Universal Psychology Postdoctoral Directory Entry

George Mason University Center for Community Mental Health - Adolescent/Young Adult Focus

George Mason University
Fairfax, Virginia

Starts on Friday, August 20, 2027

Applications due Friday, December 4, 2026

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 of 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

Postdoctoral Fellow – Youth and Young Adult Clinical Psychology

The George Mason University Center for Community Mental Health (CCMH) is the primary training site for Mason's doctoral students in Clinical Psychology, as well as an interdisciplinary training sight for other students in a variety of behavioral health disciplines. CCMH serves our community, providing evidence-based, individualized, and affordable mental health services. CCMH and our community partners value people who are committed to creating a warm, collaborative learning environment, while helping those in need.

George Mason University is the largest public research university in Virginia. Mason's Clinical Psychology Program is committed to training graduate students to meet the evolving roles of clinical psychologists in providing evidence-based treatment across the life span. CCMH provides training for an array of behavioral health trainees and is committed to ensuring that our post-doctoral fellows benefit from our community facing orientation in their final training year(s). George Mason University has a strong institutional commitment to the achievement of excellence among its faculty and staff and encourages candidates to apply who will enrich Mason’s academic environment.

Adolescent and Young Adult Clinical Psychology Fellows

The American Psychological Association (APA) accredited George Mason University Clinical Psychology Ph.D. program is seeking 1-2 youth and young adult focused Psychology Postdoctoral Fellows in our training clinic, Mason's Center for Community Mental Health. This is a 1-year full-time position, with potential for renewal.

Responsibilities: Join our team to provide evidence-based therapy and testing services to the greater Washington DC community, with a focus on individualized, accessible services for youth, young adults and nontraditional college students. Specifically, the Fellow will work at CCMH full time, dividing time between comprehensive testing and therapy for adolescents, young adults and nontraditional college students. The Fellow will engage in therapy and comprehensive testing of adolescents and college students presenting with a variety of concerns. This will include consultation with our colleagues across George Mason University, as well as our psychiatric nurse practitioner.

Our Fellow will also learn and offer brief intervention services through our unique stepped care program and provide evidence-based therapy to adolescents and young adults in our community-based clinic. Additional optional experiences include helping supervise doctoral students in our clinical science program or other community-based projects of interest.

Our Fellow will complete approximately two comprehensive assessments per month, for an estimated 25 assessments over the course of the training year. Referral issues include, but are not limited to ADHD, Autism, Learning Disabilities, anxiety, depression, and other comorbidities. Fellows will also carry a caseload of approximately 4 clients for evidence-based therapy. This may include clients in the stepped care program, which offers brief intervention services and specifically targets underserved populations. You will have the opportunity to see a range of clients presenting with different issues, including clients who self-identify with a range of identities. Center therapy caseload will be adjusted if you choose to work in one of our community pediatric settings for ½ day/week.

Supervision will be provided by a minimum of two supervisors, one for testing and one for therapy. Additional experiences may include helping supervise doctoral students in our clinical science program, providing clinical services in the pediatric endocrine clinic, or other community-based projects of interest. For those interested in working with veterans, there may be opportunities to incorporate this as well. Additional opportunities include participating in monthly interdisciplinary case conferences with our psychiatric nurse practitioner colleagues who collaborate with us to provide sliding scale psychopharmacological services to our Center clients, as well as other community outreach programs. This is a great opportunity to gain hours for licensure and hone both testing and therapy skills.

https://ccmh.gmu.edu/training/post-doctoral-opportunites

Additional Information

Agency Type: Community Mental Health Center
APPIC Membership: No
APA Accredited: No
Recognized Specialty: Clinical Psychology
Emphasis or focus area: Assessment
Other Emphasis: Adolescent/Young Adult
Research Time: No research time
Training Director: Robyn Mehlenbeck, PhD, ABPP
Contact Email: rmehlenb@gmu.edu
Contact Phone: 7039931371
Virtual Interviews: Strongly Preferred
Duration in Months: 12
Hours Per Week: 40
# of Licensed Supervisors: 2
Number of Positions: 2
Applications recieved last year: 8
Accepts Int'l Students: No
Stipend: $61500
Will follow APPIC Selection Standards: Yes
Estimated offer date: Monday, February 8 2027
Created Date: Wednesday, November 1 2023
Fringe Benefits: Benefits at Mason are excellent. You are listed as an administrative faculty member, with all benefits as such including health insurance, paid leave and retirement savings. Mason also closes for 2 weeks at the end of December/early January and this is paid time off that does not count against your leave.
Research opportunities: Research is not part of the fellowship, but as we are part of the Clinical Science APA approved doctoral program, there are opportunities for research with faculty specializing in working with college populations.
Additional Comments: Required Qualifications: • Ph.D. or Psy.D. in clinical psychology from an APA-accredited program must be conferred prior to start of fellowship. Confirm your conferral date with your program. • All degree requirements, including dissertation defense, completed prior to start of fellowship. • Completion of an APA-accredited predoctoral internship. • Prior experience with both therapy and testing of children, adolescents and/or adults. • Able to pass a criminal background check prior to employment. Applicants must submit the following materials: • Cover letter • Curriculum Vitae • Graduate School Transcript (does not need to be an official transcript) • Three (3) Letters of Recommendation • De-identified child, adolescent or young adult comprehensive assessment report.
Application Instructions: Interviews will be completed virtually for this training year. Interested candidates are encouraged to submit the following: 1. Cover letter 2. Curriculum Vitae 3. Graduate School Transcript (does not need to be an official transcript) 4. Three (3) Letters of Recommendation 5. De-identified adolescent or young adult comprehensive assessment report Applications should be emailed to: ccmh@gmu.edu

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