Undergraduate Internships – Clinical Psychology Doctoral Externships and Undergraduate Internships

In the Spring 2026 Semester, I am helping undergraduate students match to Clinical Internship jobs or volunteer experiences for 1 to 2 days per week. I prefer part-time jobs with a salary or a stipend ($1,000 to $5,000) for the 15-week semester over unpaid internships.

Below are Internship and Job webpages for college students. I last updated this alphabetical list on December 22, 2025.

Achieve Beyond ABA jobs
Blossom ABA Therapy jobs
Fairfax County Community Services Board volunteering
Inova Medical Centers volunteering
Mason LIFE jobs and volunteering
Mason Peer Empowerment Program volunteering
Multicultural Clinical Center jobs and volunteering
Opportunities, Alternatives & Resources (OAR) in Fairfax City volunteering
National Alliance on Mental Illness volunteering
Sunrise Senior Living (jobs) volunteering
Tree of Life Family Services jobs and volunteering
The Women’s Center volunteering

These jobs and unpaid internships are designed to help students make progress toward a Virginia Qualified Mental Health Professional License that requires a bachelor’s degree in a human service major and 1,500 hours with clients who have diagnosed disorders.

You can become a QMHP-Trainee before graduating with a bachelor’s degree and this webpage includes the Online Application, Verification of Human Service Coursework, Verification of Supervised Experience, Supervision requirements, and Frequently Asked Questions. At George Mason University, I recommend courses such as Clinical Psychology (321), Therapeutic Communications (326), Introduction to Health Psychology (PSYC 351), Clinical Practicum in Psychology (430), Emotional Support Line (412), and Internship in Clinical Psychology (461).

You need these Core Content Areas for QMHP-Trainees and QMHP Human Service Coursework Verification:

1. Ethics (12 clock hours required): Ethics training in counseling should cover foundational ethical theories and terminology, professional codes of ethics, and structured decision-making models. It should address legal and clinical issues including confidentiality, informed consent, documentation, and boundary management, while also emphasizing cultural competence, personal values, and counselor self-awareness. The training must prepare professionals to apply ethical principles in real-world settings, including online practice, managed care environments, and diverse client populations.

2. Boundaries and Dual Relationships (12 clock hours required): Boundaries in counseling are the ethical and professional limits that protect the integrity of the client–counselor relationship and prevent harm, exploitation, or conflicts of interest. Ethics training on boundaries should address dual relationships, strategies for minimizing risk in unavoidable situations, and the application of ethical decision-making models to common dilemmas—including bartering, gift-giving, physical touch, social media, and community-based practice. Maintaining appropriate boundaries also involves recognizing signs of impairment, seeking consultation when needed, and adhering to informed consent and confidentiality standards.

3. Documentation and Recordkeeping (8 clock hours required): Documentation and recordkeeping in counseling involve the accurate, thorough, and ethical maintenance of client records to support clinical care, ensure legal compliance, and protect client confidentiality. Training should address what information must be documented, how to comply with standards such as HIPAA, and how to navigate ethical challenges related to different treatment contexts (e.g., families, groups, involuntary clients). Counselors must understand both their ethical responsibility and legal obligations, using records to support assessment, treatment planning, informed consent, and risk management.

4. Confidentiality (4 clock hours required): Confidentiality in counseling involves protecting clients’ personal and health information, as required by laws such as HIPAA and 42 CFR Part 2. Ethics training should cover the types of protected information, the purpose of these regulations, and how to prevent breaches, particularly in sensitive areas like substance use treatment.

5. Cultural Competence (4 clock hours required): Cultural competency in mental and behavioral health is the ongoing process of developing the awareness, knowledge, and skills necessary to effectively and ethically serve individuals from diverse backgrounds. It involves recognizing the role of implicit and explicit bias, evaluating personal and organizational perspectives on culture, and understanding how cultural factors influence communication, decision-making, and access to care. Culturally competent practitioners demonstrate inclusivity, apply ethical principles with cultural humility, and utilize frameworks to assess and mitigate bias within professional practice. Prioritizing cultural competency is essential to promoting equitable mental healthcare and reducing systemic disparities.

6. Human Service (course name required): Area of study that focuses on mental health, biological, psychological, behavioral, and social aspects of human welfare with emphasis on the direct services designed to improve it.

Click on Behavioral Health Career Pathways for a list of career opportunities with different levels of education.

Click on Virginia Psychological Practitioner to find out about licenses for master’s level psychologists.

Click on the Virginia License Lookup page to look for someone’s license, including QMHP-Trainees.

Please email Dr. Jerome Short ([email protected]) if your agency is interested in offering an undergraduate internship or job in Clinical Psychology. Please include the following descriptions for your internship or job.

Date of Information.
Contact Information (Name of agency, name of director/coordinator, street address, telephone, email, and webpage if available).
General Information (Number of positions, start and end dates, required meetings or days of the week attendance, prerequisite training or experience, and any stipend).
Description of Internship or Job (Populations served, client assessment and/or intervention training experiences, and amount and type of supervision).
Application Information (Materials to be submitted, how submitted, deadline for submission, and information about interviewing, time frame, or how decisions are made).