Psychology Training Programs

We are currently reviewing requests for 6- or 12-month practicum opportunities on a case-by-case basis from individuals enrolled in programs for clinical and counseling psychology programs. Although we typically reserve advanced practicum placement for our third and fourth year PhD/PsyD doctoral students, in some cases we are able to support Master’s level trainees for practicum and internship experiences.

Please notify us of your interest 6 months prior to desired start date to allow for onboarding documentation and agreements between the school site and VA to be processed.

Opportunities for practicum currently include intervention, assessment, and consultation services in the Traumatic Brain Injury and Blind Rehabilitation Program. Other opportunities for involvement in the PTSD program, Substance Use Recovery Program, Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Recovery Center program, and the Behavioral Health Interdisciplinary Program may have openings during further training years.

Supervision for psychology doctoral students may include oversight from both Clinical Psychologists and supervised supervision from psychology interns or postdoctoral fellows.

Supervision for master’s level programs (e.g., Counselor Education, Psychology) will have supervision consistent with licensure requirements as discussed with training programs and may include oversight from both licensed supervisors (e.g., Licensed Professional Counselors, Licensed Clinical Social Workers, and/or Clinical Psychologists) and supervised supervision from psychology interns or postdoctoral fellows.

For questions related to availability of training experiences at the doctoral practicum level or master’s practicum/internship level training, please contact Dr. Katrina Speed, Psychology Training Director: Katrina.speed@va.gov.

The Veterans Affairs Augusta Health Care System offers a 12-month, full-time Internship in Clinical Psychology. The program begins in late June/early July and carries an annual stipend of $34,324 for VA-paid interns. We currently fund six interns for the training program. 

During the training year, across all training experiences, Interns work in close collaboration with primary care physicians, psychiatrists, specialists, and other allied health professionals to develop skills in providing interdisciplinary health care.

VA psychology interns will be complete 2 6-month Rotations (General and Emphasis Rotations) as most rotations include integrated health care teams and opportunities for brief assessment/treatment and consultation liaison work can be completed across general and/or emphasis training.

*The psychology internship previously was accredited through APA as a consortium partner with MCG/Augusta University through the end of the 2026-2027 training year. The training program notified APA/CoA/OAA in May 2022 of intent to dissolve the consortium agreement and worked collaboratively to complete an accreditation site visit in September 2025 after which we received confirmation of Accreditation on Contingency status. Data collected during the past 2 years will be submitted in 2026 for further review for Full Accreditation by the CoA at APA.  During our training program transitions, we have maintained communication and transparency with applicants, program participants, and key stakeholders and as such welcome and questions related to accreditation status be directed to Dr. Speed (Katrina.speed@va.gov) or the APA CoA team as noted below.

Please review currently available rotations within the internship brochure above for the most up to date information about clinical rotations at the VA. All rotations listed are currently anticipated to be available for rotation and training experiences depending on track schedule and supervisor availability within the training program. Please reach out to Dr. Speed (Katrina.speed@va.gov) with any rotation questions prior to application.

We are pending approval as a APPIC member and use the APPIC application for psychology internship (AAPI) to review applications. Information can be found at APPIC - Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers (member # 3594) which includes a directory, the application portal, and many resources about the application process.

Current year application deadline: November 1, 2026
Interview Notification Date: November 18, 2026

Internship start date: June 28, 2027

Note: Interns may apply for any of the tracks on their APPIC match forms with a maximum of 3 tracks. Please make a clear justification within your cover letter for all tracks or ranked interest if applying to more than one track. Please email Dr. Speed (katrina.speed@va.gov) for questions.

Eligibility requirements for all VA Psychology Training Programs

Office of Academic Affiliations Home (va.gov)

Interviews: Interviews for VA-paid positions will be held virtually December 2nd, 3rd, 8th, 10th, 2026. Given feedback from previous years, we will not be offering an Open House, but will make arrangements for site tours after program ranking have been submitted by the internship in late January/early February 2027 for applicants who are interested in visiting Augusta to inform their ranking.”

Please see the link to tables updated in June 2026.

VA Psychology Training Director: Katrina Speed, PhD, DBSM  Katrina.speed@va.gov

For any additional information regarding the accreditation status of the internship contact:

American Psychological Association, Office of Program and Accreditation

750 First Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002-4242

(Phone )

Email: apaaccred@apa.org

https://accreditation.apa.org/

Program Disclosures

As articulated in Standard I.B.2, programs may have “admission and employment policies that directly relate to affiliation or purpose” that may be faith-based or secular in nature. However, such policies and practices must be disclosed to the public.