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Moorpark College Student Health Center

Description: Moorpark College Student Health Services offers generalist post-doctoral training in college mental health within a community college health center setting. Fellows will receive supervision according to the State of California Board of Psychology guidelines and can earn 1,500 hours of SPE. Community college students tend to be more diverse than those at universities with regard to age, life circumstance, range of presenting problems and degree of acuity. The experience and training here develops generalist skills applicable to college counseling and psychological services, community clinics, and private practice settings. Our postdocs provide a substantial portion of our mental health services; their responsibilities include short-term therapy, crisis intervention, outreach, and consultation services. While individual therapy occupies the majority of the postdoc’s day, outreach is an important part of the service. To date, postdocs have run mindfulness workshops, DACA and immigration-related support groups, stress management workshops, trauma-focused groups, anxiety reduction groups, and prevention programs for at-risk populations, e.g., veterans and nursing students, and lectured in classrooms. For more information, see the posting at universitycounselingjobs.com (search 'moorpark').

Website: http://www.moorparkcollege.edu/departments/student-services/health-center

Accredation Status: Non Accredited

Location: CA, Moorpark,

Duration: 10 Months

Stipend: $36000

Specialty:: Generalist

Emphasis: College Mental Health

APPIC Postdoctoral Member: No

Setting: Academic Health Center

Number of Openings: 1

Number of Supervisors: 2


Director Name: Laura Forsyth, PhD

Director Phone: 8053781413

Director Email: lforsyth@vcccd.edu


Start Date
08/06/2018

Date Added
04/19/2018

Last Modified
04/19/2018

Available until filled or:
07/18/2018


Submission Instructions

To apply, please submit the following to Sue Gerhardt, Health Center Assistant, sgerhardt@vcccd.edu: 1. A letter introducing yourself, speaking to: your short-term and long-term career goals, how your interests, training and experience make you a good match for a community college setting, any prior experiences with outreach and your goals for the post-doctoral year 2. Curriculum Vitae 3. Three letters of recommendation from clinical supervisors from multiple sites (current included) & training director 4. If ABD, a statement from chair/committee member re: dissertation status and anticipated date of defense

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