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Member Site Information
APPIC Member Number: 2639
Program Type: Internship
Membership Type: Full Membership
Site: University of Puerto Rico Internship Consortium
Department: Department of Psychology
Address: 9 Ave. Univeridad
STE 901
San Juan, Puerto Rico 00925
Country: United States
Metro Area: Not Applicable
Not Applicable
Distance from Major City: Location is in the San Juan Metro area
Phone:
Fax:
Training Director Email:
Co-Training Director Email:
Web Address: https://sociales.uprrp.edu/cusep-eng/
Brochure Website's Address: https://sociales.uprrp.edu/psicologia/internado/
Primary Agency Type: Consortium
Additional Agency Types:
  • Child/Adolescent Psychiatric or Pediatrics
  • Community Mental Health Center
  • Consortium
  • Psychology Department
  • Other
Member of APPIC since:
Accreditation
APA Accreditation Not Accredited
CPA Accreditation Not Accredited
Internship Staff/Faculty Information
Training Director:
Chief Psychologist:
Number of Full-Time Licensed Doctoral Psychologists on Staff/Faculty 6
Number of Part-Time Licensed Doctoral Psychologists on Staff/Faculty 4
Position Information
Start Date: 08/02/2027
Funded
Number of Full Time Slots Expected Next Class: 5
Number of Part Time Slots Expected Next Class:
Stipend
Full Time Annual Stipend for Next Class: 16000.00
Part Time Annual Stipend for Next Class:
Fringe Benefits: Dissertation Release Time, Professional Development Time, Sick Leave, Vacation
Other Fringe Benefits (not indicated above):
Brief description of the typical work day for an intern at this training site All interns assist from Monday through Friday with regular duty hours equivalent to 40 hours per week. Of these 40 weekly hours, 18 to 20 hours will be in face-to-face psychological services to patients/clients. The rest of the time is dedicated to record keeping tasks, didactic activities, preparation for psychotherapy or assessment sessions, clinical supervision and other administrative activities. The specific experience will differ according to placement. Interns will also be able to develop supervision skills by meeting regularly with practicum students to facilitate their professional development, train them in the process of intake interviews, and practice supervision skills in the process of intake interviews.
Does this site have practicum psychology students on site? Yes
Doctoral Psychology Practicum StudentsYes
Masters Psychology Practicum StudentsYes
Do Psychology Interns/Postdocs Have the Opportunity to Supervise Practicum Students?Yes
Is this program fully affiliated with one or more doctoral programs? Yes
Is this program partially affiliated with one or more doctoral programs? No
Details of the above affiliations The Consortium is fully affiliated to the PhD program at the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras. It is a one-year full-time internship program for four (5) Ph.D. students emphasizing clinical psychology. The Consortium consists of 4 major training sites: University Center for Psychological Services and Research (CUSEP), Institute of Psychological Research (IpSI), Institute of Developmental Deficiencies (IDD), and Psychology Services Unit of the Dock Workers Compensation Plan (UTM-PRSSA)
Internship Application Process
Accepting Applicants: Yes
Application Due Date: 12/01/2026 11:59 PM EST
Interview notification date: 12/07/2026
Tentative interview date: N/A
Interview process description:

Interviews are individual and face-to-face. Date and time of the interview will be coordinated in consensus with the members of the Consortium and notified via email and/or phone call to the candidate. Interviews will be conducted by the training director and supervisory staff and will be scored with a rubric. 
How to obtain application info: Visit Website
Preferred method of contacting the program: Email the Program
We have matched with interns from these programs:
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 start of internship
Dissertation Defended: No
Minimum Number of AAPI Intervention Hours (if applicable): 500
Minimum Number of AAPI Assessment Hours (if applicable):
Minimum Number of Combined Intervention and Assessment Hours (if applicable): 500
Does your program require applicants to submit supplemental materials (i.e., an assessment report and/or a case/treatment summary): Yes
Minimum Number of Years of Grad Training Required (if applicable): 4
Accepted / Not-Accepted Program Types
Clinical Psychology Accepted
Counseling Psychology Not Accepted
School Psychology Not Accepted
APA-Accredited Accepted
CPA-Accredited Not Accepted
PCSAS-Accredited Not Accepted
Non-Accredited Not Accepted
Ph.D Degree Accepted
Psy.D. Degree Not 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: The applicant must show evidence of a certificate of completion granted by the Graduate Student Program Officer, certifying that applicant has completed all requirements and is ready to apply for internship. Also, they must have successfully defended and completed the doctoral dissertation proposal. The application must be accompanied by a case conceptualization and an assessment report.
Program Description

