Postdoctoral Fellowship in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) for Adolescents

Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Clinical Psychology Training Consortium, Postdoctoral Fellowship in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) for Adolescents.   This APA-accredited postdoctoral fellowship is in the Outpatient Adolescent Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Program located at Bradley Hospital.

In the Outpatient Adolescent Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Program, the postdoctoral fellow has the opportunity to serve adolescents ages 13-18 years who present with emotion regulation difficulties and associated suicidality, non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI), and/or other impulsive and self-destructive behaviors.  The program consists of two levels of care for at-risk adolescents: 1) The Comprehensive Stabilization and Treatment for Adolescents at Risk (CSTAR) program provides nine hours per week of DBT-based individual and family therapy, adolescent and multi-family DBT skills training group, and medication management to adolescents who are at high risk of requiring hospitalization due to chronic suicidality or self-injury; 2) The Mindful Teen enhanced outpatient program provides two-to-three hours per week of individual/family treatment, multi-family DBT skills training group, and medication management to adolescents who have completed or do not require a higher level of care, but who continue to struggle with impulsive/high risk behaviors secondary to emotional dysregulation.  Both programs also offer 24-hour phone coaching to both adolescents and their parents.  Adolescents in both programs generally present with a high level of clinical co-morbidity, most often meeting criteria for mood disorders, anxiety disorders, and/or Borderline Personality Disorder.

For further details regarding application, please visit the Postdoctoral Fellowship link on our website at:  www.brown.edu/go/clinical-psychology-training