Postdoctoral Fellowship and Psychology Externs

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Postdoctoral Fellowship

The NYU Student Health Center's Counseling and Wellness Services announces the availability of five postdoctoral psychology fellowships (appointment period: September 1 - August 31). Our clinic offers training with a multidisciplinary team (psychologists, social workers, psychiatrists, nurse practitioners, case managers, and nutritionists in providing crisis intervention in our Wellness Unit, brief psychotherapy, and group psychotherapy with a diverse population of undergraduate and graduate students both from international countries as well as the U.S. When the client caseload allows, there may also be opportunities for outreach to the NYU community. Training includes weekly seminars, supervision, staff meetings, and case presentations.

Position Summary

An opening exists in this state-of-the-art and quality-driven facility for five Psychology Fellows. Under clinical supervision, these fellows will provide clinical assessment, short-term psychotherapy, group therapy, and crisis intervention to NYU student population. In addition, Fellows will participate in didactic and case seminars.

Requirements

Doctorate in Clinical or Counseling Psychology preferred, but will consider ABD (all but dissertation) candidates.

Licensure

The fellowship meets the clinical practice requirements of New York State (NYS). If you expect to seek licensure outside NYS, please check to make sure NYS licensure will match your requirements.

Appointment Period

September 1 - August 31

Salary

Competitive, with excellent benefits.

Responsibilities

Clinical Case Load: General cases (1/2 load) and Specialty (1/2 case load)
Wellness Crisis Unit weekly coverage plus 2-3 Saturday coverage per year
Clinical Team Meetings, Seminar, Staff Meetings, Individual and Group Supervision of Externs
35 hour week

Description of Specialty Training

Placement on teams will depend on interest of the candidate, needs of the team and needs of the staff.

Eating Concerns Specialization

Anne M. Slocum McEneaney, Ph.D., ABPP, CGP, FAGPA
Assistant Director, Global Clinical Services
Team Leader and Clinical Psychologist

The Eating Concerns Specialization at New York University's Counseling & Wellness Services provides postdoctoral fellows an opportunity to gain specialized training in the delivery of services to culturally diverse college student populations presenting with eating concerns (e.g., restriction, bingeing, purging, body preoccupation/shame/dissatisfaction).

Primary fellowship responsibilities include assessment, diagnosis, individual and group psychotherapy of eating and body image concerns, as well as outcome evaluation, and collaboration and consultation on eating issues to the Student Health Center and the larger University community. As part of the specialization, fellows work with a committed group of professionals as part of a multidisciplinary treatment team. The team is comprised of psychologists, psychiatrists, nurse practitioners, primary care physicians, a case manager, wellness exchange staff and a nutritionist. We offer clients access to comprehensive services, supporting recovery with a multidisciplinary approach. While fellows work within a short-term 10-session model, they are actively involved in learning the skills necessary to motivate and facilitate clients’ transition to long-term community providers as well as to higher levels of care (e.g., inpatient hospitalization, day treatment, intensive outpatient) as clinically indicated.

In addition to team involvement and the provision of individual therapy, each fellow co-facilitates a process-oriented Making Peace With Food group with the team leader. Weekly 1-hour individual and 1-hour group supervision and a biweekly 1.5-hour team supervision is provided to the ED fellows by a psychologist who has written, taught, and presented on eating issues, group psychotherapy and psychodynamic psychotherapy throughout the US and internationally.

The SAFE Program (Substance Assessment, Feedback and Evaluation)

Genny Cuocci, LCSW, CASAC Team Leader

The SAFE program is designed to help students reflect upon and explore their own substance-related behaviors in a safe, judgment-free and welcoming environment. It is meant to enhance the alcohol and other drug related educational and supportive services available to NYU students. It is open to undergrad and graduate students.

The focus of the SAFE program is to help students reduce high-risk behaviors and harmful consequences related to their use of alcohol or other drugs, identify motivations and triggers related to their use, help facilitate change and build skills to help promote change. Services are provided by a multi-disciplinary clinical team within CWS, and are non-judgmental, non-labeling and confidential.

The SAFE program offers a range of services, including individual and group counseling, psychiatric evaluations and medication management by an addiction psychiatrists or psychiatric nurse practitioners.

We offer students a wide array of referrals for outside treatment (e.g., detox, rehab, long-term therapy, sober living).

Informal clinical consultation around addressing substance use issues within patients is also offered between the treating therapist and any CWS SAFE Team member.

Clinicians can also refer students for a SAFE Evaluation (1-3 sessions) and are provided with personalized psycho-education, more in depth substance assessment, strategies to reduce risk/abstain/or moderate substance use, or to evaluate and discuss substance abuse resources and referral options.

