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Cira Center for Behavioral Health (CCBH) is a growing group practice located in Chicago's Loop and is looking to hire 2 full-time Clinical Psychology Postdoctoral Fellows! 

We offer a competitive compensation and benefits package, an established and supportive team, and a flexible start date!

Benefits of Joining CCBH: 

• Fantastic location on Michigan Avenue across from Millennium Park. The Loop office is housed in an impeccable building with tons of great amenities including a beautiful pool, workout area with full locker room, front desk staffed with 24/7 staff, discounted monthly parking available for employees, elevator, and ADA-compliant entrances. 
• You will be an employee of CCBH, which includes benefits like PTO, major medical Blue Cross Blue Shield insurance, 401K contributions, and compensation towards continuing education training
• All caseload building, scheduling, and billing are taken care of for youAll marketing is taken care of, which includes but is not limited to, a Psychology Today profile, business cards, brochures, postcards, and all other marketing materials
• A paper-free existence! Everything we do is electronic, and documentation is very minimal
• Weekly individual supervision
• Weekly meetings with the team
• A highly collaborative, relational, and fun working environment
• Possibility for a full-time position upon completion of the fellowship

Core competencies required:

1) Clinical Work: 

• Primary responsibilities will be in conducting intake assessments and providing individual, couple, family, and group psychotherapy with the age and gender spectrum (~ 25 clients/week)
• Competency to treat or open to treating (with supervision) individuals, children, adolescents, families, and couple
• Due to COVID-19, all sessions are currently being conducted via Telehealth. However, the fellow will have the option to conduct virtual sessions from our Loop office. We expect to return to a hybrid (in-person and virtual) model as soon as it is safe to do so.
• Once back in the office, willing to split their time at both of our Chicago and Oak Park (TBD).
• An interest, experience, and/or basic knowledge about working with trauma survivors
• Graduated with a doctorate in psychology (Ph.D. or Psy.D.
• Willing to work at least 3 evenings OR 2 evenings and a Saturday or Sunday
• Applicants who have experience in women’s issues/health and/or trauma and/or are EMDR trained will be given special consideration

2) Values Work:

• White therapists are required to engage in personal and internal antiracism work by reading books, podcasts, etc.
• White therapists are required to participate in external antiracism work, including training courses, both in- and out-of-house, and in team discussions
• Participate in at least one of our antiracist quarterly initiatives. Recent initiatives have focused on voter suppression and engagement, supporting BIPOC-owned business during COVID, Black maternal health, and Asian Americans and mental health
• Therapists of color will have the option to meet regularly with the other therapists of color on the team, but these meetings are optional

3) Teamwork

• Identifies as a team player and problem solver.
• Enjoys supervision, consultation, and collaboration.
• Is active on Slack, our internal communications platform, reading and responding to teammates in a timely manner (for the most part, this replaces most email obligations)
• Steps up for volunteer events/positions as necessary (Holiday Giving Campaign, Diversity Presentations, etc.)
• Excited to get to know their teammates and spend time together at quarterly work social events