What are the responsibilities and job description for the Postgraduate Clinical Psychology Fellow position at The Center for Trauma, Stress, and Anxiety, LLC?
We’re looking for postdoctoral psychology fellows who care about doing meaningful, thoughtful trauma and anxiety work and want a training experience that prioritizes depth, support, and long-term development.
About The Center for Trauma, Stress, and Anxiety, LLC
The Center for Trauma, Stress, and Anxiety, LLC, is a growing multidisciplinary group mental health practice with a mission to be the premier integrative health and wellness resource for trauma and anxiety in our community. We have two locations (Bel Air and Nottingham), as well as the Get Centered Studio in Bel Air which offers vibrational sound healing, therapeutic yoga, meditation, and more. We are looking to meet the growing needs of our communities and add clinicians (Counselors, Social Workers, Psychology Associates, and Psychologists) to our incredible, multidisciplinary team who have a passion for trauma and anxiety work. If you are looking to be part of an exceptional team, focused on treating trauma and anxiety in an integrative, collaborative setting, you're in the right place!
Description
About the Fellowship
The Advanced Clinical Fellowship at CTSA is a structured, psychotherapy-focused postdoctoral experience designed for clinicians who want to slow down, go deeper, and become truly excellent at what they do.
This isn’t a high-volume, churn-and-burn role. It’s a program built around clinical depth, strong thinking, and meaningful development over time. The goal is not just to learn more techniques—it’s to become a clinician who knows how to think, conceptualize, and work relationally with confidence and clarity.
Our work is grounded in an integrative, trauma-informed, and relational approach, with attention to both top-down and bottom-up processes.
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What This Role Actually Looks Like
At the core of the fellowship is a primary caseload of about 22–25 individual therapy sessions per week.
We’ve structured it this way so that:
- You can build depth and continuity with clients
- You’re not stretched too thin while you’re still developing
- We can offer a full-time salary with benefits, even with a reduced caseload
This caseload is the foundation of the role. It doesn’t get replaced by groups, workshops, or other activities.
That said, there are often opportunities to get involved in:
- Group therapy
- Intensives or workshops
- Specialty offerings through CTSA or Get Centered Wellness, LLC (our sister practice)
Those are encouraged when they make sense developmentally, and are typically additional (and separately compensated).
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Training & Support
You’ll be supported in a way that’s closer to an academic training environment than a typical group practice.
Each week includes:
- Individual supervision
- Group supervision (while provisionally licensed)
- Group consultation (once licensed)
- Case conference and professional development
We put a lot of emphasis on how you’re thinking about your cases, not just what you’re doing in session.
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How the Fellowship Is Structured
Year 1 – Foundations
This year is about becoming a strong, grounded generalist. We focus on:
- Building a solid therapeutic alliance
- Working through resistance, avoidance, and rupture
- Case conceptualization and diagnosis
- Clinical judgment and ethical decision-making
- Developing your identity as a clinician
There’s also an ongoing focus on nervous system awareness, presence, and somatic/mindfulness-based work to lay the groundwork for specialization in anxiety or trauma.
Year 2 – Specialization
You’ll choose a primary focus:
Anxiety Track
- OCD, panic, phobias, health anxiety
- Exposure-based work
- Avoidance patterns and safety behaviors
Trauma Track
- Attachment trauma
- Dissociation and chronic dysregulation
- Somatic and stabilization-focused approaches
We provide financial support for a certification aligned with your track (EMDR, Somatic Experiencing, etc.), and your caseload and supervision are shaped around your focus.
Year 3 (Optional) - Dual Specialization
For fellows who want to go further:
- Dual specialization in anxiety and trauma treatment
- More complex cases
- Opportunities for leadership, mentorship, and advanced training
- Supervisor training
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A Note on Additional Opportunities
- Assessment work: This is not a core part of the fellowship. However, we do have a testing psychologist/neuropsychologist affiliated with our sister practice, and there may be opportunities to get involved on an adjunctive basis if that’s an area of interest.
Intensives & workshops: These are typically introduced later, most often in the second year, and more intentionally if you engage in the optional third year.
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Who This Is a Good Fit For
This tends to be a strong fit for people who:
- Want to go deep in relational psychotherapy, not just learn techniques
- Value strong supervision and actually want feedback
- Are interested in developing expertise and specialization in trauma and/or anxiety work from an integrative lens
- Are ok with structure, and want to be part of a thoughtful training process
- Care about becoming a really solid clinician, not just getting hours
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Requirements
- Completion of doctoral program and internship prior to start
- Licensure as a Psychology Associate in Maryland by the start date (at a minimum)
- Eligible to sit for EPPP exam by start date
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Compensation & Benefits
- Salary: $60,000–$75,000
- Full-time W-2 position
- Benefits included (medical, disability & life insurance, 401(k) with 4% match)
- Paid Time Off
- Supervision and training built in Financial support for advanced certification
Salary
$60,000 - $75,000 per year
Salary : $60,000 - $75,000