Postdoctoral Fellow - Child Clinical/Pediatric Psychology

01 Nov 2023    

As the main training clinic for our doctoral students in Clinical Psychology at Mason, as well as other graduate students across disciplines, we serve our community, providing evidence based, culturally sensitive, affordable and accessible mental health services (https://ccmh.gmu.edu/). The Center and our community partners value people who are committed to a warm, collaborative learning environment, while helping those in need. Applications should be directed to rmehlenb@gmu.edu or asenold@gmu.edu and are due by December 8, 2023.

Postdoctoral Fellow – Child Clinical/Pediatric Psychology

The American Psychological Association (APA) accredited George Mason University (GMU) Clinical Psychology Ph.D. program, is seeking a Child Clinical/Pediatric Psychology Postdoctoral Fellow in our training clinic, the GMU Center for Community Mental Health (https://ccmh.gmu.edu/). This is a 1-year full time position, with potential for renewal.

George Mason University has a strong institutional commitment to the achievement of excellence and diversity among its faculty and staff, and strongly encourages candidates to apply who will enrich Mason’s academic and culturally inclusive environment.

About the Program:

George Mason University is the largest, most diverse public research university in Virginia. The Clinical Psychology Program is committed to training graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to meet the evolving roles of clinical psychologists in an evidence-based and antiracist framework. Detailed information about the program, including its mission statement, can be found at https://clinical.gmu.edu/. We strongly encourage individuals from underrepresented minority groups to apply.

Responsibilities:

Join our Center team to provide evidence-based therapy and testing services to the greater Washington DC community, with a focus on cultural sensitivity, accessibility, and equity. Our Postdoctoral Fellow will have an opportunity to gain experience across settings – both in primary care and a community-based mental health center. Specifically, the fellow will engage in providing primary care behavioral health services at one or two of our partner pediatricians practices, as well as develop a combination of assessment and therapy hours at the Center. Should the Fellow be interested, additional opportunities are also available to supplement their experience, including helping supervise doctoral students in our clinical science program, gaining experience in our unique stepped care model of behavioral health (including learning and offering 3 session of BRIEF intervention), working in a pediatric endocrine practice or other community-based projects of interest.

Specifically, our Fellow will work 10-20 hours/week in our community partner pediatrics practice, providing short term, evidence-based therapy services as well as ongoing support to pediatricians, nurses and other providers. The Fellow will spend their additional time working at the GMU Center for Community Mental Health providing evidence-based testing and therapy services to children and adolescents (depending on preference). The Fellow will complete approximately two comprehensive assessments per month, with a child and/or adolescent focus. The remainder of hours will be determined by the Fellow’s interests, and include therapy, pediatric endocrine clinic, BRIEF intervention, supervision and/or other community-based intervention. There are additional opportunities to participate in monthly interdisciplinary case conferences with our psychiatric nurse practitioner colleagues who collaborate with us to provide sliding scale psychopharmacological services to our Center clients. This is a great opportunity to gain hours for licensure and hone both primary care and specialty care skills. Supervision will be provided by a minimum of three supervisors, one for primary care behavioral health, one for testing at the Center, and one for additional experiences that the Fellow chooses to pursue.

Required Qualifications:

Ph.D. or Psy.D. in clinical psychology from an APA-accredited program by the start date of the position; completion of an APA-accredited predoctoral internship; and prior experience with both therapy and testing of children/adolescents. All degree requirements, including dissertation defense, must be completed prior to beginning fellowship. The stipend for the 2024-2025 Fellowship year is $61,500.

Note: Because this position involves working with minors, university policy requires a criminal background check prior to employment.

Deadline for applications is Friday, December 8, 2023. Interviews will be completed virtually for this training year. Interested candidates are encouraged to submit the following:

1. Cover letter

2. Curriculum Vitae

3. Graduate School Transcript (does not need to be an official transcript)

4. Three (3) Letters of Recommendation

5. De-identified sample comprehensive assessment

Applications can be submitted through e-mail to:

Robyn Mehlenbeck, PhD at rmehlenb@gmu.edu or

Alison Senold, MA at asenold@gmu.edu

We are also listed in the APPIC Universal Psychology Postdoctoral Directory: https://www.appic.org/Postdocs/Universal-Psychology-Postdoctoral-Directory-UPPD/Detail/id/5703