Clinical Psychology Internship 2025-2026 Training Year
January 1, 2025: Applications begin to be submitted January-March 2025: Interviews February 21, 2025: SCAPTP schools application deadline
January 25, 2025: LDI-hosted Q&A Session with our current trainees February 8, 2025: LDI-hosted Q&A Session with our current trainees February 28, 2025: non-SCAPTP schools application deadline April 7, 2025: SCAPTP Practicum Match Day
August 11-15, 2025: Clinical Psychology InternshipTraining Year Begins – Orientation August 7, 2026: End of training year
LDI-hosted Q&A Sessions with our current trainees
In January and February, we host Q&A sessions with our current trainees, without supervisors present. Accordingly, these sessions serve as an opportunity to hear about our training program, including our clinical psychology internship, directly from our trainees, receive responses to candid questions, and help students determine if training at Learning Dynamics is a good fit for their professional goals. Additionally, each session is one hour and interested students are welcome to “drop-in” to the session of their choice to learn more or ask questions. All interested students are welcome. However, registration is required. Saturday, January 25, 2025 from 12:00pm-1:00pm:Registration Link
Under the supervision of a licensed clinician, the clinical psychology internship position conducts psychological assessments and provides individual therapeutic services to clients in our counseling, Brain Bootcamp, and College Connection programs. This position allows delivery of therapeutic services to clients virtually for the training year, with in-person client contact hours required for assessment clients. Optional: Trainees may choose to see therapy clients in-person in any of our office locations.
Benefits of Training at Learning Dynamics:
Staff and trainees at Learning Dynamics work closely together as a collaborative, strength-based team. Trainees work with a diverse range of clients with different presenting problems in a supportive setting. For example, our population includes prenatal and postpartum issues, mood disorders, anxiety disorders, Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, developmental disabilities, learning disabilities, work stress, relationship challenges, and adjustment disorders. Furthermore, students at our agency have a unique opportunity to learn therapeutic interventions targeted at strengthening executive functioning skills that are beneficial to a range of clients with unique learning styles. In addition to live supervision, client consent forms include permission to video tape sessions to provide enhanced supervision and training abilities.
Assessment training includes assisting in physician and clinician referred diagnostic clarification evaluations examining two or more domains of functioning. Trainees with advanced assessment skills may assist with our agency’s comprehensive evaluations that include an integration of psychological, neuropsychological, and psychoeducational measures.
Position Type and Expected Hours of Work:
Individual work schedules vary depending on the needs of the program(s) served. Allocation of hours must remain consistent with agency policies. Internship positions are full-time and require an average of 20 client contact hours each week. Interns regular schedules will include working either [1] three evenings (till 8:30pm) per week, [2] two evenings per week and two Saturdays per month, or [3] one evening per week and every Saturday. All interns will have work on Saturdays (not necessarily every Saturday), as the agency is open 6 days per week. Psychology trainees have flexibility in adjusting their own schedules; provided their schedule does not conflict with expected attendance at meetings and trainings.
Required attendance activities include weekly therapy didactic (Wednesdays at 9am), case conference (Fridays at 9am), assessment didactic (Fridays at 1pm) and supervision (typically Mondays and Wednesdays). Additionally, trainees must attend orientation from 9am-3pm daily from 8/11/2025-8/15/2025, with part of this orientation occurring in-person and part virtually.
Travel Requirements:
Interns must attend in-person quarterly staff development events. Interns may opt to see their therapy cases virtually. However, assessment services are required to be delivered at our (1) Bakersfield office and (2) Simi Valley or Woodland Hills offices. While you may be primarily based in Southern or Central California, you will need to attend the other region at least monthly to complete a case. This is a one-year position (08/11/2025-08/07/2026). In addition to agency holidays, trainees receive 5 days of sick leave and one personal day.
Required Education and Experience:
Must have completed a master’s degree in psychology, social work, or related discipline from an accredited college or university.
