APPIC

Member Site Information

APPIC Member Number:	1860
Program Type:	Internship
Membership Type:	Full Membership
Site:	Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services (formerly Eastern Health)
Department:	Professional Practice
Address:	100 Forest Road St. John's, Newfoundland A1A1E5
Country:	Canada
Metro Area:	Not Applicable Not Applicable
Distance from Major City:
Phone:	709-777-7889x
Fax:
Training Director Email:	alysha.renouf@easternhealth.ca
Co-Training Director Email:
Web Address:	https://www.easternhealth.ca/careers/student-placements/
Brochure Website's Address:	https://www.easternhealth.ca/careers/student-placements/
Primary Agency Type:	State/County/Other Public Hospital
Additional Agency Types:	Academic Health Center Child/Adolescent Psychiatric or Pediatrics Community Mental Health Center
Member of APPIC since:	2013

Accreditation

APA Accreditation	Not Accredited
CPA Accreditation	Accredited

Internship Staff/Faculty Information

Training Director:	Alysha Renouf
Chief Psychologist:
Number of Full-Time Licensed Doctoral Psychologists on Staff/Faculty	18
Number of Part-Time Licensed Doctoral Psychologists on Staff/Faculty	0

Position Information

Start Date:	09/02/2025

	Funded
Number of Full Time Slots Expected Next Class:	2
Number of Part Time Slots Expected Next Class:	0

	Stipend
Full Time Annual Stipend for Next Class:	54307
Part Time Annual Stipend for Next Class:	0

Fringe Benefits:	Dissertation Release Time, Dental Insurance, Disability Insurance, Health Insurance, Professional Development Time, Sick Leave, Vacation
Other Fringe Benefits (not indicated above):	5 days education leave, moving expense reimbursement

Brief description of the typical work day for an intern at this training site

Does this site have practicum psychology students on site?	Yes
Doctoral Psychology Practicum Students	Yes
Masters Psychology Practicum Students
Do Psychology Interns/Postdocs Have the Opportunity to Supervise Practicum Students?	Yes

Is this program fully affiliated with one or more doctoral programs?	No

Is this program partially affiliated with one or more doctoral programs?	No

Internship Application Process

Accepting Applicants:	Yes
Application Due Date:	11/15/2024 11:59 PM EST
A Virtual Interview are:	Required
Interview notification date:	12/06/2024
Tentative interview date:	01/07/2024-01/22/2024
Interview process description:
How to obtain application info:	Visit Website
Preferred method of contacting the program:	Email the Program
We have matched with interns from these programs:	Memorial University, University of Guelph, Lakehead University, Dalhousie University, McGill University, University of Windsor, University of New Brunswick, Queen's University, Simon Fraser University, University of British Columbia, the Arizona School of Professional Psychology, University of Victoria, University of Ottawa, University of Toronto, Ryerson University, and University of Regina

Internship Applicant Requirements

US Citizenship Required:	No
If NOT a U.S. Citizen, Authorization to Work or to Engage in Practical Training (CPT or OPT) in the US is Required:	No
Canadian Citizenship Required:	No
If NOT a Canadian Citizen, Authorization to Work in Canada or to Engage in Practical Training (CPT or OPT) in Canada is Required:	No
Masters Degree Required:	No
Comprehensive Exams Passed:	Yes, by application deadline
Dissertation Proposal Approved:	Yes, by application deadline
Dissertation Defended:	No
Minimum Number of AAPI Intervention Hours (if applicable):	300
Minimum Number of AAPI Assessment Hours (if applicable):	100
Minimum Number of Combined Intervention and Assessment Hours (if applicable):	600 (Including Supervision)
Does your program require applicants to submit supplemental materials (i.e., an assessment report and/or a case/treatment summary):	No
Minimum Number of Years of Grad Training Required (if applicable):	3

Accepted / Not-Accepted Program Types

Clinical Psychology	Accepted
Counseling Psychology	Accepted
School Psychology	Accepted
APA-Accredited	Accepted
CPA-Accredited	Accepted
PCSAS-Accredited
Non-Accredited	Accepted
Ph.D Degree	Accepted
Psy.D. Degree	Accepted
Ed.D. Degree	Not Accepted

This institution, department, internship, or postdoctoral program requires trainees to sign a statement about personal behavior and/or religious beliefs as a condition of admission and/or retention in the program:	No
How to obtain text of statement:
Other Requirements:

Program Description

Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services (formerly Eastern Health) offers a twelve-month pre-doctoral residency in clinical psychology. The program is accredited by the Canadian Psychological Association. The annual stipend for the residency is $54,307, and benefits include vacation, educational, and sick leave, and health insurance. Additionally, residents who move to the province will be able to access a travel incentive which will cover the travel cost for the resident up to a maximum of the most economical travel (air or car) and provide interim housing for up to 14 calendar days while the Resident is sourcing housing.

