Internship Consortium

The Chestnut Hill College (CHC) Internship Consortium is an APA-Accredited doctoral internship program, administered by the Chestnut Hill College School of Graduate Studies’ Department of Professional Psychology. The Consortium is a cooperative training program that includes clinical service agencies across the greater Philadelphia region. The first Consortium internship class matriculated during the 2010-11 training year.

The Internship Consortium Director and Site Directors oversight of the integration and integrity of the educational and training aspects of the interns’ experiences. On-site clinical supervision is provided by designated site supervisors. Each training year, the Consortium provides paid, 2,000 hour, one-year clinical internships, beginning July 1st and ending June 30th.

For the upcoming 2027-28 training year, the Consortium will be offering nine slots across six different sites with an annual stipend of $28,000. 

Phase 1 of the APPIC Match is open only to Chestnut Hill College doctoral students. Phase 2 of the Match is open to all students participating in Phase 2, including students from other doctoral programs. In Phase 2, the Consortium Director reviews all applications and forwards applications of qualified candidates to Site Directors.  Site Directors may conduct in-person, phone, or video conference interviews.

The Consortium’s mission is to provide a broad and integrated internship experience that services the community and enhances the clinical skills, scholarly inquiry, and professional growth of each intern. This cooperative community of supervisors, faculty, and interns fosters a professional identity and a socially responsible attitude that is consistent with the mission of Chestnut Hill College.

The APA-accredited Consortium is an APPIC-member site and as such participates in the APPIC Match (via National Matching Services, NMS).  All selection procedures are conducted within the APPIC guidelines, including APPIC guidelines for training sites offering multiple programs in the Match. Background checks occur after the match and prior to the start of the internship, as well as drug testing at indicated sites. Each training site will have its own distinctive eligibility requirements. Each applicant is urged to familiarize themselves with the criteria of their potential match site before applying to the site. Specific information can be found at each site.

Finally, in accordance with APPIC policy, the internship sites agree to abide by the APPIC policy that no person at this training facility will solicit, accept, or use any ranking-related information from any intern applicant.