Applicants must be current doctoral students at an accredited college or university, and pre-doctoral internship eligible prior to beginning internship.
Must have completed at least two years of clinical practicum at an off-site, non-university, training location prior to beginning internship
Must have experience independently administering cognitive psychological measures
Preferred Education and Experience:
At least two years of experience working in community mental health
At least one year of experience conducting therapeutic interventions in Spanish
Interns are responsible for all costs associated with fingerprinting and are required to maintain and provide a copy of current malpractice insurance coverage.
Salary and Benefits:
This full-time position offers an annual stipend of $3,500. Full-time interns are eligible for medical, dental, and vision benefit coverage. Medical benefits include employer-paid coverage for intern (select Covered CA plans), with interns paying the full cost for any dependents.
Learning Dynamics is an approved provider of continuing education hours for mental health professionals. Interns in our program may assist in our programs and attend events at no-cost. Interns receive an average of 3 hours each week of didactic training opportunities. In addition to agency holidays, interns are provided with 5 days of sick leave, 4 days of personal leave, and 2 days of professional development leave.
Application Procedures:
Send CV, cover letter, unofficial transcript, three letters of recommendation (at least one from clinical supervisor), and a sample de-identified psychological or neuropsychological report to: Human Resources, Attn: Lizeth Lopez, M.S., Psy.D. at hr@learningdynamicsinc.org.
Submit all application materials by February 28, 2025. Please note that we must receive all your materials before the deadline for your application to be reviewed by our team. Due to the volume of applications received, we will not be notifying applicants regarding missing materials. It is your responsibility to ensure that all materials are received before the deadline. Virtual Interviews are available on select dates in January, February, and March 2025.
Completed applications will be reviewed by our clinical staff. Interview opportunities will be extended to select individuals. If you are selected for an interview, you will be contacted via email and offered a choice of interview dates/times that are filled on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Questions:
Please call (310) 855-3276 or email hr@learningdynamicsinc.org with any questions you have about our training program.
Additionally, if you have a question about training at Learning Dynamics that you would like answered by a current trainee, please use the subject “Question for Trainee” in your email.
Clinical Psychology Internship
Clinical Psychology Internship 2025-2026 Training Year
January 1, 2025: Applications begin to be submitted
January-March 2025: Interviews
February 21, 2025: SCAPTP schools application deadline
January 25, 2025: LDI-hosted Q&A Session with our current trainees
February 8, 2025: LDI-hosted Q&A Session with our current trainees
February 28, 2025: non-SCAPTP schools application deadline
April 7, 2025: SCAPTP Practicum Match Day
August 11-15, 2025: Clinical Psychology Internship Training Year Begins – Orientation
August 7, 2026: End of training year
LDI-hosted Q&A Sessions with our current trainees
In January and February, we host Q&A sessions with our current trainees, without supervisors present. Accordingly, these sessions serve as an opportunity to hear about our training program, including our clinical psychology internship, directly from our trainees, receive responses to candid questions, and help students determine if training at Learning Dynamics is a good fit for their professional goals. Additionally, each session is one hour and interested students are welcome to “drop-in” to the session of their choice to learn more or ask questions. All interested students are welcome. However, registration is required.
Saturday, January 25, 2025 from 12:00pm-1:00pm: Registration Link
Saturday, February 8, 2025 from 12:00pm-1:00pm: Registration Link
Job Summary:
Under the supervision of a licensed clinician, the clinical psychology internship position conducts psychological assessments and provides individual therapeutic services to clients in our counseling, Brain Bootcamp, and College Connection programs. This position allows delivery of therapeutic services to clients virtually for the training year, with in-person client contact hours required for assessment clients. Optional: Trainees may choose to see therapy clients in-person in any of our office locations.