Our pre-doctoral residency program endorses the scholar-practitioner training model. Whenever possible, didactic training precedes the supervised implementation of learning in the delivery of psychological services. Residents are encouraged to continue developing their skills in scientific thinking as these skills apply to providing evidence-based practice within an interdisciplinary health care environment. Further, as a generalist program, we provide diverse experiences to residents, involving different professional roles, client populations and treatment modalities, both in the area of mental health and in other areas of health care.

Two positions are currently available within the NL Health Services program, both are generalist positions, one with more mental health focus, the other with more health focus. Applicants may apply to one or more streams.

For each stream, the residency program is designed to provide supervised training in the following core competencies of psychological practice: (1) psychological assessment; (2) intervention; (3) consultation; (4) program development and evaluation; (5) interpersonal relationships; (6) professional standards and ethics; (7) supervision.

Training in the core competencies is accomplished through the development of an individualized training program consisting of required and optional rotations. Each stream consists of a required, yearlong major rotation, as well as a variety of minor rotations which may occur over a 4 or 8 month period. Optional rotations provide specialized opportunities to address core competencies or individualized training goals.

Consistent with the CPA accreditation criteria, residents are provided a minimum of four hours per week of supervision, including three hours of individual supervision, and one hour of group supervision. Residents from both streams participate together in group supervision and a two-to-three-hour weekly seminar. Residents are offered weekly professional development time. For more complete information about our residency program, please see our website https://www.easternhealth.ca/careers/student-placements/

Internship Training Opportunities

Populations
Infants:
Toddlers:
Children:	Yes
Adolescents:	Yes
Adults:	Yes
Family:	Yes
Older Adults:	Yes
Inpatients:	Yes
Outpatients:	Yes
LGBTQ+:	Yes
Ethnic minorities:	Yes
Spanish-speaking:
French-speaking:
Deaf/Hearing-impaired:
Students:
International Students:
Rural:	Yes
Urban:	Yes
Low income:	Yes
People without housing:	Yes
Other:

(training opportunities continued)

Treatment Modalities
Assessment:	Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Individual Therapy:	Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Couples Therapy:	Exposure (1% to 20%)
Family Therapy:	Experience (21% to 30%)
Group Therapy:	Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Community Intervention:	Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Consultation/Liaison:	Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Crisis Intervention:	Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Brief Psychotherapy:	Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Long-term Psychotherapy:	Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Cognitive Rehabilitation:	Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Primary Care:
Evidenced Based Practice:	Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Evidence Based Research:	Exposure (1% to 20%)
Supervision of Practicum students :	Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Other:

(training opportunities continued)

Experience
Health Psychology:	Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Women's Health:
HIV/AIDS:
Eating Disorders:	Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Sexual Disorders:	Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Sports Psychology:
Rehabilitation Psychology:	Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Physical Disabilities:	Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Learning Disabilities:	Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Developmental Disabilities:	Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Assessment:	Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Neuropsychology-Adult:	Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Neuropsychology-Child:	Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Serious Mental Illness:	Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Anxiety Disorders:	Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Trauma/PTSD:	Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Sexual Abuse:	Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Substance Use Disorders:	Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Forensics/Corrections:	Exposure (1% to 20%)
Sexual Offenders:
Geropsychology:	Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Pediatrics:	Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
School:
Counseling:	Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Vocational/Career Development:
Multicultural Therapy:	Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Feminist Therapy:
Religion/Spirituality:
Empirically-Supported Treatments:	Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Public Policy/Advocacy:	Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Program Development/Evaluation:	Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Supervision:	Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Research:	Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Administration:
Integrated health care - primary:
Integrated health care - specialty:
Other:

Additional information about training opportunities: Not all rotations or training experiences may be available as described in the APPIC Directory. Please consult the program's application materials or their website at: https://www.easternhealth.ca/careers/student-placements/ for a complete description of the training opportunities available at this training site. IF the site has not updated their information by August 1, feel free to contact the Training Director for additional information.

Summary of the Characteristics of the Specified Internship Class

	2017-2018	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2023-2024	2024-2025
Number of Completed Applications:	69	53	64	65	21	32
Number of applicants invited for interviews:	33	40	48	34	17	19
Total number of interns:	4	5	4	4	2	2
Total number of interns from APA/CPA accredited programs:	3	5	4	4	2	2
Total number of interns from Ph.D. programs:	2	4	3	4	1	1
Total number of interns from Psy.D. programs:	2	1	1	0	1	1
Total number of interns from Ed.D. programs:				0	0	0
Number of interns that come from a Clinical Psychology program	4	4	4	4	2	2
Number of interns that come from a Counseling Psychology program		1		0	0	0
Number of interns that come from a School Psychology program				0	0	0
Range of integrated assessment reports: lowest number of reports written				7	8	6
Range of integrated assessment reports: highest number of reports written				12	11	14

Summary of Post Internship Employment Settings of Each Internship Class (1st Placement)

	2022-2023	2023-2024
Academic teaching:
Community mental health center:	0	0
Consortium:	0	0
University Counseling Center:	0	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	0
Other (Academic Psychology Department):	0	0
Link to Program's Trainee Admissions, Support, and Outcome Data:

Department : Professional Practice

Populations

Treatment Modalities

Experience