University of California, San Diego Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS)
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University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
La Jolla , California
Starts on Saturday, August 1, 2026
Applications due Monday, January 5, 2026
This training experience has chosen to follow the APPIC Postdoctoral Selection Guidelines.
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
The Residency program at University of California, San Diego Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) involves advanced clinical training with a focus on mental health in higher education and involves supervised experience working as an integral member of a team of clinicians serving 43,000 diverse undergraduate and graduate students. Our main focus is to provide an environment that facilitates professional growth and development. The postdoctoral residency year focuses on the integration of professional skills in a supervised environment in preparation for professional work and licensure. Responsibilities include provision of short-term individual counseling/psychotherapy, group therapy, initial evaluation and assessment, referrals, crisis/urgent care counseling, outreach and consultation to the campus community, serving as a consultant to one of the eight undergraduate colleges or major campus programs, delivery of training, and administrative committee work. We are a decentralized counseling center and residents are housed within the eight colleges on the UCSD campus, affording a unique and embedded consultation experience.
Additional Information
- Agency Type
- University Counseling Center
- APPIC Membership
- Yes
- APA Accredited
- No
- Recognized Specialty
- Clinical Psychology
- Emphasis or focus area
- Health Psychology
- Other Emphasis
- College Mental Health
- Research Time
- Less than 25%
- Training Director
- Louie Limas, Ph.D.
- Contact Email
- ellimas@health.ucsd.edu
- Contact Phone
- 858-534-3755
- Virtual Interviews
- Virtual Only
- Duration in Months
- 12
- Hours Per Week
- 40
- # of Licensed Supervisors
- 25
- Number of Positions
- 6
- Applications recieved last year
- 30
- Accepts Int'l Students
- Stipend
- $71,760
- Will follow APPIC Selection Standards
- Yes
- Estimated offer date
- Tuesday, February 3 2026
- Created Date
- Friday, July 1 2016
- Fringe Benefits
- Full medical and dental insurance
- Research opportunities
- Each resident completes an optional research project per year.
- Additional Comments
- Mental health services, outreach and training are conducted in a hybrid (telehealth and in-person) format.
- Application Instructions
- Our program will be using the APPA CAS (APPIC Psychology Postdoctoral Application-Centralized Application System) APPA CAS Postdoc Online Application (appic.org). Please submit the following materials electronically to the APPA CAS system by Monday, January 5, 2026 (midnight PST):
• Cover letter indicating your specific interest in UCSD Counseling and Psychological Services
• Curriculum vita
• Completion Letter from your Graduate Program Director of Training, or dissertation Chair, specifying dissertation status and projected timeline for completing all requirements for the doctoral degree. If you have completed your degree, a copy of your diploma or other indication from your graduate program is acceptable.
• Three letters of recommendation from individuals who have knowledge of your clinical work. One letter must be from your Internship Training Director, and will need to include a statement indicating you're in good standing in the program and the exact completion date of the internship (if the internship is already completed, please submit a certificate or similar documentation).
Mental health services, outreach and training are conducted in a hybrid (telehealth and in-person) format.
For additional Information, please contact:
Louie Limas, Ph.D.
PSY31420
Training Director
ellimas@health.ucsd.edu
858-534-3755
Positions are dependent on funding
This record was last updated on Friday, August 22, 2025
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