Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Psychology
UCPS offers a full-time, comprehensive, twelve-month Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Psychology for doctoral level professionals working to accrue their supervised hours for licensure. Two post-doctoral fellows are typically hired each year and are offered a compensation package with benefits. The fellowship focuses primarily on honing clinical expertise and professional identity, with opportunities for fellows to gain customized experiences and skills to meet their individual goals.
*** We will begin accepting applications for the 2026-2027 academic year in late fall 2025. If you have questions about the post-doctoral fellowship, please contact Amanda Peterson, Training Director, at acp217@lehigh.edu.
Doctoral Internship in Psychology
Welcome, and thank you for your interest in the Internship Program at Lehigh University's Counseling and Psychological Services (UCPS). Our doctoral internship program is fully accredited by the American Psychological Association (APA) and is approved as a full member of the Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Council (APPIC). The following information is intended to help orient you to the Internship Program, the Counseling Center, Lehigh University, and the greater Bethlehem area. However, we strongly encourage you to review our internship brochure for a complete description of the training program. The minimum direct hours requirement for applicants is 450 AAPI combined intervention and assessment hours, with at least 350 of those hours coming from intervention service activities. Please feel free to contact us by phone at 610-758-3880 or Amanda Peterson, Training Director, by email at acp217@lehigh.edu if you have any questions about our program or the application process.
UCPS offers a full-time, comprehensive, twelve-month Doctoral Internship in Health Service Psychology for students working toward their doctoral degrees (Ph.D. or Psy.D.) in counseling or clinical psychology. We emphasize the core elements of counseling center work in our program; however, the skill set
developed is highly transferable to other clinical settings in professional psychology. Three interns are admitted to the internship program per academic year, and a compensation package of $37,500 plus benefits is offered. The internship for the 2026-2027 school year will begin on Monday, August 3, 2026 and runs for one full calendar year. All interns are introduced to the counseling center and greater university community during an initial orientation period. During orientation, interns also begin to define specific training goals for the internship year and familiarize themselves with the UCPS staff and the Lehigh University Student Affairs community. While there are core components of the internship program, our aim is to provide individualized training experiences as much as possible to more effectively meet the unique needs and interests of each intern. At UCPS, we believe that the diverse experiences and perspectives of our staff and trainees greatly enrich the center and the work that we do with a diverse student body. The doctoral internship program at UCPS embraces diversity and inclusion in both our campus community and within our center and encourages qualified applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply.
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. We thank you again for your interest in our site. We invite you to explore our website and training brochure, or contact us directly. We’re happy to share more about our program.
Please click here for Internship Admissions, Support, and Initial Placement Data. To see information on current and previous UCPS interns, please click here.
Practicum Training Opportunities
UCPS staff are dedicated to and intimately involved in providing training opportunities for graduate students in professional psychology at the practicum, doctoral, and post-doctoral level. The following summary of training and service opportunities provides an overview of the various experiences available during the training experience as well as directions for applying and making an inquiry. For more information, please click here. The application and interview process for our doctoral practicum training positions is held on a rolling basis.