Associate Psychologist, ADC

About Child Mind Institute

We're dedicated to transforming the lives of children and families struggling with mental health and learning disorders by giving them the help they need. We've become the leading independent nonprofit in children's mental health by providing gold-standard evidence-based care, delivering educational resources to millions of families each year, training educators in underserved communities, and developing tomorrow's breakthrough treatments.

Position Details

As part of the Anxiety Disorders Center team, you will report to the Associate Director.

You will receive advanced, structured clinical training in an innovative practice setting, emphasizing accurate diagnosis and evidence-based treatment for children, adolescents, young adults, and their families, including conducting semi-structured assessments, providing individual and group therapies, participating in didactic learning and supervision, and engaging in community education and extern supervision.

You will gain specialized experience in cognitive-behavioral therapy, behavioral parent training, and school-based interventions, with encouragement to develop your own areas of interest and specialization.

Furthermore, you will attend multidisciplinary case conferences, contribute to clinical meetings, present in the community, and collaborate on educational and research initiatives, with those in the Anxiety Disorders Center receiving focused training in treating selective mutism, social anxiety disorder, and school avoidance.

This is an exempt, full-time, hybrid (this position requires a minimum of four (4) days per week in the office, on a schedule determined by your supervisor located in our NYC headquarters office. The in-office requirement and schedule are subject to change based on the needs of the program and the organization.

You Will:

• Conduct semi-structured clinical diagnostic assessments and write diagnostic assessment reports.
• Provide evidenced based treatment including but not limited to cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), exposure and response prevention (ERP), and Parent Child Interaction Therapy adapted for Selective Mutism (PCIT-SM) to children, adolescents and young adults with anxiety, as well as comorbid disorders, in individual, group and family formats.
• Co-treat with other clinicians in one or more of our various specialized treatment programs.
• Provide supervision to other trainees under umbrella supervision of a licensed psychologist.
• Collaborate with our board-certified child and adolescent psychiatrists on cases requiring pharmacotherapy.
• Participate in supervision, educational didactics, case conferences, team meetings and lecture series.
• Perform additional job-related duties as assigned.

You Have:

• Completed PhD or PsyD from a graduate program in clinical, counseling, school-clinical, or school psychology.
• The doctoral degree above must be conferred approximately six weeks prior to beginning the position.
• Limited Permit to practice psychology in NY State.
• Completion of doctoral internship.

Our Benefits

Our great compensation package and benefits include medical insurance, 401(k), paid parental leave, dependent care, discounted tickets and entertainment perks programs. For more information about our benefits, please visit our employee benefits website.

Pay Range

The salary range for the position is posted. Factors such as candidate's work experience, education/training, job-related skills, internal peer equity, as well as market and business considerations affect the salary offered within this range. In addition, this salary may be subject to a geographic adjustment (according to a specific city and state and depending on the role), if an authorization is granted to work outside of the location listed in this posting.

EEO Disclaimer

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