Great Life Counseling Center - Couples and/or Child & Family Focus
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Great Life Counseling Center
Plano (North Dallas), Texas
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.
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This training experience ensures that training takes precedence over service delivery regarding the nature, content, volume, and quality of the postdoc’s activities.
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This training experience ensures that postdocs receive at least two hours of individual supervision per week for the duration oof the experience.
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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.
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This training experience has two or more doctoral-level licensed psychologists who have sufficient time to provide quality supervision and training.
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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.
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This training experience has written Due Process and Grievance procedures.
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This training experience has the stable and necessary financial (e.g., stipend) and physical resources (e.g., computers, physical space) needed for effective training.
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Position Description:
Great Life Counseling Center (GLCC) provides postdoctoral fellows with a comprehensive one-year* experience in a group practice setting that offers opportunities for specialized training in couples and family psychotherapy, as well as evidence-based individual psychotherapy with children, adolescents, and adults. Fellows select from a child/adolescent/family focus, adult trauma/couple focus, or a dual training focus. GLCC offers additional training opportunities in child and adult psychological/psychoeducational assessment, group psychotherapy, community outreach, and/or career counseling for interested fellows. Private practice building and marketing trainings are interwoven throughout the training year.
In addition to receiving two hours of weekly individual supervision and at least one hour of weekly group supervision, the fellows and all GLCC clinicians meet weekly for at least one hour of didactic training and case consultations that address a variety of topics, including couples/family theory, complex clinical case presentations, cultural diversity, ethical considerations, and business issues in private practice. Fellows also participate in a weekly Reflection Team training experience led by a licensed psychologist. Fellows receive informal feedback throughout the year and complete formal evaluations at mid-year and the end of the training year.
*Postdoctoral fellows who meet or exceed productivity standards and consistently espouse the core values of the Great Life team are likely to be offered longer-term opportunities to grow with the organization.
Compensation:
Compensation is competitive and meets or exceeds stipends provided by APPIC member training programs in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas geographic region. Illustratively, for the past 3 years, each Great Life Counseling Center Fellow has earned over $60,000 during their first year of training.
Practice Description:
Great Life Counseling Center is a group practice in the North Dallas Metroplex. GLCC specializes in couples therapy, child/family issues, relational/emotional trauma, faith and existential exploration, and individual adjustment or life transitions. The group’s mission is ‘to strengthen relationships and enhance lives fostering healthier families and communities.’ Our staff shares a commitment to providing culturally competent care with diverse populations, active involvement in the community, and ongoing pursuit of continued education and development.
Fringe Benefits:
35 hours/week is the minimum hours required by the Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists for full time postdoctoral fellows and Great Life Counseling Center requires that these hours be provided Monday through Thursday in-person. At the beginning of each semester, postdoctoral fellows will be able to choose from 6 schedule templates for completing their office hours. Fridays will also be work days but these will be flex or hybrid days mostly used for catching up on administrative work, studying for the EPPP, and participating in outreach, networking, continuing education, or team events. Psychological Assessments are done on Fridays or Saturdays to avoid disrupting the Monday through Thursday workflow of counseling appointments.
Financial Opportunity: Unlimited earning potential (usually $60-$65k), full team support in growing caseload, and training/guidance on practice building is interwoven throughout
Very supportive clinical team: Two hours of supervision per week with primary supervisor; One hour of group supervision; Several hours of group learning per week including case consultations and didactic trainings; Open door policy to encouraged frequent informal consultations and collaboration.
Additional Information
- Agency Type
- Private Practice Clinic
- APPIC Membership
- No
- APA Accredited
- No
- Recognized Specialty
- Clinical Psychology
- Other Emphasis
- Couples; Child & Family
- Research Time
- No research time
- Training Director
- Kevin C. Lambert, Psy.D.
- Contact Email
- LambertPsych@GreatLifeConsults.com
- Contact Phone
- 9725895460
- Virtual Interviews
- Available
- Duration in Months
- 12
- Hours Per Week
- 45
- # of Licensed Supervisors
- 2
- Number of Positions
- 2
- Applications recieved last year
- 8
- Stipend
- $60000
- Will follow APPIC Selection Standards
- Estimated offer date
- Friday, February 2 2024
- Unfilled Positions
- 0
- Fringe Benefits
- Compensation is $42k base salary plus commission and healthcare benefits, which should amount to at least $60,000 for the year. In addition to first rate office facilities, fellows will enjoy a very positive and supportive learning community, frequent consultation, weekly staff development meetings, 2 hours of supervision per week, opportunity to provide secondary supervision to a practicum student, and training on how to manage a solo practice.
Financial Opportunity: High earning potential (usually $60-$65k), full team support in growing caseload, and training/guidance on practice building is interwoven throughout
Very supportive clinical team: Two hours of supervision per week with primary supervisor; One hour of group supervision; Several hours of group learning per week including case consultations and didactic trainings; Open door policy to encouraged frequent informal consultations and collaboration.
- Research opportunities
- Emphasis will be on clinical development and the application of clinical research to the treatment of individuals, couples, and families. Fellows will have the opportunity to develop clinical skills in the areas of marriage/couples, faith & existential exploration, child/family issues, and individual adjustment or development. Fellows will be encouraged to research interventions and develop workshop presentations to enhance their work with consumers of the center's services.
- Additional Comments
- For additional information about the postdoctoral fellowship and Great Life Counseling Center, please visit: https://greatlifeconsults.com/plano/glcc-postdoctoral-fellowship/
- Application Instructions
- Application Instructions:
To complete your application, please submit the following materials to Admin@GreatLifeConsults.com:
1. CV/Resume
2. Three letters of reference from current or recent clinical supervisors
3. A cover letter discussing your background and interest in Great Life Counseling Center
4. Two redacted assessment reports (one adult assessment and one child assessment, preferred).
For additional information about the postdoctoral fellowship and Great Life Counseling Center, please visit: https://greatlifeconsults.com/plano/glcc-postdoctoral-fellowship/
This record was last updated on Monday, January 15, 2024
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