Universal Psychology Postdoctoral Directory Entry

The Wise Mind Institute - Private Outpatient Psychotherapy Clinic - Berkeley

The Wise Mind Institute
Berkeley, California

Starts on Tuesday, September 2, 2025

Applications due Monday, January 6, 2025

This training experience is not an APPIC Member program and is not APA Accredited. Applicants should be aware that this training experience has not undergone a formal external quality review process.

Elements of quality clinically focused postdoctoral training

This training experience is a planned and programmed sequence of training that aims to ensure preparation for advanced practice rather than one that is focused on providing supervised hours for licensure. Yes

This training experience ensures that training takes precedence over service delivery regarding the nature, content, volume, and quality of the postdoc’s activities. Yes

This training experience ensures that postdocs receive at least two hours of individual supervision per week for the duration oof the experience. Yes

This training experience is administered by a doctoral-level licensed psychologist who directs and organizes the training experience and its resources, is responsible for the selection of postdocs, and monitors and evaluates the goals and activities of the experience. Yes

This training experience has two or more doctoral-level licensed psychologists who have sufficient time to provide quality supervision and training.   Yes

This training experience includes regularly scheduled structured educational activities that help postdocs its defined goals. These activities may include didactics, seminars, case conferences, and/or research activities. Yes

This training experience has written Due Process and Grievance procedures. Yes

This training experience has the stable and necessary financial (e.g., stipend) and physical resources (e.g., computers, physical space) needed for effective training. Yes

The Wise Mind Institute is a training and treatment center based on core values of wisdom, compassion, mindfulness, and having fun. We have two locations, one in Redwood City and one in Berkeley, where we offer treatment that has included adherent Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy (RO-DBT), and Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Adolescents (DBT-A). Our postdoctoral program is centered on two primary areas of focus, namely building competency in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and growing the necessary skills to launch a private practice.

Our clinical heartbeat is based in DBT, not only in terms of the programs we offer, but also in terms of our philosophy and practice. DBT principles such as non-judgment and effectiveness deeply guide and inform us in our interactions with each other, our clinical interventions, and our own personal development. Trainees will have get a deep dive into DBT by participating in a foundational training through Behavioral Tech, sitting on a consultation team, teaching in DBT skills classes, and working with individual clients using a DBT framework. Significant support is provided through individual supervision, group supervision, and high availability of a supportive team of highly skilled clinicians.

The second area of emphasis in our program is specific training in launching a private practice or small group practice. Many of us competed graduate school with minimal orientation to some of the nuts and bolts of building and maintaining a practice. We have a wealth of knowledge in this area and part of the training process is to build skills around marketing and practice development in a scaffolded manner such that trainees are able to move directly into launching their practice following completion of the program.

https://www.thewisemindinstitute.com

Additional Information

Agency Type: Private Practice Clinic
APPIC Membership: No
APA Accredited: No
Recognized Specialty: Clinical Psychology
Other Emphasis: DBT and Business Skillset
Research Time: No research time
Training Director: Benjamin Evare, Ph.D.
Contact Email: ben@thewisemindinstitute.com
Contact Phone: 650-223-5389
Virtual Interviews: Available
Duration in Months: 12
Hours Per Week: 40
# of Licensed Supervisors: 5
Number of Positions: 3
Applications recieved last year: 15
Stipend: $67,500
Will follow APPIC Selection Standards: Yes
Estimated offer date: Monday, February 3 2025
Created Date: Saturday, December 16 2017
Unfilled Positions: 0
Fringe Benefits: Health Insurance (Medical, Dental, Vision with Kaiser or UHC), Flexible Spending Account (FSA), Sick Pay, 3 Weeks Vacation, Long Term Disability (premiums 100% covered), 401k eligible after 1 year of employment, highly flexible schedule, hybrid in person/remote work flexibility, high compensation control, and diversity of work types. Compensation is based on number of clinical hours, which includes a transitional starting stipend, and typically ranges from 62,000 to 72,000, with highly motivated postdocs having the opportunity to earn more.
Research opportunities: WMI provides limited research opportunities in psychotherapy outcome studies if desired by trainees.
Additional Comments: The listed number of openings (3) is for both Redwood City and Berkeley sites combined since there is only one postdoc cohort.
Application Instructions: Please send a cover letter, CV, and two letters of reference to Benjamin Evare, Ph.D. via email at ben@thewisemindinstitute.com. Initial interviews will be conducted virtually and second round interviews in person is preferred but not required.

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