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Counseling and Psychiatric Services: Postdoctoral Fellowship Program

Philosophy

· Philosophy
· Admission Requirements, Application and Stipend
· Time Commitment and Professional Activities
· Concentrations
· Supervision

The Postdoctoral fellowship at CAPS is designed to provide advanced generalist training for clinical and counseling psychologists. The postdoctoral program is based on training values that include a respect for diverse approaches to understanding human distress, integration of theory and research in clinical practice, and experientially based developmental learning. Guided by these values, the postdoctoral program provides fellows an opportunity to refine and expand experience in the following areas: clinical practice with individuals ,and groups, assessment, crisis intervention, outreach (including facilitating discussion groups psychoeducational programming, consultation, and other presentations), and an opportunity to be a part of multidisciplinary teams (e.g. eating disorders, substance abuse). The professional and personal development of the person of the therapist is a core value of the fellowship which is infused throughout the structure of our training program.

Our diverse faculty is able to provide training in multiple approaches to working with clients including: psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, developmental, feminist, interpersonal, and multicultural. Fellows will have opportunities to work with fourteen to eighteen clients in individual therapy per week as well as the opportunity to work with clients in a group if desired. Additionally, each fellow will work 4-8 hours a week providing brief evaluation and crisis intervention in our walk-in counseling service. Fellows will also be responsible for after-hours emergencies (on-call) 2-3 times per month. Opportunities to provide supervision to practicum students are also available.

Cultural competence is a goal of CAPS and to this effect, multicultural training, reading, and case conferences will be infused throughout the fellowship training program. It is expected that fellows will demonstrate cultural competence in clinical work and will follow the multicultural guidelines as established by the American Psychological Association (www.apa.org/pi/multiculturalguidelines.pdf). Fellows will have access to the professional library, including the diversity library, and will be expected to join senior staff in discussions of continued improvement in the area of cultural competence.

Postdoctoral fellows will work in close collaboration with senior staff and will function as professionals with many of the same responsibilities. Fellows attend all case conferences, professional development workshops, and staff meetings.

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The Postdoctoral fellowship at CAPS is designed to provide advanced generalist training for clinical and counseling psychologists. The postdoctoral program is based on training values that include a respect for diverse approaches to understanding human distress, integration of theory and research in clinical practice, and experientially based developmental learning. Guided by these values, the postdoctoral program provides fellows an opportunity to refine and expand experience in the following areas: clinical practice with individuals ,and groups, assessment, crisis intervention, outreach (including facilitating discussion groups psychoeducational programming, consultation, and other presentations), and an opportunity to be a part of multidisciplinary teams (e.g. eating disorders, substance abuse). The professional and personal development of the person of the therapist is a core value of the fellowship which is infused throughout the structure of our training program. Our diverse faculty is able to provide training in multiple approaches to working with clients including: psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, developmental, feminist, interpersonal, and multicultural. Fellows will have opportunities to work with fourteen to eighteen clients in individual therapy per week as well as the opportunity to work with clients in a group if desired. Additionally, each fellow will work 4-8 hours a week providing brief evaluation and crisis intervention in our walk-in counseling service. Fellows will also be responsible for after-hours emergencies (on-call) 2-3 times per month. Opportunities to provide supervision to practicum students are also available. Cultural competence is a goal of CAPS and to this effect, multicultural training, reading, and case conferences will be infused throughout the fellowship training program. It is expected that fellows will demonstrate cultural competence in clinical work and will follow the multicultural guidelines as established by the American Psychological Association (www.apa.org/pi/multiculturalguidelines.pdf). Fellows will have access to the professional library, including the diversity library, and will be expected to join senior staff in discussions of continued improvement in the area of cultural competence. Postdoctoral fellows will work in close collaboration with senior staff and will function as professionals with many of the same responsibilities. Fellows attend all case conferences, professional development workshops, and staff meetings.
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