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What, internships or volunteering should I do, I’m a 16 year old and I’m looking for any internships for psychology or any organizations I can volunteer for online.

I’ve been doing a few things and created a few clubs like a Red Cross branch, and have been volunteering in other ways for other mental health organizations. But I was looking for any psychology things I could do, I was currently looking at crisis volunteer lines I could do. But if there is any other please let me know it would be greatly appreciated!

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Karen’s Answer

Congratulations on all you have already accomplished! The things you have done will certainly demonstrate your skills and leadership abilities. It might be good to look for some unrelated volunteer opportunities to show that you are open to many possibilities. Things like serving meals to the homeless or spending time with the elderly can show your flexibility and perhaps expose you to individuals in different environments.

With every good wish and many blessings,
Karen
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Nancy’s Answer

Hi there!

Looking for volunteering or internship opportunities? In California, lots of non-profits need your help! You can explore options that interest you by visiting this resource: https://oag.ca.gov/charities/reports

Don’t forget to check out your local library, community center, and city hall for more ideas. Good luck!
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Abby’s Answer

Hi Emily,
Some volunteer opportunities in crisis centers will have a minimum age requirement of 18, but there are teen crisis lines that are staffed by teen volunteers - they're typically called teen peer crisis lines. Some national examples are: Crisis Text Line, Teen Line, YouthLine, but it might be good to learn a bit more about what kind of volunteer experience you're looking for - meaning are you looking for something you go to long term or something you're looking to do a infrequently or once?

I'm in the Portland OR area and there's a volunteer site called Hands on Portland & there's a branch in your area: https://www.handsoncentralcal.org/ that offers a variety of different volunteer opportunities by topic and commitment length. Also, your local 211 Info should have a database of non-profits that you could reference: https://www.211tularecounty.org/ . The reason why I'm broadening to all non-profits is that a lot of non-profits directly or indirectly help with mental health in some way. To explain further, volunteering at Meals on Wheels as someone who calls to check in on the elderly that normally have no/limited social interactions outside of Meals on Wheels can help you gain experience with talking to people about being alone, grief, loss, and other parts of their lives that they share with you, and you can help to give someone an important social connection that they wouldn't have otherwise.

I think that what would help the most is determining what you like the best: here's my own personal volunteer likes :D
-I like meeting in person
-I like working with adults or the elderly
-I like something that incorporates animals, technology, food, or social services to help people improve their lives
-I like to volunteer at something long term
-I like a volunteer experience that I can do once a week, long term

Look forward to hearing more if you want!

Abby recommends the following next steps:

Write down a list of things you like or would like to learn more about
Determine how long you'd like to volunteer - once, infrequently, etc.
Determine what you want to gain out of your volunteer experience, such as what kind of groups of people do I like working with?
Do you like going somewhere in person or online or hybrid (a bit of both)?
Use sites like handsoncentral or idealist.org that list a bunch of volunteer opportunities to help see what's available - and don't be afraid to ask a lot of questions before you start
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Matthew’s Answer

Here are two links I found!

https://admissionsight.com/16-psychology-internships-for-high-school-students/
https://www.lumiere-education.com/post/psychology-internships-for-high-school-students
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