Postdoctoral Residency

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Eugene Center for Anxiety and Stress, part of the Optum family of businesses, is seeking Postdoctoral Residents to join our team in Eugene, OR. Optum is a clinician‑led care organization that is changing the way clinicians work and live.

As a member of the Optum Behavioral Care Team, you'll be an integral part of our vision to make healthcare better for everyone.

The Postdoctoral Residency is full‑time, 40 hours per week for 12 months starting in September 2026. Successful completion of the postdoctoral residency program will fulfill the supervised practice requirements for licensure as a psychologist in the state of Oregon.

As a Postdoctoral Resident at the Eugene Center for Anxiety and Stress, you will complete a 12‑month, 2,000‑hour residency that begins in September of each year. The aim of the residency program is to advance the competency of early‑career psychologist residents working toward licensure in evidence‑based treatment and assessment while integrating an anti‑oppressive, trauma‑informed, and multiculturally‑oriented approach. Residents divide their time between direct client care, administrative tasks, supervision, didactic trainings, and a professional development project.

Professional psychological services may include provision of individual and/or group therapy and/or assessment services. All postdoctoral residents will integrate multicultural humility, trauma‑informed, and anti‑oppression into their work.

Eugene Center for Anxiety and Stress is a training‑oriented, specialty behavioral health clinic that provides evidence‑based, inclusive, and multiculturally sensitive treatment and assessment services to the Eugene‑Springfield community. As a specialty therapy clinic, we are particularly interested in psychologists with experience treating anxiety, OCD, and PTSD from a third‑wave CBT approach and a background utilizing exposure therapy. Our assessment clinic provides opportunities for psychological or neuropsychological assessment across the lifespan, with a range of referral questions (Autism and ADHD being the most commonly requested evaluations).

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• Regularly perform intakes, diagnostic evaluations, prepare and monitor treatment planning while engaging in appropriate client therapy practices and following guidance provided by one's supervisor.
• Engage in crisis interventions, stabilization, and de‑escalation for clients experiencing mental health symptoms or other emotional and/or behavioral responses while prioritizing client safety.
• Timely and accurately document all client interactions as dictated by law, ethical standards, board requirements and ECAS policy and practices.
• Participate in creating an overall positive atmosphere with other staff and clients.
• Attend and actively participate in clinical supervision, group consultation, didactics, team meetings, and other meetings as required by position, demonstrating preparation, timeliness, and professionalism.
• Demonstrate a willingness to incorporate supervisor and leadership feedback to continuously improve standards of client care.
• Accurately track and document hours elated to preparation and completion of any licensing efforts, if applicable.
• Maintain a full client caseload and additional responsibilities as assigned.
• Demonstrate interest in strengthening multicultural orientation and cultural comfort, and engaging in multicultural opportunities during and outside of clinical work.
• Assessment Track:
  • Complete intakes, psychological and neuropsychological test sessions, and interpret test data. Timely completion of comprehensive psychological reports integrating client data, and provide interactive feedback appointments to clients.
• EBT Track:
  • Form effective therapeutic alliances, supporting each client's unique needs and goals, with the result in positively impacting client outcomes and retention.
  • Demonstrate advanced level of clinical knowledge…