Psychology, Child Psychologist

Primary Psychologist Role:

Clinical: Provide psychological consultation and psychotherapeutic intervention for individuals, families and groups for our outpatient child and adolescent population. Work in cooperation with our psychiatry team, including residents. Engage in outpatient psychotherapy interventions rooted in evidence-based interventions, including but not limited to Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Trauma-Focused CBT (TF-CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), and other mindfulness-based interventions. Provide professional presentations as requested (e.g. faculty development, Grand Rounds, medical school teaching).

Supervision for training program: Provide supervision for Psychiatry residents PGY3/4 for their outpatient psychotherapy cases. Opportunity to mentor CMSRU medical students. Participation in psychology training programs working with externs, pre-doctoral interns, and post-doctoral fellows.

report to Chief of Psychiatry. Participation in training and Grand Rounds.

Consideration for academic appointment at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University (CMSRU) based on academic, research and clinical experience. participate in supervision of medical students; Child and adolescent behavioral health research, including initiation of new projects; participation in the procurement of internal and external grant-funding; professional presentations at local, regional and national conferences; publication on topics related to child and adolescent mental health research.

Provide direct patient care for children, adolescents, and families. Identify gaps in psychological programming and recommend and implement solutions.

Develop presentations and provide trainings on Psychotherapy as needed on topics such as CBT, TF-CBT, MI, ACT, and DBT skills to psychiatry residents and other learners.

Participate in weekly didactics and group supervision with Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine teams.

Develop meaningful and effective relationships with leadership, including attending physicians, advance practice providers, and administrative leads.

Participate in on-going behavioral health research including initiation of new projects, participation in procurement of internal and external grant-funding; professional presentations at local, regional and national conferences; publication on topics related to child and adolescent mental health research.

Engage with Psychology Internship program committee, if desired.

Experience working with a child and adolescent population; experience working with children exposed to trauma and ACE’s is preferred; post-doctoral training with child and adolescent populations is preferred.

D. in Clinical or Counseling Psychology.