This training experience has chosen to follow the APPIC Postdoctoral Selection Guidelines.
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.
This 12-month postdoctoral fellowship provides specialized training in child, adolescent, and family psychology across Connections Child & Family Center and The Center for Postpartum & Family Health. Training emphasizes the developmental, relational, and family contexts of psychopathology and the use of evidence-based, culturally responsive interventions. The program is graduated and progressive, supporting fellows as they move from exposure to competence to expertise.
The year, in numbers
$62,500 stipend
36-hour training week, with documentation time inside it
Up to 25 sessions per week. At least 15 sessions per week in person in The Woodlands or Spring/Klein; the balance is telehealth
2 hours of individual supervision weekly, protected
Weekly didactics, case conference, and consultation groups
8 fellowship program holidays plus 15 days of protected PTO, granted up front rather than accrued
Up to $1,500 toward EPPP preparation and your first exam attempt
Up to $2,000 toward a formal DBT, PMT, or ERP training pathway
Clinical training — core for every fellow
Fellows train inside established specialty programs and general competencies.
Emotion dysregulation across childhood and adolescence
Family systems and parent-child intervention
Behavioral and parenting consultation with caregiversO
Opportunities to develop child groups and parent workshops
Select a specialty pathway
Each fellow selects one specialty pathway, chosen with their supervisor based on caseload and career direction.
The pathway determines the concentration of clinical work and the formal training we fund with the $2,000 Specialty Training Benefit:
DBT — adolescent and family DBT, including skills group facilitation
PMT — parent management training and behavioral parent work
ERP — exposure and response prevention for pediatric OCD and anxiety
Infant and early childhood mental health — elective
Fellows may elect training in dyadic 0–5 work: the parent and child as a unit, attachment and repair, dyadic assessment and intervention, and the developmental roots of the dysregulation seen in older children and teens. This training is delivered in house by Dr. Lauren Pasqua, who completed a two-year APA-accredited fellowship in early childhood mental health at Children's Hospital Los Angeles, with training in Child-Parent Psychotherapy, DIR/Floortime, interaction guidance, early childhood assessment, NICU and high-risk infant follow-up, autism, and feeding. Supervision in dyadic 0–5 work is difficult to find outside academic medical centers. Fellows who want it can have it.
Assessment is elective
Psychological assessment is available as an elective concentration, capped at one comprehensive evaluation every two weeks. Fellows who choose it gain experience with ADHD, autism spectrum disorders, learning differences, mood and anxiety disorders, and complex developmental presentations, with ADOS training available. We made assessment elective deliberately. Fellows who want a therapy-focused year should be able to have one.
Supervision
Two hours of weekly individual supervision, protected
Weekly didactics, case conference, and consultation groups
Individualized training plan built at the start of the year and revisited formally
Written due process and grievance procedures
Optional supervision and mentorship of practicum students
Dr. Pasqua has 20+ years of experience in pediatric assessment and treatment, with advanced postdoctoral training in early childhood mental health and autism spectrum disorders. Dr. Wiese brings over 10 years of experience in school psychology, behavior analysis, ERP for OCD, DBT, and comprehensive child assessment and therapy. Additional licensed psychologists provide consultation or supervision depending on the fellow's clinical interests.
Private practice and professional development
Fellows learn the foundations of ethical, sustainable private practice — practice management, marketing, billing, and productivity systems. This is the part most fellowships leave you to figure out alone.
What happens after
This fellowship is designed as the front door to a permanent role, not a year of borrowed supervision hours. Our intended pathway is Postdoctoral Fellow → Licensed Psychologist → Specialty Psychologist → Supervisor.
Requirements
PhD or PsyD from an APA-accredited program in professional psychology
Completion of an APA-accredited full-time internship
Experience or strong interest in child, adolescent, or family workLicensed or license-eligible as a Provisionally Licensed Psychologist in Texas
Authorized to work in the United States
Where you'll be
Our offices sit in The Woodlands and Spring, just north of Houston — green space, trails, and a walkable Waterway — with an additional Houston Heights location. Fellows serve children and families from a wide range of backgrounds across both communities.