Universal Psychology Postdoctoral Directory Entry

Clinical Psychology Post-doctoral Fellowship - Princeton University Counseling Center

Princeton University
Princeton, New Jersey

Starts on Monday, August 17, 2026

Applications due Monday, December 8, 2025

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. 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 of 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

Princeton University offers three post-doctoral fellowships in clinical/counseling psychology at Counseling and Psychological Services (CPS), which is part of University Health Services. This is a supervised 12-month, term position starting August 17, 2026. CPS places a high value on creatively serving a dynamic, multicultural student population in a challenging academic environment. The fellowship provides intensive supervised clinical experience, weekly training seminar, and weekly clinical case conferences. Post-doctoral fellows provide time-sensitive individual, group, and couples psychotherapy; psychological evaluations and crisis intervention, including infirmary admissions and follow up care. Additionally, fellows complete triage assessments and other clinical responsibilities. Fellows receive specialization training in college counseling and engage areas of concentration as a member of one of the following treatment teams: Alcohol and Other Drugs, Eating Concerns, or Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) - informed treatment. One fellow will be assigned to each of these three teams. Additional opportunities involve participation on Tigerspaw (sports psychology), Gender Affirming Care (Trans Health), Mind Body Health Services and Crisis Intervention Teams. Fellows will also be involved in psycho-educational outreach and liaison activities. Successful candidates must be able to work comfortably both individually and as team members within a multicultural and inter-disciplinary staff, to provide effective services. They must demonstrate excellent communication skills (including the ability to write timely and complete clinical notes); develop and maintain collaborative relationships in a multicultural environment; and possess a high degree of personal integrity, diligence, and discretion. Required: Completion of pre-doctoral internship (APA-Accredited preferred), experience with a broad range of clients (multiculturally and diagnostically) and completion of all doctoral program requirements (APA-accredited preferred) in clinical or counseling psychology with degree conferred by September 1, 2026. Preferred: Prior experience working in a university mental health service; doctorate is conferred in 2026; experience treating patients with substance abuse problems, eating disorders, and/or trauma history; experience leading groups; experience working effectively with people on a broad spectrum of social identities; experience working with multiply diagnosed patients; DBT experience; mindfulness and meditation experience. This is a full-time position from August 17, 2026 to August 13, 2027 with a salary of $65, 000 plus generous health benefits. University Health Services (UHS) at Princeton University is a fully accredited (Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care) health care facility providing comprehensive health services to 7,500+ Princeton undergraduate and graduate students, and specialized services to Princeton University faculty, staff, and employees. Fellows graduating from our program have gone on to work at various college counseling centers including, but not limited to, Princeton, UC Berkeley, Columbia, Drexel, Wake Forest, Georgetown, Cornell, UCLA, Lehigh and Stevens Institute of Technology.

https://uhs.princeton.edu/counseling-psychological-services/post-doctoral-training-program

Additional Information

Agency Type: University Counseling Center
APPIC Membership: No
APA Accredited: No
Recognized Specialty: Clinical Psychology
Emphasis or focus area: Primary Care
Other Emphasis: Alcohol & Other Drugs; Eating Concerns; DBT; Sports Psychology; Mind Body Health
Research Time: No research time
Training Director: David B. Campbell, PhD, CGP
Contact Email: dc4@princeton.edu
Contact Phone: 609-258-3141
Virtual Interviews: Available
Duration in Months: 12
Hours Per Week: 40
# of Licensed Supervisors: 7
Number of Positions: 3
Applications recieved last year: 25
Accepts Int'l Students: Yes
International Application Details: Please refer any questions to Dr. Campbell at dc4@princeton.edu
Stipend: $65,000
Will follow APPIC Selection Standards: Yes
Estimated offer date: Tuesday, January 27 2026
Fringe Benefits: Generous health benefits
Research opportunities: None
Additional Comments
Application Instructions: Applications will be accepted until the positions are filled. Please apply on-line (position Requisition ID# 2025-20908) at hppt://jobs.princeton.edu (https://main-princeton.icims.com/jobs/search?ss=1&hashed=-435679187) and upload a brief letter of interest (500 words which includes your statement about the area of Training Concentration in which you are interested) with your curriculum vitae and three letters of recommendation including one letter from your internship site training director/coordinator. If possible, please upload your letters of recommendation directly to Princeton's online portal per above.

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