Private Practice: Eating Disorder Specialist Clinical Training Program
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Birch Tree Psychotherapy
Chicago, Illinois
This program will NOT follow the APPIC Postdoctoral Selection Standards with Common Hold Date and is not committing to allow applicants to hold offers until the Common Hold Date. Applicants may need to respond to an offer from this program prior to completing interviews or hearing from other programs about their standing.
This listing is not an APPIC Member program and is not APA Accredited. Applicants should be aware that this program has not undergone formal external quality review process.
Specializing in eating disorder treatment and OCD, Birch Tree Psychotherapy provides outpatient therapy to adults, couples, youth, & families in Chicago and the Northwest Chicago Suburbs. We have offices located in the Chicago Loop and South Barrington, IL. Within an intersectional feminist, Health at Every Size (HAES) framework, we use research-informed treatment approaches such as Intuitive Eating, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectal-Behavioral Therapy (DBT) and Family Therapies.
The post-doctoral fellowship position is a 2 year position. Within a generalist framework, trainees will learn specific skills for assessing and treating clients with various eating pathologies in an outpatient setting. Trainees will have opportunities to facilitate groups on Intuitive Eating, the Accept Yourself program, intuitive movement, and meal support. Trainees will work with clients across age groups. Trainees must have significant interest and experience in treating clients with eating disorders. Trainees must be able to work at least one weekend day or two evenings per week. http://www.birchtreepsychotherapy.com
Additional Information
- Agency Type
- Private Practice Clinic
- APPIC Membership
- No
- APA Accredited
- No
- Recognized Specialty
- Clinical Psychology
- Other Emphasis
- outpatient eating disorder treatment, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, family therapy
- Research Time
- Less than 25%
- Training Director
- Catharine Devlin, Psy.D., CEDS-C
- Contact Email
- cdevlin@birchtreepsychotherapy.com
- Contact Phone
- 7734280959
- Virtual Interviews
- Available
- Duration in Months
- 24
- Hours Per Week
- 35
- # of Licensed Supervisors
- 1
- Number of Positions
- 2
- Applications recieved last year
- 10
- Stipend
- $70000
- Will follow APPIC Selection Standards
- No
- Estimated offer date
- Thursday, February 15 2024
- Created Date
- Tuesday, October 10 2023
- Unfilled Positions
- 0
- Fringe Benefits
- This post-doctoral fellowship position is for a W-2 employee whose stipend is 50% of billing. Benefits include: IAEDP-approved supervision toward eating disorder certification hours (CEDS), consultation group, hybrid schedule with ample flexibility, health insurance, dental, vision, 401K, paid time off, print and digital marketing, company email address, use of beautiful offices in downtown Chicago and the Chicago Suburbs, access to HIPPAA-compliant telehealth platform, access to a group therapy space, electronic health record system (scheduling, charts, notes, etc.), full billing support, telehealth platforms that are HIPAA compliant for individuals, couples, and groups, continuing education stipend. Consistent referrals are available. Opportunities to remain on-staff as a Licensed Clinical Psychologist.
- Research opportunities
- Trainees have the opportunity to collaborate for professional presentations and treatment outcome evaluations.
- Application Instructions
- To apply send a cover letter, CV, three letters of recommendation, and transcript (unofficial is acceptable) to cdevlin@birchtreepsychotherapy.com. Please include the clinical population you are interested in serving, your theoretical orientation, and a summary of the training that you have received, particularly training relevant to the practice’s focus areas. Describe any past experiences you have had working with individuals with eating disorders. Also indicate if you have experience or interest in working with a specific age of client: children and adolescents, young adults, adults, or desire to work with clients across the lifespan.
This record was last updated on Wednesday, January 31, 2024
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