Pre-Doctoral Internship in Counseling and Clinical Psychology

Benefits

Salary

  • $21,000 annual wages.  The intern year begins August 10 and ends on August 09.

Leave Time

  • Annual leave -  16 hours earned per month (unused leave is not reimbursable at end of internship)
  • Professional leave - 4 days
  • Sick leave - 120 hours of  annually
  • Holidays -  include Thanksgiving Day and the day after, Christmas Day, New Year's Day,  Memorial Day, and Independence Day.

Health Care Benefits for Interns

  • Interns may receive services at the Schiffert Health Center  if they elect to pay the student health fee.  This means that interns are eligible for all Health Center services which include: Unlimited practitioner visits, primary care medications, annual gynecological exams, allergy services, laboratory services and all health education and wellness services. While most services are covered by the fee, some services do have extra charges e.g. certain medications, x-rays and lab tests.  These charges are discounted and are well below the market prices for private care.
     
  • Interns are also eligible for enrollment in the Virginia Tech Student Health Insurance Insurance Plan.  Plans are available for individuals and their families.  Informational brochures and applications are available in the Health Center business office which is located on the second floor of McComas Hall in the administrative area. 

Additional Benefits

  • Interns are eligible to purchase a faculty/staff parking permit
  • Interns may obtain library privileges
  • Interns may utilize recreational facilities at McComas Student Health and Fitness Center as well as War Memorial Gym.  
  • Interns typically attend the Fall or Spring Virginia Psychological Association  conferences.

The Facility

Cook Counseling Center and Schiffert Student Health Services moved into the new McComas Hall facility in August 1998.

  • Each intern has a private office equipped with a two-way observation mirror
  • Interns have a computer and a printer in each of their offices
  • Interns receive an e-mail account and have ethernet access to the Internet.
  • All senior staff and intern offices have wall-mounted video cameras and observation is possible from any staff office via an internal cable network.

Administrative and Technical Support

  • Interns enjoy the same access to clerical support as the senior staff with front office staff available to answer phones and scheduled client appointments. In addition, clerical assistance is available with the scoring of some psychological tests.
  • Access to Schiffert Health Center Information Technology staff is available to assist all staff with computer hardware and software issues, as well as with questions about web design.

Resources

 

    

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Please click on the index topics in the column at the left of your screen to explore the components of
Cook Counseling Center's Pre-doctoral Internship in Psychology.

Revised 12/04/2006
Cathye Griffin Betzel, Psy.D.