Postdoctoral Clinical Psychology Fellow - Childhood Trauma

General Summary

The Postdoctoral Clinical Psychology Fellow joins the clinical team at the Advocate Childhood Trauma Treatment Program (CTTP). CTTP has provided care to children, adolescents, and families since 1979 to support healing from abuse, maltreatment, and trauma. This one-year, full-time fellowship offers over 2,000 hours+ of training in a Community Mental Health setting. Fellows manage a balanced caseload of trauma-focused and general behavioral health cases, utilizing Evidence-Based Practice.

Fellows are expected to complete 20 billable patient hours weekly, receive weekly individual supervision, and gain supervisory experience with advanced externs and group didactics. Fellows engage in APA-accredited internship program activities, including faculty meetings and community outreach. The fellowship follows a hybrid model, with two/three on-site days per week, starting September 2026.

• Direct Service
• Provides individual and family therapy services utilizing a solution-focused, brief therapy framework under doctoral level supervision.
• Interviews and evaluates patients, establishes diagnosis, and monitors patients’ behavior. The treatment plan is developed collaboratively with the patient by defining goals, specific outcomes and time frames for treatment. Intervenes psychotherapeutically to change attitudes, beliefs and behavior of patients to improve individual and family level of functioning.
• Provides case management, outreach and aftercare services to patients.
• Counsels crisis patients to stabilize patients’ condition in order to prevent self-harm or harm to others, and uses short-term crisis intervention techniques and/or referral to other support services.
• Meets performance standards for direct staff hours (DSH) as outlined for position.
• Develops and leads at least one treatment, skills-building group, or adolescent IOP group.
• Demonstrates ability to utilize and teach appropriate cognitive/behavior management and skill-building techniques.
• Communicates with other agency programs and/or human service agencies to obtain all relevant patient information, refers patients and consults with other staff regarding patient progress.
• Consults with regard to crisis services.
• Communicates effectively orally and in writing.
• Provides coverage to maintain services as needed.

• Completes various administrative and insurance forms to assure accurate data collection for billing, management information system, and other purposes in accord with agency policies and procedures.
• Maintains concise comprehensive case records by following established agency policies and procedures.

• Participates in quality assurance, accreditation, and Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) activities and other special projects.
• Demonstrates active involvement in supervision as evidenced by constructive participation, initiative and apparent effort.

• MA degree in Psychology
• 1000 hours of Psychology Practicum
• Completion of Psychology Residency

• Clinically appropriate skills
• Courteous and professional
• Demonstrates keyboard skills and familiarity with a Windows environment
• Interpersonal communication skills

• Demonstrates commitment to patient-focused care.
• Ability to work flexibly in a fast-paced environment with established time constraints and in difficult situations.
• May be exposed to patients who potentially could be violent.
• Familiarity with the roles and functioning of other providers in the network of child and family mental health and substance abuse treatment networks.
• Provides coverage for evening programming as necessary.
• If position has direct patient care or direct patient contact, lifting requirements apply; ability to lift up to 35 pounds without assistance. For patient lifts over 35 pounds, or when patient cannot assist, patient handling equipment is to be used with at least one other associate, when available.

This job description indicates the general nature and level of work expected of the incumbent. It is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities required of the incumbent. Incumbent may be required to perform other related duties.