Psychology training program

Psychology training leadership and supervisors

Psychology internship training program

Jeanette Hsu, Ph.D., Director of Internship Training

The Psychology internship training program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of the American Psychological Association.* See contact information below. Our most recent program accreditation site visit was completed in July 2025. The internship program at VA Palo Alto is also a member of the Academy of Psychological Clinical Science.

Applications are due by November 1, 2025.

Interview notifications will be emailed by December 12, 2025. Virtual interviews will be offered on December 18-19, 2025, and January 5-26, 2026.

APPIC internship match numbers

General internship: 114711
Geriatric Neuropsychology: 114712
Geropsychology: 114713
Behavioral Medicine: 114714
Clinical Neuropsychology: 114715

Internship training – Behavioral Medicine Track

Psychology residents who match to the behavioral medicine track will spend half of their time in the Behavioral Medicine Program for the full year. The other half of the time will be spent on 2 external rotations (6 months each; see brochure below for other rotation options).

Within the behavioral medicine rotation, residents are involved in 3 main activities:

• Behavioral medicine seminar series
• Behavioral medicine outpatient clinic
• Multidisciplinary medical specialty clinics (focus clinics)

Download the brochure for additional details about the Behavioral Medicine Track.

Psychology postdoctoral fellowship training programs

Jessica Lohnberg, Ph.D., ABPP, Director of Postdoctoral Training

VA Palo Alto health care has 3 separately APA-accredited psychology postdoctoral fellowship programs:

1. Clinical psychology postdoctoral fellowship program (7 different focus areas):
   Behavioral medicine
   Clinical geropsychology
   Couples and family systems
   Palliative care
   Post-traumatic stress disorder
   Psychosocial rehabilitation
   Trauma and substance use treatment
2. Rehabilitation psychology postdoctoral fellowship program (2-year specialty accredited program)
3. Clinical neuropsychology postdoctoral fellowship program (2-year specialty accredited program)

Clinical psychology postdoctoral fellowship program

William Faustman, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Coordinator

The Clinical psychology postdoctoral fellowship program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of the American Psychological Association.* See contact information below. The next site visit for the clinical psychology postdoctoral program will be in 2031.

Applications are due by Monday, December 15, 2025.

Rehabilitation psychology postdoctoral fellowship training program

Alexandra (Sasha) Jouk, Ph.D., ABPP, Assistant Training Director for the Rehabilitation Psychology Fellowship Training Program

The rehabilitation psychology postdoctoral fellowship program is specialty-accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of the American Psychological Association.* The next site visit for the fellowship program will be in 2029.

Applications are due by Monday, December 15, 2025.

Clinical neuropsychology postdoctoral fellowship program

Lisa Kinoshita, Ph.D., Assistant Training Director for the Clinical Neuropsychology Fellowship Program

The clinical neuropsychology postdoctoral fellowship program is specialty-accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of the American Psychological Association.* The next site visit for the fellowship program will be in 2029.

Applications are due by Sunday, November 9, 2025.

*APA Office of Program Consultation and Accreditation

Questions related to the accredited status of any of these programs should be directed to:
Office of Program Consultation and Accreditation
American Psychological Association
750 1st Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002
Phone: 202-336-5979 / Email: apaaccred@apa.org
Web: https://accreditation.apa.org/