Clinical Match Code - 141611 (3 positions)
Welcome
Welcome to Counseling and Psychological Service's (CAPS). CAPS is proud to be a site within the APA-Accredited Nebraska Internship Consortium of professional Psychology (NICPP).
Our staff is committed to the comprehensive training experience we offer our interns. We invest a great deal of time and energy in training to provide the highest quality internship experience we possibly can.
A completed application for a doctoral internship in health service psychology through the NICPP at CAPS (APPIC program code # 141611) must be received no later than November 1, 2025, at 11:59pm CST for the 2026-2027 training year.
For details on the steps for completing the NICPP application, please go to the NICPP website steps for applying page. The NICPP requires the following for your application to be completed:
- ONE Cover Letter addressed to Dr. Beth Doll, specifying which sites you are applying to in the first paragraph. Please explain why you are applying to CAPS.
- Include three letters of recommendation and your CV
- Send official copies of ALL GRADUATE transcripts.
NICPP uses the APPIC Application for Psychology Internships (AAPI). Mailed applications or e-mailed applications are not accepted. Please go to the APPIC Website (https://appic.org/) to find out more about the AAPI online. To complete your application, please click on the following link https://www.appic.org/Internships/AAPI.
If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact me. We wish you the best of luck in your search for the program that best fits you and your training needs. We understand that the internship selection process can be stressful. Take your time and review our materials as we want our interns to have a good match based on their training goals and interests. If you believe our site within NICPP is a great fit for your training needs, we welcome your application.
This internship site agrees to abide by the APPIC policy that no person at this training facility will solicit, accept or use any ranking-related information from any intern applicant.
Sincerely,
Dr. Summer Bleich
CAPS Assistant Director of Training
& Co-Training Director
Training Year August 1, 2026 to July 31, 2027
Co-Training Directors
Summer Bleich, MA, PsyD, PLP
Assistant Director of Training & Co-Training Director University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Counseling and Psychological Services University Health Center, Suite 223 550 N. 19th St. Lincoln, NE 68588-0618
(402) 472-7450 Email: summer.bleich@unl.edu
Tricia Besett-Alesch, PhD, LP
CAPS Director & Co-Training Director University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Counseling and Psychological Services University Health Center, Suite 223 550 N. 19th St. Lincoln, NE 68588-0618
(402) 472-7450 Email: tbesett-alesch2@unl.edu
Agency Overview
Type of Facility:
Counseling and Psychological Services is a University Counseling Center that is located within the University Health Center and College of Nursing Building (UHCN). We serve approximately 25,000 students. Our professional staff include clinical and counseling psychologists, counselors, and 3 interns. We also have doctoral-level students who work with us part-time for their practicum experience.
Mission:
CAPS is committed to providing quality mental health services that meet the needs of a diverse student body by providing a safe, welcoming, and affirming environment during their educational journey.
Vision:
To be a leading counseling center that eliminates barriers and provides access to services by meeting the mental health needs of our diverse student body.
Training Philosophy:
Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) is one of eight agencies within The Nebraska Internship Consortium in Professional Psychology (NICPP). Within the CAPS agency, our training philosophy is to:
- Offer supervised experiences to doctoral interns who come from APA-accredited counseling or clinical psychology programs
- Support the development of intermediate to advanced clinical and professional skills
- Infuse sensitivity to issues of diversity throughout the training program
- Allow for an unfolding exploration of one's professional identity
The doctoral internship benefits the intern as well as the Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) Department. Most importantly, each intern receives a minimum of four hours of intensive supervision per week by a qualified staff member where skills are refined and the intern's professional development is enhanced.
We believe that personal and professional growth is best achieved when feedback is ongoing and reciprocal, and the training environment is supportive. The doctoral internship benefits the CAPS Department through the services offered to the UNL student body, as well as through the development of innovative outreach and group programming offered by the interns. In addition, each intern's area of expertise is acknowledged and welcomed. We strongly encourage the application of these specialized skills during the internship year.
Model of Professional Training
CAPS embraces a practitioner-scholar model of training which emphasizes an experiential component (“learning by doing”), while integrating empirical literature into the practice of psychology. We believe becoming a skilled professional in psychology is a lifelong process that requires self-awareness, a desire for personal growth, openness to feedback and change, and a passion for learning.
We integrate the practitioner-scholar model of training that is graded is sequential, cumulative and graded in complexity. During orientation, interns attend seminars that utilize evidence-
based practices and draw upon empirical literature. As interns begin to take on a clinical caseload, they incorporate what they have learned during orientation into their clinical practice.
As interns begin to immerse themselves in these direct service opportunities, they will consistently receive 2 hours of weekly supervision from their primary supervisor. The expectation during weekly individual supervision is that interns will seek out empirical literature and apply evidence-based practice in their clinical interventions, goals, and treatment planning. Finally, to meet the individual needs and goals of our interns, we provide opportunities during the academic year (August through May) in the following clinical areas: inclusion and community, crisis care, and outreach. If there is interest in learning more around a specific topic, the training director will work with the intern to support additional training in that area.
By the end of the internship year, interns will be prepared with the knowledge, awareness, and skills of a generalist. Our interns are well prepared for careers in either university/college counseling centers, community mental health, or private practice.
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