VASDHS/UCSD Psychology Internship Program
In the AAPI, our site is listed as:
Univ California-San Diego-Consortium/Vet Affairs
Our Program
For over 40 years, the UCSD/VA Psychology Internship Training Program has been training psychologists. We are one of the largest internship programs in the country. Our internship program has been APA-accredited since 1986. We are also a member of the Internship and Postdoctoral Programs in Professional Psychology (APPIC)
Our psychology internship program provides rigorous and comprehensive scientist-practitioner training across a diverse range of settings and patient populations. We offer training in evidence-based practices with mood disorders, PTSD, substance abuse, eating disorders, and neuropsychology, among others. Our rotations include both in- and outpatient experiences, with training opportunities across the lifespan, from children to older adults.
The psychology internship training program is well integrated into the many training programs within the VA and UCSD Department of Psychiatry, affording psychology interns the opportunity to work alongside other trainees including psychiatry and psychology residents and fellows. Our large program affords a myriad of training resources but there is still a strong sense of community and collaboration as our trainees progress toward independence. Our faculty are strongly committed to training the next generation of psychologists. Interns graduating from our program have been highly competitive and have gone on to post-doctoral fellowships and often to academic faculty positions. Interns are supervised by approximately 40 licensed psychologists, most of whom have ongoing research programs in addition to their clinical work.
Applicant Selection
We especially seek to recruit a diverse internship class as a reflection of our strong commitment to achieve excellence and diversity among our faculty, staff, and trainees. We are interested in applicants who are committed to the highest standards of scholarship and professional activities, and to the development of a climate that supports equality and diversity. We take great pride in our program and our graduates and their professional successes. We look forward to hearing from you and wish you success in meeting your academic and training goals.
For more information on the accreditation status of our program, contact the APA:
2023-2024 Training Year Application Materials
Important Dates
Applications Due: November 1, 2022Interview Notification Date: December 15, 2022
Virtual Interview Dates: January 9-13, 2023
The Internship is comprised of 19 positions, each of which includes at least two, year-long Placements, as follows: Applicants may apply to up to 3 positions.
| Placement A | Placement B | |
VA Positions | |||
1 | VA Behavioral Medicine: Pain and Weight Control (Rutledge) | VA Spinal Cord Injury Unit (Clark) | |
2 | VA General Behavioral Medicine (Hekler) |
VA BMed/Primary Care Mental Health Integration (Wooldridge) | |
3 | VA Family Mental Health Program (Wrape) |
VA Mood Clinic (Depp/McKenna) |
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4 | VA IU6 South County PTSD Clinic (Gutierrez) |
VA Mood Clinic (Depp/McKenna) |
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5 | VA IU6 South County PTSD Clinic (Campbell) |
VA Center of Recovery Education (Ehret/Granholm) | |
6 | VA La Jolla PTSD Clinic (Lacefield) |
Dual Diagnosis Recovery Program (DDRP) (Cook) |
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7 | VA La Jolla PTSD Clinic (Lacefield) |
VA Alcohol and Drug Treatment Program (ADTP; Correa) |
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8 | VA Substance Abuse Rehabilitation and Recovery Treatment Program (SARRTP; Wilhite) and VA Smoking Cessation (Myers) |
VA Behavioral Health Interdisciplinary Program (Castriotta) |
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9 | VA Neuropsychological Assessment Unit (Bondi/Delano-Wood/Jak) |
VA Primary Care Mental Health Integration (Felleman) |
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10 | VA Neuropsychological Assessment Unit (Bondi/Delano-WoodJak) |
VA TBI Cognitive Rehabilitation Clinic/ VA Neuropsychological Assessment Unit (Hanson) | |
11 | VA Neuropsychological Assessment Unit (Bondi/Delano-Wood/Jak) |
VA La Jolla Inpatient Psychiatry (Bismark) |
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12 | VA ASPIRE Center (Angkaw, Rimmele) |
VA Telemental Health (Poizner, Morland) |
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UCSD Positions | |||
13 | UCSD Medical Center Neuropsychological Assessment Program (Norman/Gooding) |
UCSD Senior Behavioral Health and
Center for Brain Health and Memory
(Malooly/Bangen) |
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14 | UCSD Eating Disorders Clinic (Anderson/Wierenga) |
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15 | UCSD Eating Disorders Clinic (Anderson/Wierenga) |
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16 | UCSD Adult/Adolescent Eating Disorders Clinic (Anderson/Wierenga) | Rady Medical Behavioral Unit (Maginot) | |
17 |
UCSD Peds/Adolescent Eating Disorders Clinic (Ramirez/Wierenga) |
Rady Child Outpatient Psychiatry (Williams/Brookman-Frazee) |
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18 | Rady Pediatric-Medical Psych (Nguyen) |
Rady Child Outpatient Psychiatry (Williams/Brookman-Frazee) | |
19 | UCSD Burn Center and Moores Cancer Center (Minassian/Cardenas) |
UCSD Pain Clinic (Serdarevic) |
Contact Us
If you have any questions about the UCSD/VA Psychology Internship Program, please contact:
Psychology Service (116B)VA San Diego Healthcare System
3350 La Jolla Village Drive
San Diego, CA 92161