Universal Psychology Postdoctoral Directory

Elements of quality clinically focused postdoctoral training

The Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health (LAC DMH) at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (HUMC) offers an APA-accredited Traditional Practice Postdoctoral Program.

The APA-accredited postdoctoral fellowship is funded through and sponsored by LAC DMH, housed on the campus of a publicly funded teaching hospital, and academically affiliated with the Division of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at HUMC. All fellowship positions are a part of the LAC DMH Training Program. Applicants to the Training Program are required to hold a Master’s Degree in Clinical or Counseling Psychology or a related Behavioral Science, have completed an APA-accredited internship, and have graduated from an APA-accredited program in Clinical or Counseling Psychology all by August 31st of the respective fellowship training year being applied to. 

Fellows selected for the core postdoctoral training program select one of the following emphasis areas/major areas of study: (a) Adult CBT/DBT; (b) Child and Adolescent Psychiatry; or (c) Community Treatment/Trauma. The fellowship positions in the APA-accredited program are for one-year. The APA-accredited fellowship program does not participate in the APPIC Common Hold Date (CHD).

The APA-accredited program offers training opportunities in short-term and long-term therapy with individuals, families, and/or groups with an emphasis on evidence-based practices (EBPs). Cultural humility, diversity, equity, inclusivity, intersectionality, and accountability are also emphasized. Competency-based training is provided by the fellowship program and fellows are evaluated using the core training program’s competency-based evaluation tool across three time periods (baseline, mid-year, and year-end).

For all fellows, core training program requirements include four hours of supervision (including two hours of individual, scheduled, face-to-face), participation in a weekly ore training program didactics (lectures and research/scholarly activities seminar), presentation of a case conceptualization, and completion of a research/scholarly project. Each emphasis area/major area of study also provides specific trainings/didactics, meetings, etc. Courses required for California licensure are provided to fellows through LAC DMH as available.

Information for the core APA-accredited Traditional Practice Postdoctoral Program and its emphasis areas/major areas of study can be found at: http://www.harboruclapsychology.org/postdoctoral-fellowship/

We encourage applicants from varied and diverse backgrounds.

Key words: Adoption, Adults, Community Treatment, Assessment, Child and Adolescent Psychology and Psychiatry, Child, Children, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CBT, Cultural, DBT Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Diversity, Equity, Family and Families, Foster Care, Groups, Humility, Inclusivity, Individual, Infant Mental Health, Intersectionality, Public, Prolonged Exposure, PE, Self-Harm, Self-Injury, Suicide, TFCBT, Therapy, Toddler, Trauma, Trauma-Focused CBT.