Clinical Child Psychology Postdoctoral Fellowship at New York Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center

Clinical Child Psychology Postdoctoral Fellowship at New York Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center

Position: The Department of Clinical Psychology at New York Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center offers a one-year clinical child psychology postdoctoral fellowship. The fellowship is conducted within the Pediatric Psychiatry Department of the Ambulatory Care Network of New York Presbyterian Hospital. The Pediatric Psychiatry Department largely serves children, adolescents and families from Washington Heights, an urban and predominantly Latino community. The fellowship offers opportunities to work within various outpatient clinic settings, school-based settings and the emergency department. The full-time clinical fellowship provides intensive supervised clinical experience in evaluation, psychological testing and treatment of children and adolescents with a wide range of psychiatric disorders including mood and anxiety disorders, disruptive behavior disorders and comorbid medical diagnoses. Training involves supervision in a variety of treatment modalities including cognitive-behavioral, interpersonal, dialectical behavior, psychodynamic and family therapies. The fellowship places particular emphasis on training in evidence-based interventions. The fellow participates in weekly individual and group supervision (6-8 hours) and attends weekly didactic seminars, team disposition and case conference meetings and Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds.

Start Date: July 1, 2016.

Qualifications: We welcome and encourage applications from all qualified applicants from APA approved doctoral programs in professional psychology who will have completed an APA approved internship and Ph.D. by the start date of the fellowship.

Applying: To apply, please email a current curriculum vitae, two letters of recommendation, and a statement of interest in the fellowship to: cumcpsych.postdoc@gmail.com.

Deadline for Applications: December 30, 2015

For more information about this position, contact Dr. Clare Gaskins (clg9023@nyp.org)