Universal Psychology Postdoctoral Directory Entry

UTMB Child and Adolescent Psychology Fellowship (Clinical Emphasis)

The University of Texas Medical Branch, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Greater Houston, Texas

Starts on Monday, August 11, 2025

Applications due Friday, November 15, 2024

This training experience will NOT follow the APPIC Selection Standards with Common Hold Date (CHD) and may not allow applicants to hold offers until the CHD. Applicants may need to respond to an offer for this position prior to completing interviews or knowing their standing with other positions.

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

A full-time postdoctoral fellowship in clinical child and adolescent psychology is available at The University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), based in Galveston, Texas, with hospitals and clinics throughout the greater Houston area. The fellowship provides clinical training as part of a statewide initiative addressing mental health challenges in children and adolescents.

Fellows will provide telehealth services to youth and families referred by schools, conduct diagnostic assessments, deliver evidence-based treatments under expert supervision, and collaborate with a multidisciplinary team. The program emphasizes trauma-focused care, including training in Prolonged Exposure for Adolescents (PE-A) and Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), with potential for certification. Fellows will also receive broad training in family-focused behavioral therapies for disruptive behavior and cognitive-behavioral therapies for anxiety, depression, and suicidal behavior. In addition to clinical work, fellows will have opportunities to publish research, engage in teaching, and participate in outreach efforts to schools and communities.

Applicants should have clinical experience in behavioral parent training and cognitive-behavioral approaches with children, adolescents, and families. Completion of an APA-accredited doctoral psychology program and internship is required prior to starting the fellowship. While orientation is held in Galveston, the fellowship offers flexibility for remote work, provided fellows reside in Texas.

https://www.utmb.edu/psychiatry/tcmhcc

Additional Information

Agency Type: Medical School/Health Science Center
APPIC Membership: No
APA Accredited: No
Recognized Specialty: Clinical Child Psychology
Emphasis or focus area: Child/Adolescent
Other Emphasis: PTSD/Trauma
Research Time: Less than 25%
Training Director: Cody G Dodd, PhD
Contact Email: cododd@utmb.edu
Contact Phone: 4092666168
Virtual Interviews: Virtual Only
Duration in Months: 12
Hours Per Week: 40
# of Licensed Supervisors: 5
Number of Positions: 2
Applications recieved last year: 7
Stipend: $54480
Will follow APPIC Selection Standards: No
Estimated offer date: Friday, December 20 2024
Created Date: Monday, November 28 2022
Unfilled Positions: 0
Fringe Benefits: Fellows receive low-cost medical coverage with UTMB covering the premiums, as well as dental and vision coverage. They also enjoy 11-14 paid holidays annually and accrue vacation leave each month.
Research opportunities: Supervising faculty in the fellowship program are investigators in multiple large, multi-site longitudinal studies on childhood trauma, depression, and suicide. We are also running several related treatment studies. Fellows will have opportunities to work with faculty to develop the conduct secondary analyses from these datasets and to prepare manuscripts for publication.
Additional Comments: Our start date is negotiable based on internship termination or graduation dates.
Application Instructions: Please submit a one-page cover letter, CV, and two letters of reference to program manager Ashley Colangelo at alcolang@utmb.edu and cc training director Cody Dodd at cododd@utmb.edu. Letters of reference can be sent directly by the applicant or can come from the letter writers.

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