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Brenner Assessment and Consultation Center

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William James College
Newton, Massachusetts

Starts on Tuesday, September 2, 2025

Applications due Friday, December 20, 2024

This training experience will NOT follow the APPIC Selection Standards with Common Hold Date (CHD) and may not allow applicants to hold offers until the CHD. Applicants may need to respond to an offer for this position prior to completing interviews or knowing their standing with other positions.

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

William James College is pleased to announce two (2) postdoctoral training opportunities in assessment and clinical child psychology through the Brenner Center and the Youth and Family Psychotherapy Services. The two (2) Fellowships are full-time and carry a stipend of an annual equivalent of $55,000. The Fellowships will begin September 2nd, 2025, and run through August 29th, 2026. The Brenner Center is a generalized testing center that assesses clients across the lifespan for an array of social/emotional, neurodevelopmental, learning, and attentional disorders. Most of our clients are between the ages of 8 and 24 years, though there are opportunities to work with preschoolers and older adults. We provide weekly didactics, certified training opportunities (ADOS-2 and ADI-R), and numerous opportunities for supervision and feedback from clinical staff. In addition to assessment, there is the option to do individual and group therapy with children and families at our affiliated outpatient psychotherapy clinic. You are also welcome to participate in supervision of interns. Fellows are required to work a minimum of 40 hours per week and will be provided with supervision by experienced, licensed psychologists. We are primarily a diagnostic and assessment agency. As such, postdoctoral fellows will be expected to engage in approximately 60% evaluations, 20% report writing, and 20% therapy services. By the end of the Fellowship year, fellows will have completed 2000 training hours. Applicants must have a PhD/PsyD in psychology with APA-accredited or equivalent predoctoral internship. Child training is required, as is prior testing experience and a foundation with evidence-based treatments, such as CBT. 

Additional Information

Agency Type
Private Practice Clinic
APPIC Membership
No
APA Accredited
Yes
Recognized Specialty
Clinical Psychology
Emphasis or focus area
Assessment
Other Emphasis
Autism, Testing, Children, FASD, Learning Disorder
Research Time
No research time
Training Director
Kelly Casey, Ph.D.
Contact Email
kelly_casey@williamjames.edu
Contact Phone
617-564-9470
Virtual Interviews
Available
Duration in Months
12
Hours Per Week
40
# of Licensed Supervisors
5
Number of Positions
2
Applications recieved last year
12
Stipend
$55,000
Will follow APPIC Selection Standards
No
Estimated offer date
Monday, January 15 2024
Unfilled Positions
0
Fringe Benefits
health and dental insurance, paid sick time, paid vacation and holidays.
Research opportunities
limited, but available depending on time and interest
Additional Comments
Preferential treatment will be given to those who apply early. Fringe benefits: Dental Insurance, Health Insurance, Licensing Exam Release Time, Sick Leave, Vacation, and Professional Development Opportunities
Application Instructions
Please email your CV, a letter of interest, a testing report sample, and 3 letters of recommendation to: Kelly Casey, PhD at kelly_casey@williamjames.edu. Or you can mail your materials to Kelly Casey, PhD at: Brenner Center One Wells Ave., Fourth Floor Newton, MA 02459

This record was last updated on Thursday, September 19, 2024

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