Sanford Behavioral Health Center
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Sanford Behavioral Health Center
Thief River Falls, Minnesota
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This training experience is not an APPIC Member program and is not APA Accredited. Applicants should be aware that this training experience has not undergone a formal external quality review process.
Elements of quality clinically focused postdoctoral training
This training experience is a planned and programmed sequence of training that aims to ensure preparation for advanced practice rather than one that is focused on providing supervised hours for licensure.
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This training experience ensures that training takes precedence over service delivery regarding the nature, content, volume, and quality of the postdoc’s activities.
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This training experience ensures that postdocs receive at least two hours of individual supervision per week for the duration of the experience.
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This training experience is administered by a doctoral-level licensed psychologist who directs and organizes the training experience and its resources, is responsible for the selection of postdocs, and monitors and evaluates the goals and activities of the experience.
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This training experience has two or more doctoral-level licensed psychologists who have sufficient time to provide quality supervision and training.
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This training experience includes regularly scheduled structured educational activities that help postdocs its defined goals. These activities may include didactics, seminars, case conferences, and/or research activities.
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This training experience has written Due Process and Grievance procedures.
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This training experience has the stable and necessary financial (e.g., stipend) and physical resources (e.g., computers, physical space) needed for effective training.
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A postdoctoral residency at Sanford Behavioral Health in Thief River Falls offers a variety of opportunities for professional growth. We are both an inpatient psychiatric hospital and an outpatient clinic. We also have providers working at the medical center in primary care. This residency focuses on rural psychology as providers at Sanford Behavioral Health serve a large geographic area, which gives us the opportunity to work with many different types of clients with different presenting concerns. We serve individuals throughout the lifespan. Our site will give residents a rare opportunity to work with the broadest spectrum of mental health clients, from those individuals who are working on personal growth to those who are dealing with active psychosis. Residents are expected to work in both outpatient and inpatient settings. Our residents also have the opportunity to receive training in a variety of specialty areas; this could include consulting with other psychologists who practice in our clinic, as well as master's-level providers. It is also not unusual for interdisciplinary consults to be available and/or occur regularly. There will be opportunities to provide individual therapy, couple therapy, and family therapy. Residents also are included in the rotation of those who lead group therapy as part of the inpatient programming. In addition, residents have the potential to provide education and consultation to fellow Sanford Health employees, as well as local business owners, schools, and social groups. Residents are likely to be exposed to assessments for the court that determine someone's mental state at the time of a crime and/or someone's competency to stand trial. The clinic also provides assessments for bariatric and spinal stimulator procedures and potential new hire law enforcement interviews, which can be observed by residents. Residents will also be expected to perform testing and assessments for a variety of referral questions. Their time on the inpatient unit will also afford them the opportunity to witness the civil commitment process and the role of a court-appointed examiner. The resident will learn about, and interact with, additional community based resources that are available to patients and clients. This is a challenging and gratifying training experience that will help residents develop into confident, professional, independent early-career psychologists. Sanford Behavioral Health is a connected team of spirited individuals who make it a priority to support each other and collaborate with one another. We look forward to having you as part of our team!
Additional Information
- Agency Type
- Private/Psychiatric Hospital
- APPIC Membership
- No
- APA Accredited
- No
- Recognized Specialty
- Clinical Psychology
- Emphasis or focus area
- Serious Mental Illness
- Other Emphasis
- Rural psychology, inpatient hospital, outpatient clinic
- Research Time
- No research time
- Training Director
- Trent Barstad, PhD, LP
- Contact Email
- trent.barstad@sanfordhealth.org
- Contact Phone
- 218-683-4351
- Duration in Months
- 12
- Hours Per Week
- 40
- # of Licensed Supervisors
- 2
- Number of Positions
- 2
- Applications recieved last year
- 2
- Accepts Int'l Students
- Stipend
- $65,000
- Will follow APPIC Selection Standards
- Fringe Benefits
- Our program offers education/training ($2000), travel to didactics ($2500), moving stipend ($5000), pay for the first EPPP testing ($600), licensing fee ($500), health insurance, 21 days of PTO, 40 hours of paid EPPP study time, 2-3 days off for testing EPPP and State exam (one time)..
- Research opportunities
- None
- Additional Comments
- Historically, there have been employment opportunities following the postdoctoral year; however, this cannot be guaranteed.
- Application Instructions
- Interested applicants should send a letter of interest, CV, three letters of reference, and a clinical writing sample to Dr. Barstad by email (trent.barstad@sanfordhealth.org). Applications for the 2024-2025 training year will be accepted anytime after September 1, 2023, and due by February 1, 2024. Program start date is September 12, 2024. For more information, please email Dr. Barstad. In-person interviews are preferred; however, virtual interviews are available.
This record was last updated on Friday, April 12, 2024
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