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West Hartford, Connecticut

Clinical Psychologist Post-Doctoral Fellow

PsychologistFull-Time

Listed compensation

$58,000 - $58,000 a year

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Job Description

At LifeStance Health, we believe in a truly healthy society where mental and physical healthcare are unified to make lives better. Our mission is to help people lead healthier, more fulfilling lives by improving access to trusted, affordable, and personalized mental healthcare. Everywhere. Every day. It’s a lofty goal; we know. But we make it happen with the best team in behavioral health.

Thank you for taking the time to explore a career with us. As the fastest growing behavioral health practice group in the country, now is the perfect time to join our clinical team!

We are actively looking to hire talented Clinical Psychologists in the area for LifeStance Health, who are passionate about patient care and committed to clinical excellence.

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We Offer Psychologists

Description:

LifeStance Health candidates for Post-Doctoral Fellowship positions. We accept post-docs on a rolling admission. LifeStance Health offers a wide range of psychotherapy services (e. g. individual therapy, group therapy, couples therapy, and family therapy) in addition to psychological/neuropsychological/pre-surgical evaluations and psychiatry services. Our post-doctoral fellows would provide a combination of psychological/neuropsychological testing and counseling.

Our nation-wide presence gives us the ability to partner our fellows with clinicians across the state, and provide continuing education from experts across the nation, for high quality training opportunities. LifeStance believes in a truly healthy society where mental and physical healthcare are unified to make lives better. Our mission is to help people lead healthier, more fulfilling lives by improving access to trusted, affordable, and personalized mental healthcare.

We're Excited to Offer to You

  • Full-Time position (40 hours)
  • There is a stipend of $58,000 for the fellowship year.
  • Competitive financial compensation
  • Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits
  • Ancillary Benefits including Life, Long-Term, and Short-Term Disability Insurance
  • Voluntary Benefits including Critical Illness and Accident insurance
  • Malpractice insurance
  • 401K with employer match
  • Opportunity for employment upon completion of fellowship
  • Free, Bi-Weekly CE’s presented by our national team and access to unlimited CE’s through CE4Less
  • Training in-house to administer, score, and interpret the ADOS-2 (*gold standard for Autism Evaluations)
  • Opportunity to develop, explore, and expand upon your area of interest
  • Agency training opportunities including continuing education, case conference, psychology department meetings

Access to a robust in-house administrative team that supports all clinical programming including intake, verification of benefits, billing, coding, collections, and credentialing

Qualifications

Completion of all doctoral degree requirements for a PhD or PsyD in Clinical Psychology.

Strong assessment skills (particularly child psychological and neuropsychological testing) are highly recommended

We're Looking for Applicants Who

Can work 40 hours weekly

Have an interest in collaborating with other staff members and working as a team, sharing knowledge and resources with others, developing leadership skills, and finding creative solutions to meeting the needs of our community

  • Are able to carry a full caseload of psychotherapy and psychological testing clients for a diverse population
  • Are able to handle a rigorous schedule with a wide variety of experiences

Are looking to take the EPPP licensure exam prior to or immediately following the one-year mark of post-doctoral fellowship

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$58,000 - $58,000 a year

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  • To apply for this position please submit a curriculum vitae and writing sample (psychological evaluation).
  • Dana Laghezza
  • Director, Practice Development
  • LifeStance Health, Inc.
  • (e) Dana.Laghezza@LifeStance.com

About LifeStance Health

LifeStance is a national provider of mental healthcare services focused on evidenced-based, medically driven treatment services for children, adolescents and adults suffering from a variety of mental health issues in an outpatient care setting, both in-person at its clinics nationwide and through its digital health telemedicine offering. The company employs psychiatrists, psychologists, psychiatric nurse practitioners, and licensed therapists throughout the US.

LifeStance Health is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are fully committed to creating an inclusive work environment for all our employees.

Our Values

  • Belonging: We cultivate a space where everyone can show up as their authentic self.
  • Empathy: We seek out diverse perspectives and listen to learn without judgment.

Courage: We are all accountable for doing the right thing - even when it's hard - because we know it's worth it.

One Team: We realize our full potential when we work together towards our shared purpose.

If you elect to interact with us via our website, please only use www.lifestance.com or www.careers.lifestance.com. Additionally, our recruiters utilize email addresses with the @lifestance.com domain. Other websites and domains are not affiliated with LifeStance Health and may represent threats to your data security.

LifeStance Health complies with federal and state disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities.

If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact our Human Resources Team at ADA@lifestance.com or by calling +1-800-308-0994.

Please note: This contact is intended solely for accommodation requests. Inquiries regarding applications, resumes and applicant status should not be sent to this email address as they will not be reviewed or responded to. To apply for a position, please use our official careers page.

Key Responsibilities

The fellow will provide a combination of psychological and neuropsychological testing alongside various forms of psychotherapy for a diverse patient population. They are expected to manage a full caseload while collaborating with a multidisciplinary team to meet community mental health needs.

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

Case managementClinical documentationMental health counselingTreatment planningEvidence-based practice

Psychologist Career Context

LifeStance Health ranks #2 of 13 employers hiring Psychologist on WeekdayDoc by average advertised pay, and holds silver-tier status on the Top Employers work-life index, composite score 83/100, 1,216 active listings.

Of the 50 active Psychology listings this role was benchmarked against, 36% are remote, 34% have no call, 60% require no weekends.

Psychology pay on WeekdayDoc is up 3.6% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Connecticut is 103.6 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$58k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $56k in an average-cost state. 62.6% of Connecticut clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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CME allowance
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Sign-on bonus
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Loan repayment
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Relocation assistance
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Work-life snapshot

3.0/ 10
Listing-based score

Living in West Hartford

Rent affordability

51% of gross pay

Market rent compared with this listing’s advertised pay.

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$482k≈ 8.3× annual pay
Typical market rent
$2,448/mo
Residents’ average commute
22 min
State income tax
Up to 7%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

Ratios use the advertised annual pay range’s lower bound, before taxes. Regional prices are not a personal budget.

Peer group: psychologist · psychology · Full-time · hours not stated · Pay composition not stated. National listings with usable annual USD pay and local data, posted within 180 days of the 2026-09-22 snapshot. Rankings use lower pay bounds; higher percentiles mean more favorable comparisons. Only the same rent observation month is compared.

Ratings need at least 30 other listings, five employers and three locations; no employer may contribute over 35%. Strong: top quarter; Typical: middle half; Weaker: bottom quarter. Missing ratings mean insufficient comparable data, not a poor offer. These are offer comparisons, not city grades.

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About LifeStance Health

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Benefits & Perks

Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits
Life, Long-Term, and Short-Term Disability Insurance
Voluntary Critical Illness and Accident insurance
Malpractice insurance
401K with employer match
Free bi-weekly CE's
Unlimited CE's through CE4Less
Training in ADOS-2