University of Southern California Counseling & Mental Health is pleased to announce Postdoctoral Fellowship positions in Clinical Psychology for the 2024-2025 academic year. The positions are full-time, 12-month appointments, specifically providing clinical services to the university’s student population. In addition to a generalist experience, fellows will have the opportunity to tailor their learning in a specialty area. Special emphasis areas include Eating Disorder/Body Image Concerns, Relationship and Sexual Violence Prevention Services (trauma), Crisis Services, Substance Abuse, Behavioral Health, and Training/Supervision. The duties include providing individual psychotherapy, crisis intervention, outreach and prevention, and psychotherapy groups for USC students. Other responsibilities include providing supervision and training to pre-graduate trainees. The postdoctoral fellow will work under the supervision of a California Licensed Psychologist. Postdoctoral applicants must have a doctoral degree in Counseling or Clinical psychology from an APA-accredited program and have completed an APA-accredited pre-doctoral internship. Strong clinical skills and experience are required. Experience working with individuals from diverse backgrounds is essential. Organizational skills, follow through, flexibility, openness to feedback, and ability to work independently in a responsible manner are all essential to this position. The University of Southern California (USC) is a private urban research university located near downtown Los Angeles. USC has a population of 37,000 students, which includes undergraduate, graduate and professional degree students. The university has one of the largest international student populations in the United States. The positions begin August 1, 2024. The salary is approximately $65,374 and includes health benefits, sick time, paid vacation, professional days and $500 stipend for professional development.
To apply, please submit a cover letter, curriculum vita, case example and three letters of recommendation to the Fellowship Coordinator, Jessica Beale, Psy.D. at jessica.beale@med.usc.edu and Cc the Training Director, Yoey Cheng, Psy.D. at yoey.cheng@med.usc.edu by Tuesday, January 2, 2024. In the cover letter, please describe your career goals and goals for fellowship year. If you are interested in any of our emphasis areas, please also describe your previous experience and how you would like to further develop in the area(s). One of the three letters of recommendation must be from your APA-accredited internship Training Director. For the case example, please share how you generally work with clients- theoretical orientation, conceptualization, treatment plan, interventions, diversity considerations, diagnosis (maximum 500 words).