Postdoctoral Fellowship, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders (OCD)

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 the Postdoctoral fellow, 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 behavioral parent training, cognitive-behavioral therapy, and school-based interventions, with encouragement to develop their 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 OCD.

The Child Mind Institute will be accepting applications for a one-year, full time, postdoctoral fellowship, in the Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders Service within the Anxiety Disorders Center for 2026-2027. The fellowship will begin as early as July 1, 2026. Consideration will also be given to candidates who complete their pre-doctoral internship by the end of August 2026. This is an exempt position, located in our New York City headquarters, which offers a generous salary and full benefits, as well as support for attending a professional conference or continuing education trainings.

Reporting to the Associate Clinical Director, this is a full-time and exempt position in office 4 days per week and 1 day remote.

Primary Faculty:

The Anxiety Disorders Center staff includes leading clinical psychologists, social workers and mental health counselors. Center staff regularly collaborates with pediatric neuropsychologists, child and adolescent psychiatrists, and child and adolescent psychologists and other staff from our multidisciplinary clinical team.

• Sandra Whitehouse, PhD, Associate Clinical Director, Senior Psychologist
  • Qiuyuan Liu, LCSW, DSW, Director, Doctor of Social Work
  • Kathryn Keough, PhD, Psychologist
  • Alana Cooperman, LCSW, Senior Clinical Social Worker
  • Tess Crane, LCSW, Clinical Social Worker
  • Janine Domingues, PhD, Senior Psychologist
  • Caitlyn Downie, LCSW; Clinical Social Worker
  • David Friedlander, PsyD; Psychologist
  • Melissa Jeffay, PsyD, Psychologist
  • Alnardo Martinez, LMHC, Licensed Mental Health Counselor
  • Josefina Toso Salman, PhD, Psychologist
  • Stephanie Schwartz, PsyD, Psychologist
  • Michelle Thirkield, PsyD, Psychologist
  • Emma Woodward, PhD, Psychologist
  • John Wyetzner, LCSW, Clinical Social Worker
  • Emma Zoloth, PsyD, Psychologist

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-related disorders, and 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.

You Have:

• Completed PhD or PsyD from an APA-accredited 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.
• Eligibility to obtain a limited permit to practice psychology in New York State by agreed upon start date.
• Completion of doctoral internship.

Application Details and Instructions

To apply, please visit https://childmind.org/about-us/careers/open-positions/. Applications submitted through third-party websites (e.g., Indeed, ZipRecruiter, etc.) will not be reviewed.

Candidates will need to submit the following:

• Cover letter (attention: Kenneth Schuster, PsyD)
• Curriculum vitae
• One Recommendation
• Three references, including current supervisor/training director and former supervisor/DCT
• One treatment summary or case conceptualization representing your use of cognitive-behavioral interventions with a child or adolescent with an anxiety disorder

Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until the position is filled, and applicants are strongly encouraged to apply as early as possible. Any questions can be directed to Kenneth Schuster, PsyD (kenneth.schuster@childmind.org).

Interviews for selected applicants can be conducted virtually or in-person.

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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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