Universal Psychology Postdoctoral Directory

Elements of quality clinically focused postdoctoral training

The CPMC Kalmanovitz Child Development Center is the largest developmental and behavioral pediatrics program in Northern California, offering over 16,000 visits a year.  We serve a racially and socio-economically diverse community and have a special mission of creating access for the underserved.

We are recruiting for 5 postdoctoral psychology fellows (to begin in October 2025) who are interested in developing advanced expertise as versatile psychologists who practice therapy, assessment, consultation, leadership and outreach in a community context.  Our model of postdoctoral training is unique in that it offers substantial apprenticeship style learning opportunities for fellows and staff psychologists to work together during assessments, consultation, and outreach, positioning us to offer mentorship above and beyond the typical structures of supervision.  Each of the five fellows will follow a caseload of children and families as psychologist therapists, and each will also have the opportunity to practice developmental and neuropsychological assessment.  In addition to the treatment and assessment experiences that all members of the cohort will participate in, we will offer the following concentration areas, which will represent sub-rotations.  Candidates should specify which rotation or rotations they would like to be considered for: 

* Consultation/Liason Psychology for medically admitted pediatric patients (this fellow will spend time within the hospital)

* Concentration/Specialization in assessment of neurodevelopmental disorders (autism, ADHD, learning disabilities, language disorders, developmental coordination and sensory disorders, intellectual disabilities).  This fellow will be given a more robust assessment caseload and receive supervision from our assessment psychologists.

* Community Outreach to primary care pediatrics (these fellows will work in integrative behavioral health clinics supported by our department, these fellows must speak Cantonese for one of the sites, and Spanish for the other)

* Brief Parent Consultation (this fellow will learn about single session and brief strategic consultation, triage, and plan formation in our parent consultation service)

* Psychologist in administrative, public health, policy, and leadership roles (this fellow will shadow and be mentored by our clinical director who has involvement in mental health initiatives at the local, state and international levels)

We aspire to prepare culturally sensitive, trauma informed, community focused psychologists who are committed to careers in community settings.  We are looking to configure a racially and ethnically diverse group of fellows and are especially looking for candidates who speak Spanish or Cantonese.  Candidates of all backgrounds are invited to apply, and especially those who are committed to careers in the public sector upon being licensed.

All of our programs are fully in person, though there is a provision for the use of telehealth services as needed.  Fellows are expected to be able to come to clinic each work day.

Each postdoctoral fellow will have 4 hours of supervision weekly and will participate in a yearlong seminar covering advanced topics in child/adolescent/family community psychology that will also meet each week.  There will be multiple professional development opportunities offered.  Graduates of the 12-month fellowship will be eligible for licensure in California.  The applicants selected must register as psychological associates with the California Board of Psychology.  In order to begin fellowship training, the doctoral degree must be complete, and the fellow must be registered as a psychological associate.