Internship Program

The psychology internship program at the Pacific Islands Health Care System (PIHCS) is fully accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of the American Psychological Association. The next site visit will be during the academic year 2010.

We are seeking bright, conscientious, personable, diverse, and well-qualified applicants with sound clinical practicum training in psychological assessment, individual and group therapy with adults, ability to function independently with initiative under appropriate supervision, with flexibility, maturity and judgment, cultural sensitivity, and interest in a generalist practioner-scientist training model. Applicants must be in good-standing with APA-approved doctoral programs in clinical or counseling psychology with formal acceptance of the dissertation proposal by the time of application.

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 Psychology Internship - Honolulu

Postdoctoral Fellowship Program

This newly established postdoctoral fellowship program at the Pacific Islands Health Care System (PIHCS) is not yet accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of the American Psychological Association. An application for accreditation is in process, and a site visit is expected by 2011. VAPIHCS also has a National Center for PTSD (NC-PTSD) psychology postdoctoral fellowship program. The NC-PTSD postdoctoral fellowship program is APA accredited. Please see the VANC-PTSD postdoctoral fellowship section of this website for a full description of that program. VAPIHCS has four psychology postdoctoral fellowship positions, two in each of the programs.

We are seeking bright, conscientious, personable, diverse, and well-qualified applicants with sound clinical training in psychological assessment, individual and group therapy with adults, ability to function independently with initiative under appropriate supervision, with flexibility, maturity and judgment, cultural sensitivity, interest and experience in the area of emphasis for which they are applying. Applicants must be in good-standing with APA-approved doctoral programs in clinical or counseling psychology and in their internship. The applicant's dissertation must be completed or expected to be completed before the start of the Fellowship in September. Qualifications for Fellowship include: U.S. citizenship, earned doctorate in psychology from an APA-approved program by start date, and completed APA-approved internship.

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 Psychology Postdoctoral Fellowship - Honolulu

Postdoctoral Fellowship Program - PTSD

The postdoctoral fellowship at the National Center for PTSD / Honolulu is fully accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of the American Psychological Association. The next site visit will be during the academic year 2012. The Pacific Islands Health Care System (PIHCS) also has two new psychology postdoctoral fellowship positions in Primary Care and Severe Mental Illness. Please see the Honolulu Psych Postdoc page of this website for a full description of that program.

The National Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (NC-PTSD) Pacific Islands Division is part of the Veterans Affairs Pacific Island Health Care System (VAPIHCS). Two NC-PTSD Pacific Islands Division Post-Doctoral Fellows participate yearly in a varied and multidisciplinary training program designed to develop advanced competency in clinical practice and research/program evaluation as well as specialized expertise in trauma in diverse populations. Mentored training experiences are available several settings from experienced supervisors who possess wide ranging clinical, teaching, research, and scholarly achievements.

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 Psychology Postdoctoral Fellowship-PTSD - Honolulu