Training Opportunities -
Postdoctoral Fellowships

Information on the PAG Postdoctoral Fellowship

The Pacific Anxiety Group (PAG) has child-focused, adult-focused, and couples-focused positions available in our postdoctoral fellowship program for the 2024-2025 academic year. PAG is a group psychotherapy practice and training organization specializing in evidence-based treatments for children, adolescents, and adults. Our team of psychologists has extensive experience treating anxiety, mood, trauma-related, and obsessive-compulsive disorders across the lifespan, and many are affiliated with top institutions in the Bay Area, including Stanford University, Palo Alto University, the University of California, San Francisco, and the VA Palo Alto. Our postdoctoral fellowship program is a member program of the Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers (APPIC). Our clinic is dedicated to providing top-quality treatment to our community, and in addition to private pay clients, we are pleased to accept Aetna and Stanford Health Care Alliance insurance plans.

Postdoctoral Training Experience

Our fellowship program includes three focus areas: the Adult Track, Child/Adolescent Track, and Couples Track.

Fellows in the Adult Track and the Child/Adolescent Track will carry a caseload of approximately 20 individual clients per week, while fellows in the Couples track will carry a caseload of 20 couples and individual clients. Fellows in each track will provide some administrative services within the clinic. Opportunities to lead or co-lead an exposure-focused or other evidence-based treatment group may also be available. Each fellow will receive 2 hours of individual supervision each week from two clinic psychologists and 1 hour of group supervision with a clinic psychologist, will attend weekly didactics, and will participate in weekly case consultation meetings. Fellows in the Couples Track will attend an additional monthly couples-focused group supervision as well as monthly didactics focused on couples therapy.

Mission

The mission of the PAG Postdoctoral Fellowship is to provide advanced training and supervision in the provision of evidence-based therapies, including cognitive-behavioral therapy, exposure and response prevention, and acceptance- and mindfulness-based interventions for the full range of anxiety, depression, obsessive-compulsive, and trauma-related disorders, and to prepare fellows for the transition to independent clinical practice as licensed psychologists. The postdoctoral fellowship at PAG will provide the clinical and supervision hours needed for licensure as a psychologist in the state of CA.

Qualifications

• Applicants for PAG fellowships must have received a Ph.D. or Psy.D. from an APA-accredited or Canadian Psychological Association (CPA)-accredited clinical, counseling, or combined psychology program, and must have completed an APA-accredited or CPA-accredited psychology internship program.

• Fellows must be functioning at an advanced level and express specific interest in advancing their learning regarding the treatment of anxiety and its related disorders.

• In order to be eligible to begin the fellowship, the selected applicant must also have completed the dissertation and all other doctoral degree requirements before September 1 of the fellowship training year.

Postdoctoral Fellowship Brochure

If you are interested in more information about our postdoctoral fellowship program, the PAG Fellowship Brochure is available for download.

Stipend: $75,000.00

Benefits: Generous medical, dental, and vision benefits

Application Procedure

Applications must be submitted via the APPIC Psychology Postdoctoral Application System (APPA-CAS). When completing the application, you will need:

1. A current CV

2. A cover letter detailing your interest in the PAG Postdoctoral Fellowship. In your cover letter, please include:

   • A description of your experience with evidence-based treatments for anxiety and mood disorders and other relevant experience

   • A discussion of the ways in which you incorporate principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion into your clinical work, including the ways in which your own identities inform your clinical work

3. Three letters of recommendation

Applications are due by January 2, 2024. Our program will follow the Common Hold Date procedures set forth by APPIC.

Please direct any questions to the Postdoctoral Training Director, Ashley Witt, Ph.D., at training@pacificanxietygroup.com.

We look forward to reviewing your application, and appreciate your interest in our group!