Guidebook for Clinical Psychology Interns

The internship is the capstone experience of professional education and training preparatory for the application of psychology in health and human services. It is analagous for the practice of psychology to what the doctoral dissertation represents in the student's development as a scholar. At its best, the internship should be viewed as far more than simply a require­ ment for one's degree or licensure, a rite de passage for entry into the profes­ sion. Rather, it should be regarded by students