Postdoctoral Fellowship
Structure and Experiences
Fellowship Structure
Fellows begin by participating in a 2-3-week orientation process that ensures that each fellow has the basic foundation of information necessary to function effectively throughout the year. Orientation activities include, but are not limited to: identifying and establishing rapport with supervisors and colleagues, gaining familiarity with policies and procedures, receiving training on the electronic health record systems used, and developing personalized training goals for the training year. The remainder of the training year is organized into Fall, Spring, and Summer academic semesters.
Approximate Weekly Schedule
Direct Service
22 hours
Administrative/Documentation 12
hours
Receiving Individual & Group Supervision 3 hours
Center Meetings
2 hours
Seminar
1 hour
TOTAL:
40 hours
During the year fellows have the opportunity to participate in a wide range of clinical
and non-clinical experiences during their training year(s).
Fellowship Experiences
Initial Appointments (IAs)
Fellows will conduct intakes each week. During these initial appointments, clients
will be assessed and referred for treatment at the Center (e.g., individual counseling,
drop-in groups, interpersonal process groups, etc.), and/or referred for treatment
at another campus agency (e.g., psychiatric services at Student Health Services) or
in the community.
Individual Counseling
For clients deemed appropriate, fellows provide short-term individual counseling.
Fellows may also carry at least one longer-term client.
Group Counseling
Each semester, fellows will faciliate or co-facilitate one of the groups offered as
a part of the Center's group program. During the first semester the fellow(s) may
be assigned to a group, and during the second and third semesters, they will have
an opportunity to choose from available groups.
Single Session Coverage
Throughout the year, each fellow will provide single session consultation shifts during
business hours (typically about 2 hours weekly) for students seeking same-day, urgent
consultation at the Center during regular business hours.
Consultation and Outreach Programming
Fellows are expeted to participate in joining in the center's consultation and outreach
programming to campus constituents. Consultation and outreach activities are considered
direct service when calculating hours.
Counseling Center Meeting Participation
Fellows are expected to attend weekly clinical team meetings, staff meetings, committee
meetings for internal committees that fellows have opted to join, and periodic in-service
presentations/continuing education programming.
Case Presentations
Each fellow is required to do at least one case presentation during the year to the
staff of the Counseling Center. The overall goal of this presentation is to provide
fellows an opportunity to speak about their clinical work in a formalized, professional
manner.
Provision of Supervision
Fellows may be able to supervise the clinical work of one of the students in the Counseling
Center鈥檚 Graduate Student Clinician (GCS) program. The interdisciplinary GSC program
hosts trainees from programs housed in USF (Social Work, Counseling, Clinical Psychology,
& School Psychology). Based on availability, GSC supervision typically requires one
hour face-to-face per week. All of the fellow鈥檚 supervisory activities will be supervised
in turn by that fellow鈥檚 primary supervisor, a licensed Counseling Center staff member.
Postgraduate Seminar
Fellows participate in a biweekly professional development seminar and focus upon
issues that are tailored to the fellows and their developmental needs. Topics include
both evidence-based practice and professional development issues at the postgraduate
level (i.e., licensure preparation/application, job search, etc.).