Boston College University Counseling Services
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Boston College
Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
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.
Yes
This training experience ensures that training takes precedence over service delivery regarding the nature, content, volume, and quality of the postdoc’s activities.
Yes
This training experience ensures that postdocs receive at least two hours of individual supervision per week for the duration oof the experience.
Yes
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.
Yes
This training experience has two or more doctoral-level licensed psychologists who have sufficient time to provide quality supervision and training.
Yes
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.
Yes
This training experience has written Due Process and Grievance procedures.
Yes
This training experience has the stable and necessary financial (e.g., stipend) and physical resources (e.g., computers, physical space) needed for effective training.
Yes
Boston College University Counseling Services offers an eleven-month fellowship for postdoctoral clinical and counseling psychologists who are interested in advanced training in professional psychology in a university mental health setting. The fellowship is designed to provide postdoctoral fellows with a training experience that is first, concentrated on deepening their diagnostic and clinical skills, and second, representative of university mental health practice today.
We are a relatively large counseling service, highly utilized on this campus of over 14,000 undergraduate and graduate students. In this setting fellows are actively engaged in the varied roles and functions of our work: evaluation and treatment of students; crisis and emergency response; consultation; and outreach programming. At an institutional level, BC is invested in the integration of students' intellectual development with their personal formation. This makes for a psychologically rich population with which a fellow can explore closely and intensively the practice of psychotherapy.
Fellows can expect to have a clinically rich and intensive experience that is well-supported by dedicated supervisors and training team. Training will focus on working with a diverse population of young adults who manifest the full spectrum of psychological and psychiatric struggles within the college context. In formulating client difficulties, we emphasize psychodynamic, developmental, and culturally informed approaches. The training program has special focus on helping fellows grow in their ability to think, discuss, and integrate issues of diversity and inclusion into how they think about themselves and their work.
A fellow's clinical work and individual supervision, which are the core of the training experience, are embedded in the more encompassing experience of being part of a clinical staff that is committed and thoughtful in its work. Formal training functions include individual and group supervision (3 hrs weekly); supervision of group work; case conference; weekly multicultural conversation hour; a professional practice seminar; and administrative participation. Fellows will also have the option, should they choose, to identify an area of focus for the year, including: A) Multicultural Issues, B) Group Therapy, or C) Trauma Informed Care. (see Fellowship brochure on our website for additional information). Fellows seeking a robust Generalist Training experience, not including an area of focus, are also strongly encouraged to apply
Additional Information
- Agency Type
- University Counseling Center
- APPIC Membership
- Yes
- APA Accredited
- No
- Recognized Specialty
- Clinical Psychology
- Other Emphasis
- College Mental Health
- Research Time
- No research time
- Training Director
- Selina Guerra, PhD
- Contact Email
- guerrase@bc.edu
- Contact Phone
- 617-552-3310
- Duration in Months
- 11
- Hours Per Week
- 40
- # of Licensed Supervisors
- 14
- Number of Positions
- 3
- Applications recieved last year
- 16
- Accepts Int'l Students
- Stipend
- $52,598
- Will follow APPIC Selection Standards
- Created Date
- Friday, July 1 2016
- Fringe Benefits
- full-benefits package that includes medical, dental, vacation, and illness coverage
- Application Instructions
- **The postdoctoral application deadline is January 02, 2025. Application reviews and interviews will occur on a rolling basis. All interviews will be on zoom. Completed applications require the following:
A personal statement detailing your interest in the fellowship, why you would be a good fit, clinical strengths and growth edges, and training goals.
A current curriculum vitae
Current transcripts of graduate work (Masters and Doctoral)
Two letters of recommendation from clinical supervisors (at least 1 from current training site)
Applicant Questionnaire (on our website at www.bc.edu/counseling --> About --> Post-doctoral Training)
Questionnaire Supplement form (for internships that are not APA or CPA accredited - obtain by emailing Training Director Selina Guerra, PhD at guerrase@bc.edu)
Upload your completed application materials to the APPA CAS or Email complete applications to:
Selina Guerra, PhD (guerrase@bc.edu) with the subject heading COMPLETE FELLOWSHIP APPLICATION MATERIALS FOR (your name)
Complete applications can be physically mailed to:
Selina Guerra, Ph.D.
Assistant Director for Training
Boston College University Counseling Services
Gasson 001
140 Commonwealth Ave.
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
This record was last updated on Tuesday, November 19, 2024
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