The Training Program at the University of Puerto Rico Internship Consortium is one-year full-time exclusively affiliated internship program for five (5) Ph.D. students emphasizing clinical psychology at the University of Puerto Rico.The Consortium consists of 4 major training sites: The University Center for Psychological Services and Research (CUSEP), the Institute of Psychological Research (IPsi), the Institute of Developmental Disabilities (IDDPR-PRUCEDD), and the Psychological Services Unit of the Dock Workers Wellness Plan (UTM-PRSSA). Our internship program offers a variety of experiences with the purpose of helping to continue developing the necessary skills to be a highly competent and ethical professional in the provision of psychological services and research, within a diverse context. 

Training opportunities for students are broad in range and involve psychotherapy in individual, couples, and family therapy, intake, crisis intervention, and training in various forms such as outreach, consultation, community workshops, and assessment including developmental, psychological, cognitive, neuropsychological, psycho-educational, and personality. Multiple theoretical orientations are represented among the supervisors, including behavioral, cognitive-behavioral, systemic, psychodynamic, psychoanalytic, and trauma-focused interventions. Interns must complete at least 2000 contact hours.

The consortium is structured to provide an in-depth, immersive experience at one agency which should be congruent with the intern’s primary interest area and corresponds to the intern’s primary placement. This is where the intern will spend most of their time. The intern will also have substantive training experience in a secondary placement within the Consortium. According to how the experience is designed, all interns must rotate one day of the week for the 12 month duration of the program. This allows for the strengthening of areas of weakness in the intern’s past training experience.

Most of the time will be used to provide direct clinical services, clinical documentation, clinical supervision, and consultation with other providers. Interns will also be able to develop supervision skills by meeting regularly with practicum students to facilitate his/her professional development, train them in the process of intake interviews, and practice supervision skills in the process of intake interviews. Remaining time is dedicated to other activities related to training, like attending didactics and case conference meetings, peer consultation, scheduled meetings, providing workshops, doing research and literature review, and other indirect service activities.

Internship Training Opportunities

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

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

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Experience
Health Psychology: Exposure (1% to 20%)
Women's Health:
HIV/AIDS:
Eating Disorders:
Sexual Disorders:
Sports Psychology:
Rehabilitation Psychology:
Physical Disabilities: Experience (21% to 30%)
Learning Disabilities: Experience (21% to 30%)
Developmental Disabilities: Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Assessment: Emphasis (31% to 49%)
Neuropsychology-Adult:
Neuropsychology-Child:
Serious Mental Illness: Experience (21% to 30%)
Anxiety Disorders: Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Trauma/PTSD: Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Sexual Abuse: Experience (21% to 30%)
Substance Use Disorders:
Forensics/Corrections:
Sexual Offenders:
Geropsychology:
Pediatrics: Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
School: Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Counseling:
Vocational/Career Development: Exposure (1% to 20%)
Multicultural Therapy:
Feminist Therapy:
Religion/Spirituality:
Empirically-Supported Treatments: Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Public Policy/Advocacy:
Program Development/Evaluation:
Supervision: Exposure (1% to 20%)
Research: Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Administration: Experience (21% to 30%)
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://sociales.uprrp.edu/cusep-eng/  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 2018-2019 2019-2020 2020-2021 2021-2022 2022-2023 2023-2024 2024-2025 2025-2026 2026-2027
Number of Completed Applications:
Number of applicants invited for interviews:
Total number of interns:
Total number of interns from APA/CPA accredited programs:
Total number of interns from Ph.D. programs:
Total number of interns from Psy.D. programs:
Total number of interns from Ed.D. programs:
Number of interns that come from a Clinical Psychology program
Number of interns that come from a Counseling Psychology program
Number of interns that come from a School Psychology program
Range of integrated assessment reports: lowest number of reports written
Range of integrated assessment reports: highest number of reports written
Summary of Post Internship Employment Settings of Each Internship Class (1st Placement)
2022-2023 2023-2024 2024-2025 2025-2026
Academic teaching:
Community mental health center: 0 0 0 0
Consortium: 0 0 0 0
University Counseling Center: 0 0 0 0
Hospital/Medical Center: 0 0 0 0
Veterans Affairs Health Care System: 0 0 0 0
Psychiatric facility: 0 0 0 0
Correctional facility: 0 0 0 0
Health Maintenance Organization: 0 0 0 0
School district/system: 0 0 0 0
Independent practice setting: 0 0 0 0
Other (Academic Psychology Department): 0 0 0 0
Link to Program's Trainee Admissions, Support, and Outcome Data:
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