Stipend and Benefits

Interns receive a stipend of $25,410 plus up to $200 of professional development money that can be used for professional memberships, publications, and conference or workshop attendance.

Interns also receive five days professional development leave and university holidays. As interns are not eligible for health or dental insurance benefits, we recommend obtaining health insurance through doctoral program institutions.

Other Professional Development Activities

Release Time/Professional Presentations

Interns are expected to maintain satisfactory progress on their dissertations, are required to prepare a poster presentation of their research, and to present their posters at the Minnesota Psychological Association annual meeting in the spring. Two hours of release time per week are available throughout the year, which may be used for this purpose, and may include time for interns to visit academic programs for dissertation meetings. Release time also may be used to attend conferences and workshops (see below). Some financial support is available for research activities (i.e., postage, printing).

Other Research Opportunities

Interns are encouraged to assist staff in ongoing research projects. Personal Counseling and the Career Development Center databases are available for interns' research.

Conferences and Workshops

Interns are encouraged to attend national, regional and local training workshops. They may use or accrue their release time for these activities. Partial financial support may be available for such activities. All Minnesota pre-doctoral interns are eligible for one free 3 hour workshop offered by the Minnesota Psychological Association. Topics vary monthly, and typically include training on assessment, interventions, ethics, diversity and multiculturalism in therapy. Visit the MPA Web site for a list of current MPA Education and Training offerings.

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