data Integration of cultural factors into case formulation Case formulation’s consistency with theoretical approach Treatment plan’s consistency with case formulation Emotional sensitivity/use of self in clinical work Working knowledge of psychodynamic approach Knowledge of medications and relevant  biological issues Cultural Sensitivity: Awareness of own cultural identity Sensitivity to issues of diversity Knowledge regarding diversity issues Dedication to culturally competent clinical work Commitment to working with Asians & immigrant populations Relevant bilingual skills   Personal Characteristics: Ability to express self and to be direct, self-assertive, candid Self-awareness (including ability to discuss countertransference) Commitment to own personal growth                       Capacity to tolerate stress and work pressure Commitment to Community Mental Health Unique interests that could be met at a placement here Unique skills that would benefit a placement here

You can find information about APPIC Match Polices and Schedule as well as the APPI form at http://www.appic.org

For additional information, contact Dr. Alla Volovich or call 415.668.5955

A training year at RAMS should be stimulating and exciting,
and we look forward to receiving your application.




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