Internship Admissions, Support & Initial Placement Data

Program disclosures

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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
If yes, provide website link (or content from brochure) where this specific information is presented.	N/A

Internship program admissions

Date program tables are updated: 9/1/26

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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:	Butler University’s Counseling and Consultation Services offers an APA-accredited doctoral internship program in Health Service Psychology that provides a core of supervised training experiences in a university counseling center. These experiences are designed to enhance the intern’s development as a health service psychologist with a generalist training and with a high level of competence and versatility in the provision of mental health services.

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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:

Butler University’s Counseling and Consultation Services offers an APA-accredited doctoral internship program in Health Service Psychology that provides a core of supervised training experiences in a university counseling center. These experiences are designed to enhance the intern’s development as a health service psychologist with a generalist training and with a high level of competence and versatility in the provision of mental health services.

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:

Category	Requirement
Total Direct Contact Intervention Hours	Yes. Amount: 350 hours by Nov. 1.
Total Direct Contact Assessment Hours	No. Amount: 0 hours.

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Describe any other required minimum criteria used to screen applicants:	To be considered for our internship program, applicants must fulfill the following criteria: Current enrollment in an APA-accredited (or CPA-accredited) doctoral program in counseling or clinical psychology. A minimum of 350 intervention hours from practica by November 10. These hours may also include practicum training accrued during a terminal master’s program. Successful completion of doctoral comprehensive exams. Dissertation proposal defended (preferred, not required). Completion of all required coursework and practica prior to internship start date. Approval by the academic training program verifying readiness for internship.

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Describe any other required minimum criteria used to screen applicants:

To be considered for our internship program, applicants must fulfill the following criteria:

Current enrollment in an APA-accredited (or CPA-accredited) doctoral program in counseling or clinical psychology.
A minimum of 350 intervention hours from practica by November 10. These hours may also include practicum training accrued during a terminal master’s program.
Successful completion of doctoral comprehensive exams.
Dissertation proposal defended (preferred, not required).
Completion of all required coursework and practica prior to internship start date.
Approval by the academic training program verifying readiness for internship.

Financial and other benefit support for upcoming training year*

Date program tables are updated: 9/1/2026

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Annual Stipend/Salary for Full-time Interns	$40,000
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?	Yes
Hours of Annual Paid Personal Time Off (PTO and/or Vacation)	97.5 hours
Hours of Annual Paid Sick Leave	37.5 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):	Paid time off work for all university holidays Free use of the Recreation Complex Each intern has their own office, equipped with a computer, telephone, Internet access, digital recording technology, and voicemail. As BU employees, interns have email accounts, access to library resources, and discounts at local merchants. Clerical and technical support provided by Butler employees

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

Initial post-internship positions

Date program tables are updated: 9/1/26

Provide an aggregated tally for the preceding three cohorts.

2022-2025 cohort range

Categories	Amount
Total Number of Interns Who Were in the Three Cohorts	9
Total Number of Interns Who Remain in Training in the Internship Program	0

Area	PD	EP
Academic Teaching	0	1
Community Mental Health Center	0	0
Consortium	0	0
University Counseling Center	1	0
Hospital/Medical Center	0	0
Veterans Affairs Health Care System	0	0
Psychiatric Facility	0	0
Correctional Facility	0	0
Health Maintenance Organization	0	0
School District/System	0	0
Independent Practice Setting	0	7
Other	0	0

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.

Policies

Philosophy of Recruitment

The Butler University Doctoral Internship Program is committed to attracting and training diverse interns. By doing so, we believe interns have a richer experience, and students receive better care. APA Minority Fellows are encouraged to apply to the program. We also believe in being transparent with our selection process. Throughout the selection process the intern candidate is free to contact the site at any time to speak to the Training Director or to current interns and staff about the training program. The Selection Committee may interact with candidates for purposes of gathering information only. The frequency of contact(s) themselves do not constitute an implicit or explicit element of favoritism or a guarantee of an internship slot. This internship site is a member of APPIC and, as such, agrees to abide by APPIC policies. In particular, we agree to abide by the APPIC policy that no person at this training facility will solicit, accept or use any ranking-related information from any intern applicant.

Butler University Nondiscrimination Policy

The internship program adheres to Butler University’s policy on nondiscrimination in its hiring processes:

Butler University is committed to enhancing the diversity of the student body, faculty and staff. In addition, hiring decisions are made on the basis of an individual’s qualifications, past experience, overall performance and other employment-related criteria. Butler University provides equal opportunities for employment and advancement for all individuals, regardless of age, gender, race, religion, color, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, national origin, or any other legally protected category.

Campus Visits

In order to be fair to all applicants, there will be no formal contact with the Director of Training during campus visits that happen to occur prior to actual interviews. If candidates are interested in visiting the Butler campus outside of formal interviews, they should contact the Director of Training who will connect them with one of our current interns in order to provide a tour of the facility.

Application Process

Applications are due by 5:00 PM Eastern Standard Time on November 10 for the three internship positions. Our program code for the Match is 129311.

Applications must be submitted via the APPIC online process found on the APPIC website (appic.org). Files are not considered complete until all materials are received by the Director of Training. The Selection Committee will review applicant files. Applicants chosen for interviews will be notified by the Director of Training by December 15 and scheduled for a virtual interview conducted using Zoom. Email notification will be sent by December 15 to applicants no longer being considered.

Immediately following the candidate interviews, the Selection Committee will meet to rank applicants. Applicants will not be contacted after interviews regarding whether they will be included in our rank order submission. As stated in the Philosophy of Recruitment statement, we may have contact with applicants only for informational and clarification purposes.

Applicants that match with our site must pass a background check and complete necessary paperwork for HR prior to starting internship. The University conducts primary background checks on final job candidates in compliance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act. They include:

Social Security Trace
Academic Verification (highest degree) US & Canada – International where applicable
Prior Employment Verification (past (7) seven years) US & Canada – International where applicable
Criminal National Database search
Federal Criminal National Database search
Criminal County Database Felony/Misdemeanor search

Interns who match to our site but do not complete or pass this background check will not be allowed to continue in the internship program. Background checks that have employment, education, and date discrepancies or convictions will be subject to review by HR in determining eligibility for employment. The HR representative will notify the hiring manager in instances where negative or incomplete information is obtained. The appropriate management and HR representative will assess the potential risks and liabilities related to the job’s requirements and determine whether the individual should be hired. If a decision not to hire or promote a candidate is made based on the results of a background check, additional FCRA requirements are handled by HR in conjunction with Barada, Inc.

The deadline for submitting your AAPI materials, which should include graduate transcript, CV, cover letter, and reference forms, is 5:00 PM EST on November 10.

If you have questions regarding the application process, contact the Director of Training:

Keith Magnus, PhD, HSPP
Director/Director of Training
Butler University Counseling and Consultation Services
530 W. 49th Street
Indianapolis, IN 46208
(317) 940-9777 or kmagnus@butler.edu

This program is accredited by the American Psychological Association. Questions related to the program’s accredited status should be directed to the Commission on Accreditation:

Office of Program Consultation and Accreditation
750 First Street, NE
Washington, D.C. 20002-4242
(202) 336-5979 or email at apaaccred@apa.org; website: accreditation.apa.org

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