Training Opportunities

Positions

Postdoctoral Psychology Resident: The position is filled for 2025-2026 academic year. Openings for 2026-2027 academic year will be posted on the UW Hire portal in January 2026.

MSW Practicum Students: The positions are filled for 2025-2026 academic year. Application for 2026-2027 practicum will be open March 2026

Postdoctoral Psychology Resident

Training program

• Duration: 1 year, typically September 1 to August 31
• Working hours: 40 hrs/ week, 8:30am-5:00pm with half an hour lunch.
• Mode: Mostly in person. Occasional remote work during school breaks.
• Clinical Services: Postdoc will conduct intake interviews, individual counseling, group therapy, and crisis intervention. Postdoc typically has about 20 direct intervention hours per week. Opportunities are available to conduct neurodivergent assessment if interested.
• Outreach Services: Postdoc will provide outreach and community intervention. These activities would involve informational fairs, and training workshops to undergraduate students, university housing residential life staff, and other student affairs student leaders and employees.
• Supervision:
  • Individual supervision—2 hours of individual supervision per week by a licensed psychologist. The clinical supervisor will review digital recordings of the postdoc’s clinical work, and review and sign all clinical notes
  • Group supervision—1 hour of group supervision per week by a licensed psychologist. The group supervision will be focused on group therapy, neurodivergent assessment, and professional development issues.
• Other training:
  • Case consultation—1.5 hour of case consultation per week, which provides opportunities to consult about clinical cases in a multidisciplinary team.
  • Professional Seminar—2 hours of professional seminar per month. Topics include multicultural competence, ethical issues, case conceptualization, different treatment modalities. Postdoc will present their clinical specialties in one of the seminars.

Application process

• Requirements: Applicants are required to have met all academic requirements for their doctoral degree. Applicants may apply during internship with the expectation that all degree requirements (including internship and dissertation) will be fulfilled and degree conferred before the start date.
• Application: Interested applicants must submit a cover letter and a curriculum vita on the UW Hire portal.
• For questions: please contact Counseling Center Training Coordinator, Lillian Chen, PsyD, at lchen20@uw.edu.

MSW Practicum

Training program

• Duration: Academic school year from September through June
• Working hours: Depending on the practicum student’s class standing and school requirements for practicum hours. The weekly average can be from 16-24 hrs a week.
• Mode: In person only
• Services:
  • Counseling: Practicum students will conduct intake interviews, crisis intervention, and brief therapy. They will also learn the fundamentals of a clinical case manager which includes learning how to triage, becoming familiar with the different levels of care offered in the community, and making recommendations. There are also opportunities to facilitate group therapy and outreach events depending on the interest and training level of the practicum student.
  • HaWRC: Practicum students will also be supporting our Health & Wellness Center connecting students to services that will help them thrive.
• Supervision: Depending on school requirements, practicum students typically have weekly individual supervision during the first month at the counseling center, and then biweekly afterwards.
• Other training:
  • Case Consultation—Advanced practicum students will join weekly case consultation, which is 1.5 hours per week. Case consultation provides opportunities to consult clinical cases in a multidisciplinary team.
  • Professional Seminar—2 hours of professional seminar per month. Topics include multicultural competence, ethical issues, case conceptualization, and different treatment modalities. Practicum students are welcome to attend if they are here on the days of the training.

Application process

• Requirements: Be enrolled in an accredited MSW program
• Application: Send your CV and resume to uwbcc@uw.edu beginning in March for internship in the fall.
• For questions: Please contact Cindy Gonzalez, LICSW, at arrioc@uw.edu.

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