Portland Dialectical Behavior Therapy Institute
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Portland Dialectical Behavior Therapy Institute
Portland, Oregon
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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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Portland DBT Institute (PDBTI) seeks postdoctoral fellows to join our team in 2023. Located in Portland and Salem, Oregon, PDBTI is a vibrant clinic community providing comprehensive DBT clinical services, as well as training, supervision, and consultation throughout the United States and internationally. Directed by DBT expert and Linehan protégé Linda Dimeff, PhD, PDBTI is the oldest and among the largest freestanding outpatient DBT clinics in the world, serving over 1000 clients annually. We offer comprehensive standard outpatient DBT to teens, their families, and adults. Programs include: DBT for Eating Disorders, DBT Medication Management, DBT for Substance Abusers, DBT for Adolescents, and DBT/Prolonged Exposure for Stage 1 individuals with PTSD and BPD. PDBTI offers four intensive outpatient programs for teens and their families, adults, and adults with severe eating disorders. PDBTI is a founding member of the DBT Clinics Consortium and is one of the few DBT programs certified by the Linehan Board of Certification.
Why Join Our Team? We care about each other, the community we serve, and providing exceptional full-fidelity DBT and clinical care. We have a strong training program that includes a mentoring program, supervision pods that includes review of audio/video recordings, and a wealth of DBT and CBT webinars and two-day trainings provided by PDBTI. Fellows can also engage in rigorous study of other evidence-based therapies through a collaboration with the DBT Clinics Consortium. Trainees will work closely with Andrew White, PhD, ABPP, Associate Director, and Linda Dimeff, PhD, Institute Director to fulfill their training goals.
Additional Information: This is a three-year appointment with the hope that applicants will wish to stay on at Portland DBT Institute following this initial engagement. All positions start in Fall, 2023. Year 1 will focus on licensure as well as learning DBT to fidelity, as well as other EBPs; Year 2 will focus on DBT-LBC Certification.
Additional Information
- Agency Type
- Private Practice Clinic
- APPIC Membership
- No
- APA Accredited
- No
- Recognized Specialty
- Behavioral and Cognitive Psychology
- Emphasis or focus area
- Serious Mental Illness
- Other Emphasis
- Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
- Research Time
- Less than 25%
- Training Director
- Andrew White, PhD
- Contact Email
- awhite@pdbti.org
- Contact Phone
- 503.290.3281
- Duration in Months
- 12
- Hours Per Week
- 40
- # of Licensed Supervisors
- 4
- Number of Positions
- 6
- Applications recieved last year
- 2
- Stipend
- $68500
- Will follow APPIC Selection Standards
- Created Date
- Monday, November 21 2016
- Unfilled Positions
- 0
- Fringe Benefits
- This is a full time, four-day per week clinical position with full medical/dental and retirement benefits. There is an expectation that postdoctoral staff will continue on as full employees at the clinic. Salary: Starting salary is $68,500; once licensed, this increases to $75,000. Although this is a salaried position, fellows in good standing can opt for a fee-for-service arrangement in their second and third year.
- Research opportunities
- Program evaluation and applied research opportunities are available as part of the training process.
- Additional Comments
- For more information on the Portland DBT Institute, please visit our website (www.pdbti.org) or contact Dr. Andrew White at awhite@pdbti.org. We look forward to meeting you!
- Application Instructions
- Application Submission: Please send the following information to Andrew White, PhD, ABPP, Associate Director via email (awhite@pdbti.org) or using the APPIC Common Application
• Letter of intent detailing your career goals, areas of expertise, experience, and training in DBT.
• CV
• Two to three letters of recommendation
• Undergraduate and graduate school transcripts (unofficial transcripts are acceptable)
• Clinical work sample (assessment report, DBT case formulation, publication, etc.)
This record was last updated on Friday, October 28, 2022
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