Universal Psychology Postdoctoral Directory

At Access Institute you are taught and supervised by contemporary thinkers who have evolved psychoanalytic practice in meaningful ways. This intensive program trains 9 postgraduate fellows over a 13-month period, during which time fellows provide clinical services and receive training and supervision from some of the Bay Area’s top clinicians. Our fellowship provides over 10 hours of intensive training each week, including didactic training, in-depth supervision, theoretical instruction, technical development, and specialized training seminars. Fellows spend 25 hours per week providing direct clinical services and conducting phone intakes. All fellows provide psychotherapy services to adults and couples at the Hayes Valley community clinic. The psychoanalytic approach allows for more intensive treatments and many patients are seen at the clinic two or three times per week. Fellows also work off-site providing services at one of our partner programs. Fellows receive 2,000 hours toward licensure. Fellows are placed in one of two tracks: Elder or School-Based.  

Elder Track fellows compliment their clinic hours with work at the Bayview Hunters Point Adult Day Health Center where they offer individual, group and milieu therapy to primarily African-American seniors. Fellows collaborate with the professional staff at the agency (including nurses, social workers & physical therapists), and provide staff consultation and training, in order to facilitate an integrated approach to elder care. There is additional individual and group supervision for fellows in this track focusing on clinical geropsychology, consultation and person-centered dementia care.

Fellows in the School-Based Track provide care for children at school and by doing that become part of the school environment. We talk to teachers, social workers and principals. We walk the halls, visit the cafeteria, and encounter our clients’ classmates and peers. Our impact on our clients is not simply during the clinical hour, but throughout our time on campus. This requires thoughtful consideration of our multiple roles at the school, and the development of an internal frame that supports our clinical thinking. Fellows in the school-based track receive training focused on developing a flexible internal frame. They will receive training in consultation and collaboration, as well as in psychodynamic play therapy. This training is in the form of three weekly individual supervisions, a clinical case conference, and a group supervision focused on school-based work. In addition to working at a school, fellows will also provide therapy to adults, couples, children, adolescents, and families at our Hayes Valley Community Clinic. 

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