Psychology Internship in Ecuador Psychology Internship in South America

Our psychology internship offers students and interns the opportunity to bolster their classroom education with experience in an applied setting. It offers specialized training in a number of settings that will prepare you for a future in psychology. Our program is dedicated to providing an outstanding internship training experience tailored to the needs of each intern.

Opportunities exist with Ecuadorian corporations, non-profit organizations, schools, hospitals, government agencies, etc. Internships are available in: Clinical/mental health settings, for example, drug intervention mess, treatment centres for children, and mess for the homeless. You might also be placed in a Health or developmental setting, for example, a nursing home, Red Cross administration, industrial/organizational psychology (personnel, human resources, selection and training) and Planned Parenthood programs. Interns should select internships that are consistent with their interests and goals.

During this internship or training, interns or trainees will have the opportunity of acquiring skills such as: breadth of experience working with different diagnoses, ability to plan, conduct and write psychological assessments, ability to provide professional consultation and effective treatment in a variety of settings, collaborative skills for working in a multidisciplinary setting, skills to incorporate standards of ethical and professional psychology into all activities, communication, team building and leadership skills, administrative skills in the application of theory and research to the psychology, interviewing, assessment, and problem solving.

Internship Role

As an intern abroad, depending on your abilities and placement, you will be working side-by-side with the professional staff and patients (e.g., children, young people, older adults, women veterans) and be involved in the day - to - day psychological duties such as: diagnoses, behavioral therapy, professional consultation, psychiatric issues, sleep-wake disorders, geriatric psychology and managed mental health care, among other.

Skills/Qualifications

Although our opportunity is open to undergraduate, recent graduate students and young professionals. No previous experience is mandatory although it could be very helpful. Nevertheless, an intermediate level of Spanish is required.

Participants with the following qualifications are well appreciated:

- Vested interest in training abroad
- Willingness to learn and patience for mastering new skills
- Initiative, flexibility, and ability to work independently or in teamwork
- Professional demeanor
- Good knowledge and use of Microsoft software tools.
- Good organizational skills and attention to detail
- Excellent communication skills, both oral and written
- Real interest in psychology issues
- Outgoing personality and sense of humor.
- Creative

Internship Location

Our professional marketing internship is located in Quito.

Accommodation and Meals

During the stay in the program, interns will live with a carefully screened host family which will provide with a single, clean, modest, comfortable and safe room as well as local meals three times a day. No lunch on Sundays.

Dates, Duration and Application Deadline

This internship opportunity runs all year-round for 9-24 weeks in length and start every Monday so interns should arrive 1 or 2 days early. Interns choose their own start dates. Applications are accepted up to 4 weeks prior to departure or start date.

Pick-up/Meeting

Interns will be met outside the airport terminal by an ELEP representative holding a placard with your name on it. Please provide us your flight information up to 2 weeks prior departing from your home-country so that a punctual pick-up/meeting can be arranged.

Price

Application Fee: $ 100
Internship Program Cost: 1150 for 9 weeks. Every extra week is $ 105

Special Offers:
$ 1600. 4 weeks of Spanish lessons + accommodation/meal + 8 Internship work

What's Included