Universal Psychology Postdoctoral Directory Entry

Arizona Psychology Training Consortium/CENTER Psychology & Consulting

Arizona Psychology Training Consortium
Phoenix, Arizona

Starts on Monday, September 1, 2025

Applications due Thursday, January 2, 2025

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

CENTER Psychology & Consulting is a thriving and busy private practice setting with multiple practitioners to learn from and collaborate with. We provide psychological services for children and families from preschool through high school, as well as limited assessment and consultation services for young adults. We utilize a therapeutic collaborative assessment model in our practice and provide a high level of service and support to our families.

Residents may choose to focus on working with preferred age ranges, as well as a variety of presenting issues. There are learning opportunities in specialized areas of neuropsychology, health psychology, and clinical psychology. The training focus includes understanding unique needs in private practice while continuing to develop professional autonomy.

With the support of high quality, targeted didactics offered through the Arizona Psychology Training Consortium, this residency meets all Houston Guideline requirements should the resident choose to pursue board certification in neuropsychology.

Specialties at CENTER include. but are not limited to, neurodevelopmental disorders, learning disorders, anxiety and mood disorders. Diagnostic services include comprehensive neuropsychological assessment, psychoeducational assessment, developmental assessment, and gifted assessment. Consultation services include diagnostic interviews, brief interventions, referrals for treatment, screening and parent education. Therapeutic services (if you choose to provide these as part of your training goals) include mind-body integrative approaches, psychotherapy for children, adolescents, parents, and families, mindfulness training, and supportive psychotherapy.

Other services include parent workshops and training/education with professionals at schools and in the community.

Please visit https://centerpsychaz.com for additional information.

The resident will divide their time as follows depending on their training goals: 50% Evaluation, 20% Consultation, 30% Report Writing

This site offers Individual and Group supervision as well as Case Conferences.

https://www.azptc.org

Additional Information

Agency Type: Private Practice Clinic
APPIC Membership: Yes
APA Accredited: No
Recognized Specialty: Clinical Neuropsychology
Emphasis or focus area: Neuropsychology
Other Emphasis: Clinical and Health Psychology
Research Time: Less than 25%
Training Director: Elizabeth Capps-Conkle, Psy.D.
Contact Email: drcappsconkle@gmail.com
Contact Phone: 480-712-9998
Virtual Interviews: Available
Duration in Months: 24
Hours Per Week: 40
# of Licensed Supervisors: 2
Number of Positions: 1
Applications recieved last year: 5
Stipend: $50,000
Will follow APPIC Selection Standards: Yes
Estimated offer date: Thursday, February 15 2024
Created Date: Monday, March 16 2020
Unfilled Positions: 0
Fringe Benefits: $2,000 toward continuing education and insurance cost offset; 10 days/major holidays off and flexible scheduling 12 month or 24 month postdoctoral residency; 40 hours/ week.
Research opportunities: Negotiable -outcomes-based research available upon discussion & agreement with supervisor
Application Instructions: Send a letter of interest and a CV to both Dr. Laura Wingers: l.wingers@centerpsychaz.com and Dr. Elizabeth Capps-Conkle at drcappsconkle@gmail.com. This site will take applications in Fall 2024 for residencies that will beginning in the fall of 2025. Virtual interviews are possible for a first interview; however, in person interviews are required for finalists. The full application includes: Letter of Interest, CV, transcript, (3) letters of recommendation, and expected graduation date.

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