Clinical Supervision & Training

TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES AT PORTLAND MENTAL HEALTH & WELLNESS 

Portland Mental Health and Wellness is a private, group practice that offers externs and postdocs with an interest in working with clients of diverse and intersecting identities an exciting opportunity to deepen their therapy skills. Our clinicians practice from relational and process-oriented models and focus on the whole person in the context in which they live. Staff psychologists practice from gestalt, psychodynamic, and other person-focused and process-oriented frameworks. Supervision utilizes a therapeutic model in an effort to both support and challenge our trainees to attend to both their patients and their own process.

Portland Mental Health & Wellness has three locations in Portland to which clinicians may be assigned: 

• 3050 SE Division St., Ste 215, Portland, OR 97202
• 1785 NE Sandy Blvd, Ste 270, Portland, OR 97232
• 812 SW Washington St., Ste 700, Portland, OR 97205

Portland Mental Health & Wellness is dedicated to building a culturally diverse and pluralistic clinical staff. We are committed to sustaining a multicultural environment and strongly encourage applications from underrepresented or marginalized groups. We are an equal opportunity training site: all qualified applicants will receive consideration for externship and postdoctoral placements without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law, as well as those not protected by law.

EXTERN PLACEMENTS

NOTE: We do not offer training opportunities for current masters program students at this time. If you are looking for LPC/CSWA Intern opportunities, please see application process at the bottom of this page.

Portland Mental Health and Wellness provides advanced clinical placements for doctoral students. This is a primary placement (16 hrs/wk minimum). The placement includes the following:

• Brave space environment to challenge, develop, and grow personally and professionally
• Start Date: August 16, 2021
• Days: Mondays 9 AM – 6 PM and Tuesdays 9 AM – 6 PM at our Sandy Blvd location
• Caseloads: 9 patients/week by mid September
• Weekly individual supervision and group supervision
• Alternating biweekly didactic training and process group

We expect our trainees to have advanced clinical skills, including the ability to demonstrate interest and curiosity with ambiguity and uncertainty and be prepared to explore their own process and clinical judgment. Furthermore, candidates must demonstrate a commitment to working with clients of diverse and intersecting identities.

Applicants must have the following:

• Be currently enrolled in an APA accredited doctoral program
• Have obtained a master’s degrees
• Have at least one year of supervised experience (by a licensed supervisor) in the provision of individual therapy. 

We have filled our extern positions for the 2021-2022 training year. Information about applications for the 2022-2023 training year will be available in January 2022.

PSYCHOLOGIST RESIDENT (POSTDOC)

Portland Mental Health and Wellness offers four full-time psychologist 13-month resident (postdoc) placements each year. Supervision and training is a combination of didactic seminars, peer support, supervision of supervision, group supervision, and individual supervision. Postdocs gain experience in the year-long supervision of a doctoral student extern.

We are now accepting application for the 2022-2023 training year. 

Contact Information

Del Knight, Psy.D.
Training Director
del.knight@portlandmh.com

LPC REGISTERED INTERNS & CSWAS

Pre-licensed LPC Registered Interns and CSWAs follow a different hiring and on-boarding process than doctoral trainees. Interested applicants can learn more about current opportunities here. All applicants being considered will be contacted by our Human Resources Manager.

PMHNP PRECEPTORSHIPS

Those seeking PMHNP Preceptorships follow a different hiring and on-boarding process than other trainees, interested applicants should reach out to our Medical Director, Jake Balinky, PMHNP.