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The Military Family Center at NYU Langone Health Postdoctoral Fellowship Program

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NYU Grossman School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry
New York, New York

Starts on Tuesday, September 2, 2025

Applications due Friday, December 13, 2024

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

The Military Family Center provides pro bono psychological care to veterans and their families. The fellowship program at the Center is a yearlong training opportunity with a focus in working with veteran families through a variety of theoretical approaches. It is best suited for a postdoctoral fellow with experience in trauma and/or working with a veteran population. The postdoctoral fellow will provide evidence based and culturally attuned individual, group, and couples psychotherapy to veterans and their families. Individual cases will largely be supervised through a cognitive-behavioral lens, though opportunities to conceptualize and incorporate psychodynamic perspectives are welcome. Fellows have opportunities for specialized training in trauma-focused therapies, including Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), Prolonged Exposure (PE), and Written Exposure Therapy (WET). Couples cases are supervised using Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), including weekly group supervision by an EFT expert and didactics. Cases will be assigned based on the training interests of the fellow and the needs of the Center. Fellows can elect to focus on a variety of common difficulties that our patients present with (e.g., complex trauma, TBI, substance use disorders, etc.). The postdoctoral fellow will also have the opportunity to supervise psychology externs under the supervision of a licensed psychologist. Postdoctoral fellows are responsible for completing a scholarly project of their choosing during their postdoctoral year, generally a quality improvement project using data collected within the Center.

Additional opportunities include developing a psychotherapy group and involvement in outreach and education throughout the veteran and military community. The MFC fellow will also have the opportunity to work alongside postdoctoral fellows of the NYU Faculty Group Practice, a general mental health outpatient clinic, seeing patients within this outpatient department and attending didactics and supervisions. The fellow will be invited to attend all team meetings including disposition meeting, case presentations, and journal clubs. Candidates may apply hours and supervision toward licensure.

Additional Information

Agency Type
Medical School/Health Science Center
APPIC Membership
No
APA Accredited
No
Recognized Specialty
Clinical Psychology
Emphasis or focus area
PTSD (Trauma)
Other Emphasis
Veterans
Research Time
No research time
Training Director
A. Gentry Torell, PhD
Contact Email
anne.torell@nyulangone.org
Contact Phone
646-754-7158
Virtual Interviews
Virtual Only
Duration in Months
12
Hours Per Week
40
# of Licensed Supervisors
10
Number of Positions
1
Applications recieved last year
18
Stipend
$70,000
Will follow APPIC Selection Standards
Yes
Estimated offer date
Friday, January 17 2025
Created Date
Monday, October 31 2016
Unfilled Positions
0
Fringe Benefits
Health insurance, Vacation and sick leave
Research opportunities
Primarily a clinical training opportunity, the postdoctoral fellow will complete a quality improvement project to advance the services provided at the clinic.
Additional Comments
The program follows a hybrid model of one to two days onsite, with the other days working remotely. Eligibility and Requirements: • Ph.D. or Psy.D. in clinical psychology and 1-2 years previous experience in clinical assessment and psychotherapy, limited-permit eligible • Knowledge in DSM-5 diagnoses is required • Training and practice is trauma-focused evidence-based treatments is required • Experience working with veterans is preferred • Excellent written and oral communication skills • Must be highly organized, detail oriented, and reliable
Application Instructions
Please email a cover letter, curriculum vitae, and 2 letters of reference to Dr. A. Gentry Torell at anne.torell@nyulangone.org. Preferred start date is September 1st. Interviews will be conducted December 2024-January 2025 via video. They will include the opportunity to speak with current postdoctoral fellow(s) and faculty, in addition to individual interviews.

This record was last updated on Tuesday, November 12, 2024

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