Postdoctoral Residency

Our clinic culture is one of growth and diversity. With a dynamic patient population with a large variety of needs, we pride ourselves on the ability to treat a wide range of presentations and problems. We seek flexible, thoughtful, and professional clinicians who are interested in bringing their skills to collaborative teams while learning on the go and adapting to demands as they arise.

It is never a boring year at our clinic and trainees often feel as if they have the skills to work anywhere after training with us. Many clinicians have worked at this clinic for a very long time, and we have a culture similar to that of a family. We are also consistently introducing new members to our clinic while we expand various teams as well as training opportunities. We have hired many of our previous postdoctoral residents who have felt that the clinic and colleagues are a good fit for their professional goals.

Each residency position is comprised approximately of 20 hours of direct clinical work and 20 hours of training, supervision, meetings and other tasks. Direct services to patients include individual and group treatment both in person and virtually as well as assessment.

Residents meet for didactic and group supervision as part of a consortium with other local clinics.

Regional seminars are offered monthly and cover a wide range of clinical topics delivered by world-class presenters.

Each resident is also involved in a program evaluation and community benefit projects.

Opportunities exist to receive training with other areas of focus including:

• Providing services to patients in Spanish
• Focused virtual care
• Gender therapy and interventions
• Early eating disorder interventions
• Parenting skill training
• ADHD assessment and interventions
• Case management for chronically ill patients
• Consultation in primary care settings (pediatrics and women’s health)

Residents in the Adult/Adult IOP track provides treatment to individuals ages 18 and older both individually and in groups. They are an integral part of the Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) for high-risk patients involving group treatment several times per week.

In addition to skill-based groups for high-risk patients, the Adult/Adult IOP resident has the opportunity to co-facilitate groups with a variety of focuses including Depression, Anxiety, Dual Diagnosis, and Trauma-focused care.

Residents in the Child/Adolescent IOP track provide treatment to individuals ages 18 and younger and their families both individually and in groups. They are an integral part of the Adolescent Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) for high-risk patients involving group treatment in addition to individual and family sessions.

The Child/Adolescent IOP resident also has the opportunity to co-facilitate other groups in the department with a variety of other focuses.

Residents in the Generalist track will have an opportunity to work with the Child team and/or the Adult team with flexibility to create a track that is geared towards the resident’s strengths and interests.

• Direct Patient Care: 20 hours
• Non-Patient Care: 12 hours
• Individual Supervision: 2 hours
• Group Supervision: 2 hours
• Didactic Training: varies
• Cultural Conversations: 1 hour/month
• License Prep: varies
• Community Benefit Project: approximately 3 hours/month
• Program Evaluation: varies
• Assessment: 3+ hours/month

Weekly didactic trainings are offered along with other residents in the Diablo Service Area (DSA). We also have a culturally focused seminar that meets monthly. Regional seminars are offered to the greater Postdoctoral Training Program on various topics such as: Law and Ethics for Mental Health Professionals, Connecting Neuroscience to Clinical Treatment, EPPP prep, Multicultural Awareness Training, etc.