Some students may decide to access the SAFE program on their own or at the suggestion of a medical or mental health provider, teacher, family member or friend. Other students involved in the Student Conduct process may come to the SAFE program as a condition of a referral given by Residential Life or The Office of Student Conduct and Community Standards. These students are required to meet with a SAFE clinician for a minimum of 2 sessions. These students are provided with in-depth assessment, personalized feedback on myths about alcohol/substance effects, facts on alcohol/substance norms, ways to reduce future risks associated with alcohol/substance use, and a menu of options to assist in making changes using the BASICS Feedback software.

The SAFE Program offers the following groups and workshops:

Choices and Change: a harm-reduction group that provides a nonjudgmental opportunity for students to discuss concerns about their substance use, identify motivations and triggers, and consider making changes in their behavior. Recovery and Me is a group for students who are sober and seeking to bolster and maintain their recovery from substance abuse/dependence in a safe, supportive and non-judgmental environment.

Conversations about Cannabis Support Group is designed to help students explore their cannabis (marijuana) use in a supportive, nonjudgmental environment using a harm-reduction approach. Mindfulness for Addictive Behaviors is a toolkit designed to bring practices of mindful awareness to NYU students who have experienced the addictive and reactive trappings of the mind foster increased awareness of triggers, destructive habitual patterns, and automatic reactions.

Trauma Team Specialization

Jennifer D’Orazio, DNP: Team Leader

The Trauma Specialization at New York University's Counseling & Wellness Services, provides postdoctoral fellows an opportunity to gain experience conducting assessment, provide individual and group therapy to students presenting with remote past or recent traumatic experiences (childhood abuse, sexual assault, domestic violence, combat-related, other acute traumatic events, e.g. bereavement, motor vehicle accidents), and collaboration and consultation with other professionals.

In addition to individual short-term therapy limited to ten sessions, the trauma postdoctoral fellow also provides semester-long group psychotherapy and has the opportunity to co-lead the Sexual Encounters and Empowerment (SEE) group and/or the Bereavement (Living with Loss) group with a licensed clinician. In addition, the fellow may run the Trauma & Wellness toolkit, a four-week modular group focused on psychoeducation and coping with trauma. Supervision includes one hour of trauma case specific supervision on individual cases, and up to one hour for group therapy.

The trauma postdoctoral fellow also participates in the monthly trauma team meetings. The trauma team is multidisciplinary including psychologists, social workers, and a psychiatric provider, several of whom have specialized training in various trauma treatment modalities including EMDR, prolonged exposure, CBT, and DBT, and also clinical and programmatic experience in domestic violence and campus sexual assault.

Apply

Please submit an application, a detailed cover letter explaining your interest and clinical experience with young adults, a current CV, and three letters of recommendation for this position.

Apply on www.nyucareers.com using Job Posting number 2020-7617. Select "N2-Other Websites" when asked "how were you referred to NYU?" Only online submissions will be accepted.

Deadline

Preference will be given to those that submit all materials (resume, cover letter and three letters of recommendation) between Dec 15, 2020 - Jan 10, 2021.

Questions?

For further inquiries, please contact Dr. Shiang, Director of the CWS Psychology Training Program, via email at js6716@nyu.edu.

NYU Student Health Center 
Counseling and Wellness Services 
726 Broadway, Suite 471
New York, NY 10003-9502

Psychology Externship

Dr. Julia Shiang, Director

Open to all Ph.D. or Psy.D. candidates in graduate programs in the New York Metro area; expectation of 16-20 hours per week.

The NYU Student Health Center's Counseling and Wellness Services offers an opportunity to learn brief treatment approaches, referral skills, diagnostic formulation, and crisis management skills with a college and graduate student population. Experience running groups (CBT for Depression, etc) may be provided depending on readiness and clinical needs.

Third and fourth year Clinical/Counseling doctoral Psychology students are invited to apply, and exceptional second year students will be considered. Hospital clinical experience and/or demonstrated ability in intake, assessment and DSM diagnostic formulation are required.

Apply

Submit cover letter, CV, and three letters of recommendation sealed and signed by the recommender. Be sure to add on the top of your CV: your current contact information, your school’s Training Director’s contact information (email and telephone #).

» Submit in one packet to Dr. Julia Shiang  at julia.shiang@nyu.edu or js6716@nyu.edu

Deadline

Review of completed applications will begin and end on the agreed-upon date by the New York City Association of Graduate schools for each year. All completed applications received within this time frame will receive priority consideration.