Universal Psychology Postdoctoral Directory

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The Pediatric Psychology program at Phoenix Children's Hospital is pleased to announce a one-year postdoctoral residency/fellowship in pediatric psychology for the 2025-2026 academic year. This residency/fellowship offers the unique opportunity to hone skills necessary to be successful in the role as a pediatric psychologist. Phoenix Children’s postdoctoral training program is designed to create a natural progression from internship to the professional skills necessary for independent functioning as a licensed psychologist. During the residency/fellowship year, the resident-fellow will work along experts in the pediatric medical field. Our resident-fellow, will have opportunities for a wide range of clinical outpatient experiences, including participating in multidisciplinary teams, cotreating with other specialties, and providing outpatient individual and group therapy. As a large medical system within metropolitan Phoenix, travel to satellite locations in greater Phoenix area may be included as part of the training experience. Graduate level educational programming is vital to Phoenix Children’s, and as such, the postdoctoral residency/fellowship will also offer opportunities for supervision of pre-doctoral level students. 

Phoenix Children’s is a member of the Arizona Psychology Training Consortium (AZPTC). Our postdoctoral resident-fellows participate in a unique multiagency training model that provides monthly didactic programming that cover a range of topics - ethics, research, consultation, and specialized training. The term “resident-fellow” reflects the terminology used within the AZPTC and in accordance with the State of Arizona that “fellows” are titled as “residents”. Within the training opportunities of AZPTC, travel across the beautiful state of Arizona is required to attend the training events held at various training sites. Resident-fellows will travel within Phoenix, as well as to Tucson, Flagstaff, and other locations. AZPTC is a postdoctoral residency member of the Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers (APPIC). The residency program is not APA-accredited. 

Phoenix Children’s is located in the heart of Phoenix, Arizona, currently, the fifth largest city in the United States. Our patient populations include children from the entire Southwest region of the United States. Arizona is home to a population of 7.08M people with 20.5% reporting Spanish as their household’s dominant language. Phoenix Children’s residency fellowship is dedicated to providing training opportunities in Spanish. These experiences include the ability to conduct evaluations, consultations, and treatment in Spanish. Resident-fellows will be encouraged to participate in Phoenix Children’s Mental Health Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiative among the various opportunities for participation within the Division of Psychology. Phoenix Children’s Psychology Division is committed that all individuals and groups are welcomed, supported, respected, and valued as integral to our community. 

We invite you to participate in our upcoming Open House to meet our training faculty and learn more about our ’25-’26 post-doctoral residency fellowship. Please email Sande Hogan - shogan2@phoenixchildrens.com to be place on our Save the Date list.

Clinical Experiences: Details regarding 2025-2026 Residency/fellowship will be forth coming. Previous Resident/Fellows have had primary experiences in: • Pain Service • Consultation & Liaison Service • Gastroenterology Service At least 40% of the fellow/resident’s time will be spent in direct service. Primary experience: (30-50% of supervised experience): Common experiences include: • Conduct new patient intakes in the outpatient Comprehensive Multidisciplinary Clinics. • Follow patients for outpatient psychotherapy. • Group therapy • MDC rounds • Cotreats with other disciplines Secondary experience(s): (a partial selection of these experiences based on the schedule, availability, as well as interest of the postdoctoral candidate can make up 30-50% of supervised experience): • New patient intakes, and outpatient individual therapy with the option to focus more on certain age ranges and/or issues. • Cases present with a full spectrum of issues, including depression, anxiety, medical diagnoses, non-adherence, and managing school/job/relationships. • Developing and conducting groups for patients and families will also be an option. • Presenting at patient education days and/or other similar activities may also available. Exposure experiences (<20% of supervised experience): Required: o On-call Service: • Participate 6 to 8 times per year (with a faculty member) in the weekend on-call service to the medical floors (rarely in the Emergency Department). • Additional outpatient therapy with medical patients with co-occurring emotional/behavioral problems. o Presentation at Phoenix Children’s Grand Rounds Optional • Advocacy Project • Develop mentored expertise in social media, providing media interviews, producing blog and vlog posts. o Purpose of this project is to promote psychological science in ways that are easily understandable to the general public.

Individual, Group Supervision, Case Conference, and Rounds are included.