Here is a short list of APA-accredited internship and postdoctoral programs; there are many more opportunities at the graduate, internship and postdoctoral levels. For more information on these opportunities in general, email rural@apa.org.
For a more complete list of rural internship and postdoc opportunities, visit the Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers' directory at www.appic.org/directoryopens in new window and use the key term "rural."
Internships
- Heart of America Psychology Training Consortium, Springfield, Missouri (https://haptconline.org/opens in new window)
- Oscar G. Johnson VA Medical Center, Iron Mountain, Michigan (www.ironmountain.va.gov/careers/opens in new window)
- I Ola Lahui Rural Hawaii Behavioral Health Program, Honolulu (https://www.iolalahui.org/opens in new window)
- VA Pacific Islands Health Care System, Honolulu (www.psychologytraining.va.gov/honolulu/opens in new window)
- Park Center Inc., Fort Wayne, Indiana (www.parkcenter.org/predocintern.htmopens in new window)
- Riverbend Community Mental Health Inc., Concord, New Hampshire (https://www.riverbendcmhc.org/opens in new window)
- Family Service and Guidance Center Inc., Topeka, Kansas(https://www.fsgctopeka.com/opens in new window)
- Boise VA Medical Center, Boise, Idaho (www.boise.va.gov/resources/BoiseVAMC_psychology_training.aspopens in new window)
Postdoctoral programs
- VA Puget Sound, Seattle (www.pugetsound.va.gov/careers/mentalhealth.aspopens in new window)
- VA Maine Healthcare System, Augusta, Maine (formerly Togus VAMC) (www.maine.va.gov/psychtrain/opens in new window)
- VA Salt Lake City Health Care System, Salt Lake City (www.psychologytraining.va.gov/psychologytraining/saltlakecity/index.aspopens in new window)
- Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System, New Orleans (www.psychologytraining.va.gov/neworleans/opens in new window)
- Southern Arizona VA Health Care System, Tucson, Arizona (www.tucson.va.gov/careers/Psychology_Training.aspopens in new window)
