Welcome
Thank you for your interest in the APA accredited Psychology internship program at Cherokee Health Systems (CHS). The primary goal of the internship is to provide an intensive and diverse clinical training experience within a community health setting. CHS’s progressive and broad-based health services and longstanding commitment to training of psychologists and other health professionals make it a rich learning environment for interns. Interns participate in a unique range of clinical placements, including integrated primary behavioral care, psychosocial rehabilitation, as well as traditional outpatient mental health care. With 23 sites in 13 counties, CHS services an increasingly diverse population with a variety of behavioral health needs, thus offering a variety of clinical training experiences for interns.
The faculty of the training program includes thirty highly trained psychologists as well as a multidisciplinary team of health care professionals, including primary care physicians, psychiatrists, and clinical social workers.
To learn more about our program, please download the CHS Internship Guide 2010.
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APPIC Membership and APA Accreditation
The Cherokee Health Systems psychology internship program is APA accredited and an approved member of APPIC. The internship program, including clinical training, didactics and supervision is designed to meet APA requirements for accreditation.
APPIC Policies
This internship site agrees to abide by the APPIC policy that no person at this training facility will solicit, accept, or use ranking-related information from any intern applicant.
Nondiscrimination Policy
We abide by APPIC’s policy on nondiscrimination.
For any additional information regarding the accreditation status of the psychology internship program, contact the American Psychological Association, Office of Program and Accreditation, 750 First Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002-4242 (Phone 202-336-5979).
