Program tables were updated on 8/31/23.

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?

No.

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 requirements.

We require our trainers and trainees to engage in reflection about how our own identities and values influence our professional practice. Interns receive close supervision, so those seeking that experience will do well. As scientist-practitioners, we place value on process and outcome data and on critical analysis.

Interns who have completed previous counseling center practica are best prepared. Although completion of comprehensive assessment reports is not a firm selection criterion, it is highly desirable.

Internship program admissions

Does the program require that applicants have received a minimum number of hours of the following at the time of application? If yes, indicate how many:

Describe any other minimum criteria used to screen applicants: 

• Enrollment in an APA-accredited program or CPA-accredited program
• Completion of comprehensive examinations and proposal of dissertation or doctoral research
• Experience providing counseling within college or university counseling centers is highly desirable
• The University of Iowa requires applicants who receive offers of employment to meet requirements including eligibility for legal employment in the U.S. and criminal background checks.

Financial and Other Benefit Support for the Upcoming Training Year*

Other benefits

• Professional Development:  88 hours (e.g., dissertation meetings and defense, graduation. Job interviews, approved conferences, including Big Ten).
• Each intern has own office equipped with computer, Internet access, digital recording technology, and voicemail.  Each intern office has a window.
• Interns have UI e-mail accounts, business cards, and access to library resources.
• Support staff answer telephones, receive clients, and score repeated measures symptom checklists on behalf of interns and their clients.  Additionally, they assist with scheduling.  Interns also have access to IT Support that is provided for the Division of Student Life employees.

Parental leave policy

Birth parents may use any available paid sick leave (144 hours max.) and paid personal time off (120 hours max.) during a leave of absence for the birth of a child.  Birth parents are entitled to up to eight weeks of medically indicated leave.  After available sick leave and paid personal time off is exhausted, unpaid leave may be used for this purpose.  Spouses, adoptive parents, and domestic partners may use up to ten days of sick leave as part of bonding time after the birth of a child or placement of a child in the home.  Interns who need additional parental leave beyond the allotted paid personal time off and /or sick leave may arrange additional absences, which may result in an extension beyond the twelve-month internship.  UCS may arrange a complementary appointment with no additional salary or benefits to enable interns to meet the requirements of the internship.

 *Note: Programs are not required by the Commission on Accreditation to provide all benefits listed in this table.

Initial Post-internship positions

(Provide an Aggregated Tally for the Preceding 3 Cohorts)

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.