Once again, the time has come to bid farewell to an intern class. Our 2016-2017 interns are officially loose in the world, to do all the good they can do–which I believe will be an amazing amount.
Congratulations, ladies. YOU DID IT!!
Dr. Vaught and the WKPIC Supervisors and Instructors
WKPIC’s staff has begun the process of reviewing applications for the 2017-2018 intern year. We’re excited!
Soon, letters will go out, and we hope that we will meet many of you who applied to our program. If you accept, you’re probably wondering what our interview will be like.
For basic info, check out our Interview Information section. Note the “wear comfortable shoes” bit, if you plan to participate in the tour of the 165+ year-old Western State Hospital.
No, you really don’t have to study or prepare. We trust you have done that in graduate school. Ours is not a cut-throat or competitive process. We want you to see if you could be happy here and learn from us, and we want to see if we can teach you, and if you would enjoy being in our area and having the experiences we can offer. Seriously, you can wear comfortable shoes. If you Match with us, you’ll definitely want to wear them to work, too!
Just brings yourselves, and what you’ve learned. That’s enough. We look forward to meeting you!
Susan R. Redmond-Vaught, Ph.D.
Director of Psychology, Western State Hospital
Director, WKPIC
Letting you know a few fun facts about WKPIC’s incoming class of 2016-2017!
Dannie Harris recently discovered unknown talents in both acting and singing delirious children’s songs while making a professional training video. She’s quite proficient at Row-Row-Row-Your-Boat–and we think her proper classification is mezzo-soprano?
Jennifer Roman tells us she also answers to Jenny or Jenn. Her favorite color is green, but
she generally says it’s blue–but she didn’t tell us why! We will be very interested in pursuing this mystery when she gets here. Also, I’m fairly certain the nefarious Dr. Greene, group supervision aficionado and resident prankster, may be busy devising a personality test based on this color-hiding-confusion revelation.
Dianne Rapsey-Vanburen generously offered up 10 Fun Facts about herself. Here they are, in her own words:
1) I only support two sports teams, the New York Yankees – and whoever beats the Red Sox. (Clearly, Dr. Greene will need to attempt sports education for this one, along with all the rabid UK fans at this internship site).
2) I now consider myself an extremely adventurous and thrill seeking individual, since last week I took my toddler son inside a pier 1 department store.
3) Although I am obsessed with watching cooking shows, I believe the only reason I have a kitchen is because it came with the house.
4) Among many “non-drunk” stories, I once had my socks stolen off my feet on a New York City Subway.
5) I have never read any of the books, or, seen a single episode of Harry Potter.
6) I cry every time I watch the movie “the color purple”.
7) Once sat court side at a Knicks game, in Woody Allen season box seats( again no-alcohol involved)
8) On my I-pod I have complete collections of lil Wayne and Jimmy Buffet.
9) I love peonies, but hate phonies.
10) Started my own ‘religious’ fight club in high school.
We are looking forward to working with these brilliant, funny ladies–singing, green-blue confusion, missing socks, and all!
Susan R. Redmond-Vaught, Ph.D.
Director, WKPIC
From Jason Williams, Psy.D., Chair, APPIC Board of Directors, and Greg Keilin, Ph.D., APPIC Match Coordinator:
“Each year, the APPIC Board receives feedback about the increasing number of enterprising individuals who have established businesses that focus on assisting applicants in obtaining an internship. Furthermore, the APPIC Board has heard comments and complaints about the claims that some of these individuals are making, the ways in which certain individuals are advertising their businesses and recruiting students, and the rates being charged to students (e.g., $100 or more per hour) for these services.
While there may in fact be some legitimate and helpful services that are being offered, the Board remains very concerned about the potential for exploitation — i.e., that some of these businesses may be taking advantage of the imbalance between applicants and positions by exploiting students’ fears and worries about not getting matched.
We encourage students to be cautious and informed consumers when it comes to decisions about using any of these services. Please know that there are a number of no-cost and low-cost ways of obtaining advice and information about the internship application process, such as the workbook published by APAGS (as well as books written by other authors), the free information available on the APPIC and NMS web sites, discussion lists sponsored by APPIC, APAGS, and others, and the support and advice provided by the faculty of many doctoral programs.”
WKPIC wishes for all of our potential applicants to know that using a service like this is absolutely not necessary to apply to our site. What we most want to see/know about is YOU. Perfection is not required. Please, just be yourself, and show us the best that you can do. We look forward to getting to know you!
Susan R. Vaught, Ph.D.
Director, Western Kentucky Psychology Internship Consortium
This is the view from my front porch in the spring and summer. As we head into the depths of winter, I’m sharing it, along with a favorite quote sent to me by dear friend, and wishing everyone reading this a fulfilling and wondrous 2015. For all the interns traveling for interviews, be safe, be confident, and be yourselves–and know that this is (and always has been) enough. You are the future of our field, and internships all over the country are looking forward to meeting you.
Sincerely,
Susan R. Vaught, Ph.D.
WKPIC Training Director