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Site Name: VA - Los Angeles Ambulatory Care Center
Department: Psychology Service (116B)
Applications are reviewed by the Director of Training and members of the psychology training committee to determine whether an interview should be granted. Interviews for selected applicants will be held remotely using video technology on four days in January (tentatively scheduled for 1/6, 1/8, 1/12, and 1/13/2026). The interview day will include an open house and group overview of the program followed by staff introductions. Then, applicants will shift into three consecutive individual 30-minute interviews, followed by a Q&A session with our current intern cohort. It has always been our goal to make the interviews as comfortable as possible to provide an accurate representation of the collegial training environment at LAACC. Our staff are always available for follow-up questions after interview days via telephone or email.
Located in the heart of downtown Los Angeles, VA LAACC is an ambulatory care facility that provides comprehensive medical and mental health services to a diverse population of veterans. Our psychology internship program offers didactic, experiential, and practical training activities in a number of outpatient mental health areas. Our goal is to train interns to be generalist clinicians who are competent in all of the APA profession-wide competency areas, and are ready to handle the demands of a job as a postdoctoral resident or entry-level psychologist in a wide range of psychology settings upon completion of their training. With this in mind, interns receive training in a broad spectrum of clinic settings including: Behavioral Health Interdisciplinary Program (BHIP)/General Mental Health, Trauma Recovery Services (TRS)/Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Substance Use Disorder treatment, Primary Care-Mental Health Integration (PC-MHI), Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Recovery Center (PRRC)/Serious Mental Illness (SMI), Women's Mental Health, and psychodiagnostic, functional, and cognitive assessment. Interns are trained in a variety of evidence-based practices and engage in seminars, supervision, and didactics to support their learning and professional development. The clinic is housed in a 5-story state-of-the-art building and is part of the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System (GLAHCS), although separate and distinct from the other GLAHCS training programs. Our psychology service currently consists of 20 full-time psychologists and 4 part-time psychologists. Most psychology staff members currently participate in the internship training program. For more details about training opportunities and supervision at LAACC, please view our brochure.
Note: When submitting your AAPI, the VA LAACC program name is listed as VA Greater LA Health Care Svs Ambulatory Center
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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.va.gov/greater-los-angeles-health-care/work-with-us/internships-and-fellowships/psychology-training/ 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.
