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Build Your Own Internship - Location of Your Choice
Not seeing an internship for you below? If you have a very specific internship placement in mind or are looking through our program list and not seeing your location of choice, you still have options! You can “ Build Your Own Internship ,” where you research and secure your own internship while working with the GEO office to receive relevant academic credit. Students are responsible for finding this internship, housing, and travel arrangements independently, which is what differs from the existing internship placement programs that GEO offers. All students will be charged in-state tuition for this program and receive a guaranteed $250-$1000 scholarship.
Buenos Aires with Road2Argentina
Internship with Mensajeros de la Paz:
Mensajeros de la Paz is a global social organization that aims to improve the quality of life of the most disadvantaged people (children, youth, and seniors). It works for the social inclusion of vulnerable people, implementing integral care projects (such as community centers) aimed at recovering their rights.
Internship with The Argentine Aphasia Foundation:
The Argentine Aphasia Foundation (Fundafasia) aids and support to people with aphasia, who suffer from a language and communication disorder, caused by a brain injury. The foundation helps them reach the greatest autonomy and the best quality of life possible. It offers a Rehabilitation Center and a Day Center that promotes the patient's reintegration into the labor market and works to gain new scientific knowledge about the disorder.
Cape Town, South Africa with World Endeavors
Clinical Psychology Internship — Cape Town, South Africa
Work alongside licensed therapists in private practices conducting intake assessments, diagnoses, and ongoing talk therapy treatments. This placement suits students interested in psychology, social services, or public health/medicine.
Tasks and responsibilities may include:
- Observing intake assessments conducted by licensed therapists
- Gaining exposure to diagnostic processes
- Observing ongoing talk therapy sessions, where permitted
- Supporting administrative tasks tied to client care
- Building foundational knowledge of clinical psychology practice
Community Psychology Internship — Cape Town, South Africa
Assist psychologists in partnering with schools, clinics, shelters, justice programs, and NGOs to support underserved groups. This placement suits students interested in psychology, social services, or NGO/nonprofit.
Tasks and responsibilities may include:
- Supporting psychologist partnerships with schools and clinics
- Assisting with outreach to shelters and justice programs
- Contributing to coordination with NGOs serving underserved groups
- Observing community-based psychological support work, where permitted
- Gaining exposure to applied community psychology practice
Organizational Psychology Internship — Cape Town, South Africa
Gain experience with workplace psychologists focused on improving company culture, team dynamics, leadership coaching, conflict mediation, and talent optimization. This placement suits students interested in psychology, human resources, or business.
Tasks and responsibilities may include:
- Supporting initiatives focused on company culture and team dynamics
- Assisting with leadership coaching and conflict mediation projects
- Contributing to stress reduction and mental health destigmatization efforts
- Supporting talent optimization policy research
- Gaining exposure to applied organizational psychology practice
Child Psychology Internship — Cape Town, South Africa
Observe cognitive and social-emotional screenings, evaluations, and therapies from experienced child psychologists and school counselors supporting students, parents, and teachers. This placement suits students interested in psychology, education, administration, or social services.
Tasks and responsibilities may include:
- Observing cognitive and social-emotional screenings and evaluations
- Gaining exposure to therapies addressing learning disabilities and behavioral issues
- Observing support for students navigating bullying, abuse aftermath, or social anxiety
- Supporting school counselors and child psychologists, where permitted
- Building foundational knowledge of child psychology practice
Dublin, Ireland with World Endeavors
Psychology Internship with Professional Therapeutic Service in Dublin, Ireland - Dublin, Ireland
Support a professional therapeutic service in Dublin offering individual, couples, and family therapy, gaining hands-on exposure to clinical operations and client-facing work. This placement suits students interested in psychology, social services, or communications.
