Universal Psychology Postdoctoral Directory

Elements of quality clinically focused postdoctoral training

Please review the APPIC directory listing for further details and link to Fellowship brochure. 

 Aurora Mental Health and Recovery (AMHR) is a nonprofit agency located in Aurora, Colorado that has been caring for the Aurora community since 1975. We served 20,000 clients last year, ranging in age from infancy to over age 90. These services take place in outpatient clinics, schools, medical clinics, hospitals, assisted living facilities, and nursing homes throughout our catchment area. Aurora is the 3rd largest city in the state of Colorado and is a very diverse community for its size with almost 40% of its residents identifying with a race other than white or Caucasian and 20% of the population being individuals who were not born in the United States. AMHR is an organization focused on valuing and supporting this community with a strong commitment to social and health equity. 

The fellowship program offers two different tracks with one position for each track. 

Adult Intensive Services Track: The fellow selected for this track will divide their clinical time between the Community Living Program (CLP) and the Aurora Center for Life Skills (ACLS). CLP provides therapeutic support for clients who are diagnosed with a major mental illness and may be at high risk for inpatient hospitalization. Fellows work within this interdisciplinary team to provide individual and group therapy as well as case management and collaboration with outside entities and organizations. ACLS provides outpatient services to adult clients who are diagnosed with both a developmental disability and mental illness. This is also a multidisciplinary team that works to provide individual and group therapy, family therapy, vocational support, case management, and crisis intervention. 

International and Refugee Track: The International Immigrant and Refugee Track fellow will be placed within the newly developed Immigrant and Refugee Center of Excellence (COE), which is comprised of two previously separate programs, the Asian Pacific Development Center (APDC) and the Colorado Refugee Wellness Center (CRWC).This COE is focused on providing accessible, trauma-informed, person-centered, and culturally responsive care to immigrants and refugees in Colorado. There is opportunity to serve adult, teen and child clients from around the world. The COE is currently split between two separate locations, with hopes of combining into one building location in the future. The COE uses a holistic approach to address the total wellbeing and empowerment of individuals, families, and communities. Fellows have the opportunity to be part of multidisciplinary teams that include psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, counselors, case managers, health navigators, and community outreach workers. Health navigators are from the primary countries of origin of the clients served and are central to providing linguistically and culturally tailored client care. These teams are committed to inclusivity across refugee and immigrant populations and seek to be responsive to changing migration landscapes, as impacted by world events. Over 23 different languages are spoken by COE staff and several of these include Spanish, Dari, Farsi, Swahili, Arabic, Burmese, Karen, Nepali, Urdu, Cantonese, Mandarin, Korean, Vietnamese, and Pashto. 

In addition to clinical work within their track, fellows will also have the opportunity to attend weekly didactics, provide supervision to a predoctoral intern, and assist with didactics for the predoctoral internship program. Additional opportunities for training, professional development, and agency involvement are integrated into the fellowship in response to fellows’ individual goals. Specific opportunities for learning evidence based practices such as Dialectical Behavioral Therapy and EMDR may also be available.

Please see the brochure on our website for additional information about the program, benefits, and requirements.