Agency Description

About the PSC at Edgewood The PSC provides therapy and assessment training for psychology doctoral trainess at the internship and practicum levels. At our community-based programs, traineess provide outpatient services for children, adolescents, and families. The PSC provides mental health services to more than 300 people per year. The PSC was established in 1983 to enrich the training of students and to also offer psychological services to under-resourced communities. The PSC has taken many forms over the years, including a domestic violence clinic, a community-based outpatient clinic in Oakland, and a school-based program. For the 2024-2025 year, we are thrilled to begin our new partnership with Edgewood Center for Children and Families, a mental-health pillar in the community. About Edgewood Center The Edgewood Center for Children and Families (“Edgewood”) is the place to begin for any child or youth to get the mental health care, social services, and academic support they need from highly trained, welcoming professionals. Through committed staff, many with lived experiences, who strongly believe in the mission, Edgewood offers a full range of services for children, youth, and families in the San Francisco Bay Area. Their vision is that everyone Edgewood serves has the power to live life with understanding, confidence, strength, and joy. Edgewood, established in 1851, was the first children’s non-profit in the western United States. Building on a strong and dynamic foundation of service in the Bay Area, today Edgewood offers over 15 programs in San Francisco and San Mateo counties. On its unique property and across 6 locations, prevention and early intervention, community-based services, intensive programs, including 24-hour crisis stabilization and intervention in two counties and residential care are provided to nearly 5,000 children and youth each year. Edgewood has a new opportunity to expand and bring critical relief to Bay Area children and families. Edgewood is broadening outreach and identifying new growth channels that will increase a wide range of client population and realigning outpatient services to meet the soaring needs of Bay Area children, youth and families who need help now. Edgewood has also re-established a teaching institute for research, advocacy, and educational programs to train the next generation of providers.

Agency Mission

Training Program's Mission Statement: The Psychological Services Center (PSC) is a doctoral psychology training clinic dedicated to providing trauma-informed, psychodynamically-oriented, family-focused services to youths. We are an anti-racist, pro-Black, and LGBTQ+ affirming organization committed to developing future psychologists who can use their clinical skills to dismantle barriers of systemic racism and oppression. We are a community-based program, as we believe all children should have access to high-quality, evidence-informed psychological care. Edgewood's Mission Statement: Edgewood is the place to begin for any child or youth to get the mental health care, social services, and academic support they need from highly trained, welcoming professionals. Through committed staff, many with lived experiences, who strongly believe in the mission, Edgewood offers a full range of services for children, youth, and families in the San Francisco Bay Area. Their vision is that everyone Edgewood serves has the power to live life with understanding, confidence, strength, and joy. Edgewood, established in 1851, was the first children’s non-profit in the western United States. Building on a strong and dynamic foundation of service in the Bay Area, today Edgewood offers over 15 programs in San Francisco and San Mateo counties. On its unique property and across 6 locations, prevention and early intervention, community-based services, intensive programs, including 24-hour crisis stabilization and intervention in two counties and residential care are provided to nearly 5,000 children and youth each year. Edgewood has a new opportunity to expand and bring critical relief to Bay Area children and families. Edgewood is broadening outreach and identifying new growth channels that will increase a wide range of client population and realigning outpatient services to meet the soaring needs of Bay Area children, youth and families who need help now. Edgewood has also re-established a teaching institute for research, advocacy, and educational programs to train the next generation of providers.

Staff (#, Degree, Prof. Lic.)

# of Psychologists: 6

Required days and times

Required Training Day for All: Wednesdays, 8:00-5:00pm Full Time: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday Half Time: at least two days per week

Training and Education Offered

PSC adheres to a Practitioner-Scholar model of internship training. PSC includes two full-time and two half-time positions over an 11-month period. This one-year training program utilizes evidence-based assessment and intervention protocols and provides interns with a broad range of experiences. The internship increases in depth and complexity as the program year progresses, supporting interns to attain the competencies that are foundational to professional development and in working as an independent psychologist. The program is designed to develop professional psychologists who provide the highest quality care, and who are life-long learners capable of engaging in ongoing education, scientific inquiry and scholarly endeavors. LEARNING GOALS FOR TRAINING YEAR PSC is dedicated to the following training goals: 1. To develop proficiency in individual and group psychotherapy. 2. To develop proficiency in crisis intervention and management. 3. To develop proficiency in the application of psychodynamic theory and trauma-informed care. 4. To develop proficiency in the application apply knowledge based on various theoretical orientations and a range of evidence-informed and evidence-based psychological interventions. 5. To develop proficiency to accurately select, administer, score, and interpret multiple psychological assessment tools to synthesize assessment findings into well-integrated reports; to be able to use assessment findings in the diagnosis and treatment of clients; and who have an understanding of collaborative therapeutic approaches to feedback. 6. To develop proficiency in integration of research and theory in clinical practice. 7. To develop proficiency in recognizing the importance of diversity and individual differences, and awareness of the effects of their own cultural and ethnic backgrounds in clinical practice. 8. To develop proficient knowledge and use ethical principles as a guide for professional practice, research, self-evaluation and professional growth. 9. To develop knowledge about one or more models of supervision and consultation and who, in their professional work, are able to make use of and to provide supervision and consultation to different constituencies, e.g., professionals, paraprofessionals, clients. 10. To develop proficiency in effectively leading a team, utilizing organization, guidance, administration, mentorship, and support. 11. To develop an awareness of personal and professional strengths and limitations with a commitment to respect and collaborate with others; an openness to new ideas; and a dedication to life-long learning. Over the course of the year, full-time interns will accrue 1500-2000 hours, while half-time interns will accrue 750-1000 hours.

X-Cultural Training

Responsibilities

Team Lead Responsibilities Individual Therapy Family Therapy Group Therapy Assessment

Prerequisites

Application Procedures