Tasks and responsibilities may include:
- Conducting brief intake interviews to complete health and trauma-related charts
- Shadowing the supervisor and participating in interactive clinical work
- Assisting with file management, data protection protocols, and reviewing assessments
- Responding to confidential emails and coordinating client scheduling
- Helping maintain the clinic's online presence through blogs and social media
Psychology Internship Focused on Drug and Alcohol Misuse in Dublin, Ireland - Dublin, Ireland
Support a community-based task force working to reduce the harm caused by drug and alcohol misuse in Dublin, gaining hands-on experience in partnership coordination and community safety initiatives. This placement suits students interested in criminal justice, social services, or NGO/nonprofit.
Tasks and responsibilities may include:
- Reviewing and updating contact details of existing partner agencies
- Identifying and initiating contact with new relevant agencies
- Producing a directory of services using updated partnership information
- Planning and implementing a distribution plan for the directory
- Gaining exposure to interagency collaboration on community drug and alcohol strategy
Florence, Italy with World Endeavors
Psychology Internship with the Oldest Private Charitable Organization in the World — Florence, Italy
This historic institution, founded in 1244, supports the sick with medical transport to hospitals and provides funeral services, offering exposure to the psychosocial dimensions of emergency care and bereavement support.
Tasks and responsibilities may include:
- Observing patient and family interactions during medical transport services
- Supporting staff in providing emotional and psychosocial support to patients and families
- Assisting with outreach or educational initiatives related to community wellbeing
- Gaining exposure to bereavement support practices within funeral services
- Assisting with general administrative tasks tied to the organization's programs
Psychology Research Internship in Florence, Italy - Florence, Italy
Join a social enterprise and academic spin-off from the University of Florence specializing in community psychology, gaining hands-on experience in research, community intervention, and outreach. This placement suits students interested in psychology, social services, or education administration.
Tasks and responsibilities may include:
- Assisting with qualitative and quantitative research on mental health and community development
- Observing community-based interventions or counseling sessions, where permitted
- Helping develop educational materials or support social media and communication efforts
- Assisting with organizing workshops, seminars, or public engagement activities
- Contributing to reporting and evaluation of community interventions
London, UK with Anglo Educational Services
Psychology Internship with a Mental Health Clinic:
The intern can expect to get involved with patient consultations, write blog posts about mental health, and learn about the administration of the clinic.
Psychology Organization Internship
A psychology-based internship with a citywide movement to improve the mental health and wellbeing of Londoners. The interns can expect to get involved with their suicide prevention team, facilitating multi-agency networks, developing a citywide sharing hub, and delivering suicide prevention training to schools and universities in London.
Madrid, Spain with World Endeavors
Psychology Internship with Mental Health Center in Madrid, Spain — Madrid, Spain
This mental health center provides psychological and psychiatric services for adults, children, adolescents, and families, working through an interdisciplinary team with personalized treatment plans for anxiety, depression, trauma, and other emotional difficulties.
Tasks and responsibilities may include:
- Observing and analyzing psychological assessment and intervention processes in the clinical setting
- Participating as an observer in psychosocial intervention groups, including peer support groups
- Assisting with mental health prevention and promotion programs in schools, including workshops and training sessions
- Participating in clinical and coordination meetings of the multidisciplinary team
- Attending internal training sessions with the team
- Supporting document review and the preparation of psychoeducational or training materials
Prague, Czech Republic with World Endeavors
Psychology Internship with Substance Use and Addiction NGO — Prague, Czech Republic
Founded in 1990, this nonprofit works to reduce the health and social harms associated with substance use and addiction, with a strong focus on shaping drug policy and reducing stigma at the local and national levels.
Tasks and responsibilities may include:
- Supporting outreach and harm-reduction activities within community-based programs
- Assisting with client engagement and coordination across counselling, medical, and social support services
- Contributing to public health education campaigns aimed at reducing stigma around substance use
- Assisting with research or documentation related to drug policy and advocacy work
- Gaining exposure to how policy and public health intersect with the criminal justice system
- Collaborating with a multidisciplinary team of counsellors, medical staff, and social workers