Internship Admissions, Support, and Initial Placement Data
Date Program Tables were updated: 8/01/2018
Internship Program Admissions
The Baylor Counseling Center provides a generalist training in a wide range of clinical skills and professional development activities. We also provide the opportunity for some individualized experiences in an area of interest. We seek to match with applicants who are a good fit for the beliefs and values of Baylor University and of our training program.
Does the program require that applicants have received a minimum number of intervention and assessment hours at the time of application?
Total Direct Contact Intervention Hours | Yes | 250 |
Total Direct Contact Assessment Hours | No | N/A |
Describe any other required minimum criteria used to screen applicants?
Applicants must have completed all formal requirements towards Ph.D. or Psy.D. Candidacy in Counseling or Clinical Psychology, certified by your Training Directors, including:
Additionally, applicants should have:
Core Convictions https://www.baylor.edu/about/index.php?id=90435
Mission Statement https://www.baylor.edu/about/index.php?id=88781
Christian Commitment https://www.baylor.edu/about/index.php?id=88782
Caring Community https://www.baylor.edu/about/index.php?id=88784
Financial and Other Benefit Support for Upcoming Training Year
Annual Stipend/Salary for Full-time Interns | $30,000 | |
Annual Stipend/Salary for Half-time Interns | N/A | |
Program provides access to medical insurance for intern? | Yes | |
Trainee contribution to cost required? | Yes | |
Coverage of family member(s) available? | Yes | |
Coverage of legally married partner available? | Yes | |
Coverage of domestic partner available? | No | |
Hours of Annual Paid Personal Time Off | 128* | |
(PTO and/or Vacation) | ||
Hours of Annual Paid Sick Leave | 88** | |
In the event of medical conditions and/or family needs that require extended leave, does the program allow reasonable unpaid leave to interns/residents in excess of personal time off and sick leave? | Yes*** |
*Employees receive 24 hours of PTO annually and also accumulate paid vacation at a rate of 8.67 hours every month resulting in an overall annual total of 128 hours.
**Employees accumulate paid sick leave at a rate of 7.33 hours/month resulting in an annual total of 88.
***We will work with an intern, when possible, to make reasonable accommodations in extenuating circumstances depending on the timing and an intern’s progress in the program, though the unavailability of office space and other resources may rule this out.
Other Benefits
Initial Post-Internship Positions
Total number of interns who were in the 3 cohorts | 6 | |
Total number of interns who did not seek employment because they returned to their doctoral program/are completing doctoral degree. | 0 |
2014-2017
PD | EP | |
University counseling center | 0 | 2 |
Independent practice setting | 3 | 0 |
Academic university/department | 0 | 0 |
Other medical center or hospital | 0 | 1 |
Independent primary care facility/clinic | 0 | 0 |
Community mental health center | 0 | 0 |
Federally qualified health center | 0 | 0 |
Veterans Affairs medical center | 0 | 0 |
Military health center | 0 | 0 |
Academic health center | 0 | 0 |
Psychiatric hospital | 0 | 0 |
Community college/ teaching setting | 0 | 0 |
Independent research institution | 0 | 0 |
Correctional facility | 0 | 0 |
School district/system | 0 | 0 |
Not currently employed | 0 | 0 |
Changed to another field | 0 | 0 |
Other | 0 | 0 |
Unknown | 0 | 0 |
Note: “PD = Post-doctoral residency position; “EP” = Employed Position. Each individual represented in this table should be counted only one time. For former trainees working in more than one setting, select the setting that represents their primary position.