Psychology majors at Monmouth University have a wide variety of opportunities that help them gain real-world experience by completing one or more internship experiences.
Features of Our Internship Experience Program Include:
- A wiki site for currently enrolled students that contains information, resources and a growing list of 150+ internship sites
- Varied placement opportunities
- e.g., mental health, human resources, marketing, forensic psychology, neuropsychology, child development, geriatrics, health psychology, school psychology and animal-assisted therapy
- Ability to fulfill the requirement in a class setting or as an independent study with a faculty supervisor
- Support for completing at least 2 internships before graduation
- Opportunity to present internship experience at the Department of Psychology’s Undergraduate Conference
Recent Placements Include:
- CVR’s Autism Academy
- New York Department of Probations
- Viacom – Nickelodeon and MTV – Market Research and Corporate Affairs
- Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center – Patient Care
- Children’s Day Program – Child Psychology and Psychotherapy
- Middlesex County Correctional Facility – Forensic Psychology – Criminal
- Parent Train – Forensic Psychology – Family Court
- Howell High School – Guidance Counseling
- Long Branch Middle School – School Counseling
- Celtic Charms Horse Farm – Animal-assisted Therapy
- Early Childhood Learning Center – Speech Pathology
- Neuropsychology Rehabilitation Services
- Water and Sims – Human Resources
- Manalapan/Englishtown Alliance to Prevent Substance Abuse
- Francis Asbury Manor – Art Therapy and Cognitive Rehabilitation
- CPC Behavioral Health – Adult Group Therapy – Chronic Mental Illness
- Guiding Light Behavioral Health – Alcohol/Drug Treatment
- Monmouth Medical Center – Psychiatric Screening Center
- Dottie’s House – Treatment of Victims of Domestic Violence
- 180 Turning Lives Around – Phone Counseling Hotline
- Making Daughters Safe Again – Treatment of Victims of Sexual Abuse
Please contact Dr. Goodwin, Field Placement Developer and Coordinator, for questions about internships or requests to access the internship list on the Department of Psychology Wiki Site.