Private Practice: Eating Disorder Specialist Clinical Training Program
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Birch Tree Psychotherapy
Chicago, Illinois
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.
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This training experience ensures that training takes precedence over service delivery regarding the nature, content, volume, and quality of the postdoc’s activities.
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This training experience ensures that postdocs receive at least two hours of individual supervision per week for the duration oof the experience.
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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.
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This training experience has two or more doctoral-level licensed psychologists who have sufficient time to provide quality supervision and training.
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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.
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This training experience has written Due Process and Grievance procedures.
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This training experience has the stable and necessary financial (e.g., stipend) and physical resources (e.g., computers, physical space) needed for effective training.
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Specializing in eating disorder treatment and OCD, Birch Tree Psychotherapy provides outpatient therapy to adults, couples, youth, & families in Chicago and the Northwest Chicago Suburbs. We have offices located in the Chicago Loop and South Barrington, IL. Within an intersectional feminist, Health at Every Size (HAES) framework, we use research-informed treatment approaches such as Intuitive Eating, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectal-Behavioral Therapy (DBT) and Family Therapies.
The post-doctoral fellowship position is a 2 year position. Within a generalist framework, trainees will learn specific skills for assessing and treating clients with various eating pathologies in an outpatient setting. Trainees will have opportunities to facilitate groups on Intuitive Eating, the Accept Yourself program, intuitive movement, and meal support. Trainees will work with clients across age groups. Trainees must have significant interest and experience in treating clients with eating disorders. Trainees must be able to work at least one weekend day or two evenings per week. http://www.birchtreepsychotherapy.com
Additional Information
- Agency Type
- Private Practice Clinic
- APPIC Membership
- No
- APA Accredited
- No
- Recognized Specialty
- Clinical Psychology
- Other Emphasis
- outpatient eating disorder treatment, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, family therapy
- Research Time
- Less than 25%
- Training Director
- Catharine Devlin, Psy.D., CEDS-C
- Contact Email
- cdevlin@birchtreepsychotherapy.com
- Contact Phone
- 7734280959
- Virtual Interviews
- Available
- Duration in Months
- 24
- Hours Per Week
- 35
- # of Licensed Supervisors
- 1
- Number of Positions
- 2
- Applications recieved last year
- 10
- Stipend
- $70000
- Will follow APPIC Selection Standards
- Estimated offer date
- Thursday, February 15 2024
- Created Date
- Tuesday, October 10 2023
- Unfilled Positions
- 0
- Fringe Benefits
- This post-doctoral fellowship position is for a W-2 employee whose stipend is 50% of billing. Benefits include: IAEDP-approved supervision toward eating disorder certification hours (CEDS), consultation group, hybrid schedule with ample flexibility, health insurance, dental, vision, 401K, paid time off, print and digital marketing, company email address, use of beautiful offices in downtown Chicago and the Chicago Suburbs, access to HIPPAA-compliant telehealth platform, access to a group therapy space, electronic health record system (scheduling, charts, notes, etc.), full billing support, telehealth platforms that are HIPAA compliant for individuals, couples, and groups, continuing education stipend. Consistent referrals are available. Opportunities to remain on-staff as a Licensed Clinical Psychologist.
- Research opportunities
- Trainees have the opportunity to collaborate for professional presentations and treatment outcome evaluations.
- Application Instructions
- To apply send a cover letter, CV, three letters of recommendation, and transcript (unofficial is acceptable) to cdevlin@birchtreepsychotherapy.com. Please include the clinical population you are interested in serving, your theoretical orientation, and a summary of the training that you have received, particularly training relevant to the practice’s focus areas. Describe any past experiences you have had working with individuals with eating disorders. Also indicate if you have experience or interest in working with a specific age of client: children and adolescents, young adults, adults, or desire to work with clients across the lifespan.
This record was last updated on Wednesday, January 31, 2024
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