Universal Psychology Postdoctoral Directory Entry

UNLV Partnership for Research, Assessment, Counseling, Therapy, and Innovative Clinical Education (UNLV PRACTICE)

University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Las Vegas, Nevada

Starts on Friday, August 1, 2025

Applications due Monday, December 30, 2024

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

UNLV PRACTICE®, an interdisciplinary community mental health clinic (https://www.unlv.edu/thepractice), invites applications for a full-time Postdoctoral Fellow in Psychology with a Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology specialization with a start date to coincide with the beginning of the 2025-26 academic training year (August 2025).

UNLV PRACTICE® is an innovative and growing training clinic committed to serving the mental and behavioral health needs of a diverse community with evidence-based practices and programs for children, adolescents, and adults. In addition to individual and family psychotherapy, we offer and train in comprehensive psychological assessment, group psychotherapy, trauma- and grief-focused interventions and rural telemental health.

UNLV PRACTICE® leaders are highly committed to recruiting, training, and retaining mental health professionals to work in Nevada and are pleased to announce a postdoctoral fellowship to meet licensure requirements for the professional psychologist. Our psychology postdoctoral fellowship program is designed to promote clinical skills development toward independent licensure in a setting that values socially and culturally responsive practice.

We seek applicants who are committed to learning, community engagement, and inter-professional collaboration and practice with openness to developing and providing clinical mental health services to diverse populations considering intersectional identities in clinical conceptualization and treatment. To meet the national average of psychologists per capita, Nevada needs to double its psychology workforce. Without sounding too cliche, where there is great need, there is a great opportunity. Nevada is a place where there is room to have a great deal of influence on one's destiny as a psychologist; and where a psychologist can make a tangible difference in the community. There is plenty of work to go around, plenty of work to do, and a committed professional community to support you in doing so. It's a place where you are wanted, needed, and welcomed with open arms. It's a place where you have a chance to design and build the career of your choosing.

UNLV PRACTICE® is also expanding and we provide our postdoctoral trainees high-quality, diligent supervision, engaging didactics, and opportunities to gain increased independence and to influence and build our programs alongside us. Please visit our website to learn more about our mission and programs.

Child & Adolescent Mental Health Focus. The fellowship will specialize in expanding evidence-based mental health care services to children and adolescents. In addition to program development, the fellow will provide direct assessment and intervention services (individual, family and group psychotherapy) and assist in clinically supervising practicum trainees at our new satellite location in the heart of the Las Vegas health district. Opportunities to assist with the clinic’s ongoing research endeavors and opportunities to participate in integrating services into UNLV's new and emerging Academic Health Center initiative alongside medical and public health. Further, the successful applicant will be expected to be an integral contributor to the clinic's participation in a national SAMSHA-funded project to train in interventions to address trauma and build resilience (TF-CBT and AF-CBT).

The position requires a doctoral degree (Ph.D., Psy.D., Ed.D.) in clinical, counseling, or school psychology from a regionally accredited college or university. Strongest preference will be given to students who graduated from an APA-accredited program and completed an APA-accredited or APPIC-member internship. Bilingual-bicultural applicants are encouraged to apply as there is great opportunity to maintain and expand our services in this regard.

Salary and benefits are competitive with those at similarly situated institutions and the position is contingent upon funding. UNLV is a doctoral-degree-granting institution of approximately 33,000 students and more than 3,000 faculty and staff that is classified R1 (research university with very high research activity) by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. UNLV is among the most ethnically diverse campuses in the nation, with over 25,000 students from underrepresented groups. UNLV has been designated as an Asian-American and Native-American, Pacific Islander-Serving Institution (AANAPISI) and as a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI). For more information, visit us online at: http://www.unlv.edu.

https://www.unlv.edu/thepractice

Additional Information

Agency Type: Other
APPIC Membership: No
APA Accredited: No
Recognized Specialty: Clinical Psychology
Emphasis or focus area: Child/Adolescent
Other Emphasis: Generalist and Group Psychotherapy
Research Time: Less than 25%
Training Director: Adrianna Wechsler-Zimring, PhD
Contact Email: adrianna.zimring@unlv.edu
Contact Phone: 702-895-1532
Virtual Interviews: Available
Duration in Months: 12
Hours Per Week: 40
# of Licensed Supervisors: 4
Number of Positions: 2
Applications recieved last year: 5
Stipend: $65,000
Will follow APPIC Selection Standards: Yes
Estimated offer date: Monday, February 3 2025
Created Date: Saturday, November 12 2022
Unfilled Positions: 0
Fringe Benefits: Health Insurance; Retirement - Mandatory 403(b) plan. Employee & Employer contribution; Paid Vacation, Holiday and Sick Time; University library privileges, access to low cost Faculty and Staff Primary Care Clinic, a campus wellness center, and other campus amenities (e.g. reduced fee sporting, performing arts event tix, etc.); professional funds and paid leave to support training (e.g. conference registration and travel) or licensing/examination fees; and a clinic culture that values growth, safety, openness, positive connection, and collaboration. For more information regarding benefits: https://www.unlv.edu/hr/benefits/loa In addition to benefits associated with employment at UNLV as a public university, UNLV PRACTICE may offer additional opportunity towards student loan repayment.
Research opportunities: Housed on a University Campus and affiliated with several mental and behavioral health training programs, and community partners (e.g., The Boys and Girls Clubs of Southern Nevada, DFS, Community In Schools of Northeastern Nevada), the clinic values evidence-based practice and routinely collects data (e.g. psychological assessment database; outcome tracking database). Postdoctoral fellows will be expected to prioritize assessment and intervention services. Outcome data and other program evaluation metrics are regularly collected and reported back to donors and grant funders. Opportunities for research are expected to follow including those associated with the clinic's participation in the ChildHELP national research and training collaborative for trauma-informed interventions. (https://www.stjohns.edu/resources/places/child-help-partnership).
Additional Comments: There will be an offer to extend the position to a second year dependent on performance evaluations and funding.
Application Instructions: The start date is flexible within 30-45 days depending on the applicant's internship end dates and program factors. The dissertation must be defended by the start date. A formal offer will not be finalized until a letter from the applicant's dissertation chair or DCT is submitted to confirm that the dissertation will be defended by the start date. Initial application materials must include a CV, cover letter, 3 letters of reference (1 by a current internship supervisor), and a brief statement regarding your theoretical orientation and interest in /match to our available open position(s). If we are interested based on your initial application, we will conduct a brief telephone interview. Virtual interviews will be offered to top candidates. After acceptance of a position, we anticipate having funds to reimburse for travel expenses for an in-person visit. Submit applications through APPA CAS or directly to the Pediatric Programs and Residency Training Coordinator, Dr. Adrianna Wechsler-Zimring at adrianna.zimring@unlv.edu. All questions and inquiries are welcome.

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