Postdoctoral Fellowship - Couples Counseling Track

2025-2026

Job Description

Old Town Psychology is offering a salaried full-time 12 month postdoctoral fellowship focused on couples counseling. The position offers the opportunity to work in a highly collaborative and growing group practice. In addition to providing couples counseling, you will engage in a variety of clinical activities, including individual therapy, psychological assessments, case consultations, didactics, and supervision.

Our fellows are supervised by clinical psychologists with expertise in couples counseling and will receive specialized training in evidence-based couples counseling approaches, including the Gottman Method and Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy.

The ideal candidate is someone who values being part of an innovative and highly collaborative team. The fellow is expected to be an excellent therapist, able to build empathic, healthy relationships with clients. The position may lead to a full-time position as a staff member.

Opportunity Details

• Provide high quality, evidence-based therapy to couples and individual clients. Previous experience working with couples is preferred, but not required. All clients will be provided by the practice.

• Work with a collaborative team of psychologists, postdocs, and externs.

• Receive close mentorship and supervision from clinical psychologists who specialize in couples counseling.

• Receive rigorous training that includes weekly didactics, group supervision, individual supervision, and case presentations.

• Receive specialized training in evidence-based couples counseling approaches, including the Gottman Method and Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy.

• Opportunity to work with diverse clients across the lifespan.

• Opportunity to learn and conduct psychological and cognitive assessments for ADHD, learning disorders, and psycho-educational purposes. Previous assessment experience is preferred, but not required.

• Opportunity to participate in practice research activities, write articles, blogs, and other publications.

Requirements

• Ph.D or Psy.D in Clinical Psychology or Counseling Psychology from an APA-accredited Program.

• Completion of a Pre-Doctoral Internship at an APA-accredited internship site. 

• Desire to be part of an innovative, collaborative team

• Exceptional interpersonal skills.

• Ability to build accepting, genuine, and empathic therapeutic relationships.

Benefits

• Competitive salary

• Employer-sponsored Carefirst health, dental, and vision insurance with 100% of premiums paid by the practice

• 401k with 3% practice sponsored contribution

• Paid professional liability insurance

• Administrative and scheduling support

• Beautiful office space in the heart of Old Town Alexandria

• Metro accessible - 8 minute walk from the King Street metro station

• Two weeks of paid vacation time

• Regular didactics and other opportunities for professional development

To Apply:

• Applications due December 13, 2024

• Submit a cover letter, CV, and contact information for three references to Dr. Kathryn Ziemer at drziemer@oldtownpsychology.com. One reference must be from a recent supervisor and one reference must be from your dissertation chair.

• In your cover letter, please indicate which track you’re applying for.

• Applicants can also apply through the APPA CAS system.

About Old Town Psychology

We are a unique psychology practice that combines a passion for clinical work, research, assessment, training, and community outreach. We believe our clinical work makes us better researchers and trainers, and our work in these other roles makes us better therapists.

We believe in creating new and innovative ways to improve people's mental health. We do this by conducting meaningful research, applying the findings to our clinical work, disseminating the findings so that the community can benefit, providing training to the next generation of psychologists, and creating a welcoming environment where healing can happen for all types of clients, every time they interact with Old Town Psychology.  

Variety of Work: We believe that having a variety of roles makes us better clinicians by enriching our lives and the lives of our clients. Our practice supports our therapists in engaging in clinical work, research, assessment, training, and community outreach in a way that pushes the field of psychology forward and allows us to provide better care.

Collaborative and Inclusive Environment: We welcome people of all ages, races, ethnicities, cultures, national origins, sexual orientations, genders, sexes, religions, and abilities. We provide a warm, supportive environment where relationships are valued and ideas are encouraged. Research, training, and outreach is team-based and our clinical work is supported through regular case consultations.

Meaningful Clinical Work: We work with clients of all ages and often develop rewarding long- term therapeutic relationships. Our clients tend to be motivated and psychologically-minded.

Research: At Old Town Psychology, we believe our research is critical to providing good clinical care and moving the field of psychology forward. Our research is clinically based and we disseminate the results so that everyone can benefit.