Postdoctoral Fellow - ood, child and pediatrics, digestive health, developmental disabilities, anxiety disorders

Overview

The Department of Psychiatry at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center anticipates openings for our APPIC accredited Postdoctoral Fellowships in the Adult Outpatient Behavioral Medicine Service, Mood Disorders Service, and Anxiety Disorders Service. Training focuses on science-practice integration and on empirically supported treatments with a focus on cognitive-behavioral (including third-wave cognitive behavioral) interventions. Research opportunities are available and encouraged.

Qualifications

• Applicants from APPIC-member Doctoral Clinical or Counseling Psychology Programs.
• All requirements for degree, including dissertation defense, must be completed prior to start date.
• The fellow is also required to maintain a minimum clinical caseload of 20 outpatient contact hours per week, although opportunities to replace some clinical time with research opportunities may be available

Responsibilities

Anxiety Disorders Fellowship:

Fellowship training includes advanced diagnostic evaluation and case conceptualization using functional analysis and empirically-supported assessment measures, and treatment services using cognitive-behavioral therapies, with an emphasis on exposure-based treatment.

Clinical problems treated in this service include obsessive-compulsive disorders and post-traumatic stress disorder, in addition to those disorders included under the DSM-5 category of Anxiety Disorders.

Behavioral Medicine Fellowship:

Experience required in evaluation and treatment of health concerns.

Fellowship will focus on chronic pain management, insomnia treatments, and integrated care within our cancer center.

Mood Disorders Fellowship:

Fellowship focuses on cognitive behavioral interventions (including third-wave interventions, such as ACT) for mood disorders, including co-morbid depression and obesity, and on science-practice integration.

Training in Health At Every Size interventions and limited training in ACT therapies as applied to eating behavior is also available

Performs other duties as required or assigned.

Required Licensure/Certifications

• None