Benefits of Training at Learning Dynamics:
Staff and trainees at Learning Dynamics work closely together as a collaborative, strength-based team. Trainees work with a diverse range of clients with different presenting problems in a supportive setting. For example, our population includes prenatal and postpartum issues, mood disorders, anxiety disorders, Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, developmental disabilities, learning disabilities, work stress, relationship challenges, and adjustment disorders. Furthermore, students at our agency have a unique opportunity to learn therapeutic interventions targeted at strengthening executive functioning skills that are beneficial to a range of clients with unique learning styles. In addition to live supervision, client consent forms include permission to video tape sessions to provide enhanced supervision and training abilities.
Assessment training includes assisting in physician and clinician referred diagnostic clarification evaluations examining two or more domains of functioning. Trainees with advanced assessment skills may assist with our agency’s comprehensive evaluations that include an integration of psychological, neuropsychological, and psychoeducational measures.
Position Type and Expected Hours of Work:
Individual work schedules vary depending on the needs of the program(s) served. Allocation of hours must remain consistent with agency policies. Internship positions are full-time and require an average of 20 client contact hours each week. Interns regular schedules will include working either [1] three evenings (till 8:30pm) per week, [2] two evenings per week and two Saturdays per month, or [3] one evening per week and every Saturday. All interns will have work on Saturdays (not necessarily every Saturday), as the agency is open 6 days per week. Psychology trainees have flexibility in adjusting their own schedules; provided their schedule does not conflict with expected attendance at meetings and trainings.
Required attendance activities include weekly therapy didactic (Wednesdays at 9am), case conference (Fridays at 9am), assessment didactic (Fridays at 1pm) and supervision (typically Mondays and Wednesdays). Additionally, trainees must attend orientation from 9am-3pm daily from 8/11/2025-8/15/2025, with part of this orientation occurring in-person and part virtually.
Travel Requirements:
Interns must attend in-person quarterly staff development events. Interns may opt to see their therapy cases virtually. However, assessment services are required to be delivered at our (1) Bakersfield office and (2) Simi Valley or Woodland Hills offices. While you may be primarily based in Southern or Central California, you will need to attend the other region at least monthly to complete a case. This is a one-year position (08/11/2025-08/07/2026). In addition to agency holidays, trainees receive 5 days of sick leave and one personal day.
Required Education and Experience:
Preferred Education and Experience:
Additional Eligibility Qualifications:
Salary and Benefits:
This full-time position offers an annual stipend of $3,500. Full-time interns are eligible for medical, dental, and vision benefit coverage. Medical benefits include employer-paid coverage for intern (select Covered CA plans), with interns paying the full cost for any dependents.
Learning Dynamics is an approved provider of continuing education hours for mental health professionals. Interns in our program may assist in our programs and attend events at no-cost. Interns receive an average of 3 hours each week of didactic training opportunities. In addition to agency holidays, interns are provided with 5 days of sick leave, 4 days of personal leave, and 2 days of professional development leave.
Application Procedures:
Send CV, cover letter, unofficial transcript, three letters of recommendation (at least one from clinical supervisor), and a sample de-identified psychological or neuropsychological report to: Human Resources, Attn: Lizeth Lopez, M.S., Psy.D. at hr@learningdynamicsinc.org.
Submit all application materials by February 28, 2025. Please note that we must receive all your materials before the deadline for your application to be reviewed by our team. Due to the volume of applications received, we will not be notifying applicants regarding missing materials. It is your responsibility to ensure that all materials are received before the deadline. Virtual Interviews are available on select dates in January, February, and March 2025.
Completed applications will be reviewed by our clinical staff. Interview opportunities will be extended to select individuals. If you are selected for an interview, you will be contacted via email and offered a choice of interview dates/times that are filled on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Questions:
Please call (310) 855-3276 or email hr@learningdynamicsinc.org with any questions you have about our training program.
Additionally, if you have a question about training at Learning Dynamics that you would like answered by a current trainee, please use the subject “Question for Trainee” in your email.