Internship Opportunities
A student's education in psychology need not include only standard lecture, discussion, and laboratory courses. SUNY Fredonia offers undergraduate students an opportunity to do an internship in psychology. Experiences gained during an internship may assist students in making decisions regarding careers and increase the competitiveness of their applications for graduate study. We provide hands-on experiences in the areas of counseling, clinical psychology, school psychology, human factors, and industrial-organizational psychology. Those students who choose to do a counseling/clinical internship will have an opportunity to work with a trained counselor, observe various mental disorders, and develop their own counseling skills. Other students elect to do an internship in school settings, gaining experience in school counseling, observation, testing of children, and guidance counseling. In the industrial-organizational sites, students work in human resources and personnel departments. Some of the settings where we have placed students are:
- Group home for adolescents with behavioral problems
- Domestic violence shelter
- Substance dependence treatment program
- Day treatment program for adults with mental illness
- Mental health clinic
- Psychiatric hospital
- High school, middle school, and elementary school
- Local business and industry
- Correctional facility
- Preventive medicine and wellness clinic
For a list of prerequisites needed for a psychology internship, click here (PDF).
To do an internship in Fall 2009 or Spring 2010, contact Dr. Sutha