Universal Psychology Postdoctoral Directory Entry

Mount Sinai Morningside / West Center for Intensive Treatment of Personality Disorders (CITPD) Fellowship

Mount Sinai Morningside / Mount Sinai West Hospitals
New York, New York

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 Center for Intensive Treatment of Personality Disorders (CITPD) offers, specialized, intensive, time-limited, ambulatory treatment for personality disorders and personality-related problems and symptoms. The 12 months long, 5 days / week, Fellowship is focused on training in:

comprehensive assessment and clinical formulation of complex personality psychopathology multidimensional / multivariable treatment of personality disorders utilizing: (1) Intensive Psychodynamic Therapy; (2) Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT); (3) Mentalization-Based Therapy; (3) Cognitive Therapy; (4) Mindfulness / Zen Meditation Training
Intensive, specialized group psychotherapy (5 x/week)
specialized individual psychotherapy
supervision of psychological testing of complex personality psychopathology utilizing WAIS / WMS IV, MMPI-2RF, MCMI IV, TAT, R-PAS (1-3 full batteries)
crisis interventions
psychology supervision of psychiatry residents

Training and direct, on-site clinical supervision are provided by CITPD psychologists and the Clinic Director. The Fellow participates in 1-2 hours of on-site didactics and supervision and 2-3 hours of clinical meetings per week. In addition, the Fellow participates in 4-6 hours of off-site didactics with MSSLW Faculty.

Didactics are offered via modeling and direct observation / feedback and include:

Introduction to intensive Multidimensional / Multivariable Treatment of personality disorders
Introduction to intensive Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
Introduction to Dialectical Behavior Therapy
Introduction to Mindfulness / Zen Meditation Training
Introduction to group psychotherapy
Specialized psychological testing of personality psychopathology
Description of responsibilities:
Under direct supervision of a licensed psychologist the Fellow will:

manage a caseload of up to 10 patients
facilitate 1 psychotherapy group per day (5x / week)
provide specialized individual treatment to 10 patients (1x / week each)
supervise psychological testing (1-3 batteries / year)
conduct comprehensive assessments of new patients (1-2 / month )
supervise a psychiatry resident
participate in crisis management and crisis interventions
participate in clinical team meetings
participate in didactic, staff development, CQI and research activities

https://https://www.mountsinai.org/locations/harlem-health-center/behavioral-health

Additional Information

Agency Type: Medical School/Health Science Center
APPIC Membership: No
APA Accredited: Yes
Recognized Specialty: Clinical Psychology
Emphasis or focus area: Psychoanalytic/Psychodynamic
Other Emphasis: Complex Personality Disorders
Research Time: No research time
Training Director: Leora Heckelman, PhD and Andrew Twardon, Ph.D.
Contact Email: andrew.twardon@mountsinai.org; leora.heckelman@mountsinai.org
Contact Phone: 332-243-0281
Duration in Months: 12
Hours Per Week: 40
# of Licensed Supervisors: 10
Number of Positions: 1
Applications recieved last year: 20
Accepts Int'l Students
Stipend: $60,419
Will follow APPIC Selection Standards
Created Date: Tuesday, January 17 2017
Unfilled Positions: 0
Fringe Benefits: full health benefits, paid time off
Research opportunities: N/A
Additional Comments: All Adult Track Fellows participate in the following didactic seminars: Case conference (viewing target cases from different theoretical/technical perspectives); Specialty didactic modules on newly evolving, evidence-based intervention modalities; Intensive psychoanalytically-driven Psychotherapy Case Conference; and Supervision seminar – including discussion of theories of supervision, an opportunity to supervise, and live supervision of supervision.
Application Instructions: To apply, please send a cover letter, CV, and two letters of recommendation. All applications are due by Friday January 03, 2025. Applications should be submitted via email with all documents to Dr. Andrew Twardon andrew.twardon@mountsinai.org, and copied (cc) to Dr. Leora Heckelman at Leora.Heckelman@mountsinai.org. Qualifications: Fellows must have completed their dissertation defense in an APA-accredited Ph.D. or Psy.D. program in clinical or counseling psychology or combined clinical-school psychology and completed their APA-Accredited psychology internship by June 2025.

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