Post-Doctoral Fellowships
Training Program

Post-Doctoral Fellowships


UCSD's Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) offers up to two post-doctoral fellowship opportunities.  The fellowship involves supervised experience working as an integral member of a team of clinicians serving over 28,500 diverse undergraduate and graduate students.

Responsibilities include,provision of short-term counseling/psychotherapy, group therapy, intake and assessment, referrals; crisis/urgent care counseling, outreach and consultation to the campus community, serve as consultant to one of six undergraduate colleges or major campus program, delivery of training, and administrative committee work. In addition, the fellow will work with a department on campus to provide ongoing consultation, outreach, and collaboration.

ANNOUNCEMENT

UCSD CAPS is announcing two post-doctoral fellowship opportunities for 2010-2011. The fellowship is a 12 month full time program. The salary is $36,000 plus university benefits. The fellowship begins August 1, 2010 and ends July 31, 2011. The closing date for applications is January 15, 2010.

Requirements:

Applicants must have completed an academic program accredited by the American Psychological Association, including all requirements for the doctoral degree by the start date of the fellowship. Completion of an internship accredited by the American Psychological Association is also required.

Application Procedures:

Applications must include:

  1. A cover letter of up to 500 words detailing your qualifications, professional experience, and interest in our site.
  2. A vita detailing education and employment experience.
  3. Unofficial graduate transcripts. Official transcripts will be required at the beginning of the fellowship.
  4. Three references from professional individuals familiar with your clinical and academic work.
  5. A list of outreach and consultation work/presentations you have conducted during your graduate career.

Please provide in your list:

(a) The name or topic of the presentation
(b) The location/department of the presentation
(c) The audience for each presentation or consultative relationship
(d) The approximate number of attendees for presentations (see below)

Outreach and Consultation Table
Name of Presentation or Consultative Relationship
Location/Department
Audience
Approx Number of Attendees
"Incorporating Wellness into your Life"
UCSD Residence Hall
Students
30
Athletic Department Consultant
UCSD Athletic Department
Athletic Dept Administration
n/a

Please email your application to castro@ucsd.edu.

Application deadline for the Postdoctoral Fellowship is January 15, 2010.
CAPS will participate in the California University Counseling Center Postdoctoral Uniform Notification day of Thursday, February 26, 2010. Phone notifications (of offers) begin at 9:00 AM PST and end at noon.