Universal Psychology Postdoctoral Directory Entry

Native American Health Center - Trauma Treatment Focus

Native American Health Center
Oakland, California

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.

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

Native American Health Center (NAHC) is a community mental health clinic serving residents of all backgrounds from the surrounding area. NAHC provides a holistic model of care, covering medical, dental, behavioral health, and community and traditional wellness through classes (e.g. beading, drumming, sewing), community events, and providing access to traditional healers. Our postdoctoral program provides a focus on culturally informed care of complex trauma. The community we serve is richly diverse and historically underserved. We are looking for postdoc who can support our Spanish-speaking members through individual and group therapy. Our adult and child clients commonly present with struggles around complex trauma, depression, anxiety, substance use and life stressors such as immigration stress, citizenship status, and family strife. We have a community psychology orientation with a primary treatment modality of third wave cognitive behavioral therapy. The majority of our therapists are also trained in EMDR.

We are offering one full-time postdoc position. The start date is flexible and can be as early as the beginning of July and as late as the beginning of October 2025. Postdocs work with a supportive and accessible interdisciplinary team of psychologists, LCSWs, primary care providers, a consulting psychiatrist, peer specialists, care coordinators, and an alcohol and drug counselor.

Fellows will receive group and individual supervision, (including weekly supervision with a Spanish speaking therapist) participate in didactics, and interdisciplinary rounds to support their training. Assessment experience is available in accordance with fellows’ qualifications. In addition to their primary site of operations in the community mental health clinic, there is the potential for fellows to provide services at other sites such as school-based care and primary care. [Currently the majority of behavioral health services are being provided via phone or video telehealth and providers are working from home the majority of the week but are increasingly coming into the clinic to meet with members in person and all staff come in at least once a week.] Fellows will conduct individual and group therapy, and intakes, and have the opportunity to supervise psychology practicum students and receive training and support in developing their skills as supervisors.

We are particularly interested in therapists of color, Spanish-speaking therapists, and therapists with interest in and experience with treating trauma. Previous experience working with Native clients is not necessary.

https://www.nativehealth.org/

Additional Information

Agency Type: Community Mental Health Center
APPIC Membership: No
APA Accredited: No
Recognized Specialty: Clinical Psychology
Emphasis or focus area: PTSD (Trauma)
Other Emphasis: Diverse underserved populations, particularly Spanish speaking
Research Time: No research time
Training Director: Alexis Hamill, Ph.D.
Contact Email: AlexisH@nativehealth.org
Contact Phone: 510 434-5421
Duration in Months: 12
Hours Per Week: 40
# of Licensed Supervisors: 5
Number of Positions: 1
Applications recieved last year: 6
Accepts Int'l Students
Stipend: $65,208
Will follow APPIC Selection Standards
Created Date: Monday, November 21 2016
Unfilled Positions: 1
Fringe Benefits: medical (Kaiser), vision, and dental insurance, 21 days of paid time off per year, and 13 paid holidays per year
Research opportunities: This is not a research postdoc but some research opportunities may be available for interested applicants. Postdocs may participate in ongoing research with our Data and Evaluation Team or in a PDSA cycle for quality improvement.
Application Instructions: Please email cover letter, CV, and 3 letters of recommendation (preferably from clinical supervisors) to: Alexis Hamill, PhD AlexisH@nativehealth.org All interviews will be via video call (Microsoft Teams).

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