August 21, 2008 - August 20, 2009 Professional Staff
Donelda A. Cook, Ph.D.
Director and Assistant Vice President for Student Development
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale Pamela Griffin-Smith, Psy.D.
Associate Director for Clinical Services
George Mason University Kimberly M. Ewing, Ph.D.
Associate Director for Training
The Ohio State University Jason Parcover, Ph.D.
Associate Director for Research, Technology, and Outreach
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
Chanda Corbett, Ph.D.
Assistant Director for Preventive Programs
Temple University Bridget Rivera, Psy.D.
Assistant Director for Extern Training
California School of Professional Psychology, San Diego Thomas J. Fillion, Ph.D.
Senior Psychologist; Professional Development Coordinator
Johns Hopkins University Martha Haile, M.D.
Consulting Psychiatrist
University of California at Los Angeles, School of Medicine Administrative Support Staff
Kathy Lynch
Office Manager
Linda Kraft
Office Assistant/Receptionist The Counseling Center is accredited by the International Association of Counseling Services, Inc. Loyola College is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Loyola College in Maryland Loyola College in Maryland is a small, Jesuit Catholic university founded in 1852. It was the first American Jesuit college to bear the name of St. Ignatius of Loyola, founder of The Jesuits. The College is dedicated to the ideals of academic excellence, liberal arts and education. A liberal education in the Jesuit tradition seeks, ultimately, to educate men and women of compassion and competence, imbued with the desire to search “A.M.D.G.--Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam, or For the Greater Glory of God” in all things. As a result, Loyola College provides its community with opportunities for developing an examined life of intellectual, social, and spiritual discernment, continuous learning, and service. Loyola College was founded in the Jesuit philosophy of "Cura Personalis" or "Care for the whole person." All aspects of human development are addressed by Loyola's many facets. A student will engage the sciences, the businesses, the arts and the humanities in the classroom. In addition, through a host of recreational activities, community service activities, and campus leadership opportunities students are supported in personal and interpersonal development. A Loyola graduate comes away as a human being developed in all areas of life. This is the philosophy of Cura Personalis in action.
Loyola College in Maryland merged with Mt. Saint Agnes College, which was operated by the Sisters of Mercy, in 1971 to become coeducational. As a result, the College also derives much of its tradition from the Sisters of Mercy. Their philosophy and values have inspired the tradition of becoming "Men and Women for Others." This philosophy involves reaching out with care and concern to each other and to the community at large. Together these long-standing traditions are meant to challenge all Loyola students to lead and serve in a diverse and changing world. The College is located in Baltimore City. It is nestled between several long-standing Baltimore neighborhoods, with which it has solid working relationships. Loyola is also situated near several well-established hospitals and universities, which creates an inviting environment with access to a great variety of resources. Baltimore boasts a wonderful array of neighborhood and ethnic restaurants, museums, cultural activities, sporting events and residential communities. While continuing to grow due to people moving in from other cities and regions, Baltimore maintains a steady foundation of residents whose families have lived here for several generations. This combination makes Baltimore a nice blend of urban variety and community identity.
The Counseling Center The Loyola College Counseling Center is located organizationally within the Division of Student Development. As such, our goal is to assist in the psychological growth and development of Loyola students. We offer a wide range of services including initial assessment interviews, short-term psychotherapy, group psychotherapy, crisis intervention and emergency services, referrals, and outreach programs. Our staff consists of licensed clinical and counseling psychologists, a psychiatrist, and a two-person administrative support staff. All members of the staff have an integral role in our service and training programs. The Counseling Center embodies the values of Loyola College in working with students, faculty, staff, and administrators, as well as within the Center itself. Our Counseling Center’s commitment to collegial support and collaboration fosters a cohesive working relationship amongst the staff. This dynamic of collaboration and support is also demonstrated in our administrative structure, policy making, goal setting and day-to-day functioning. Our staff is committed to a continual learning journey; and this has allowed us engage in varied professional development opportunities. In addition to continuing education to maintain our professional licensure, we devote time for in-house training and development through invited speakers, culturally-aware case conference meetings, and monthly social justice and cultural discussion seminars. We are dedicated to inclusivity – in our staff relations, work with students, and campus collaborations and consultations. Our Center endeavors to be a positive force on campus as students, staff, and faculty explore their own identities and beliefs about diversity. We believe this can be accomplished by fostering an open and trusting environment in which all can feel free to explore and discuss our attitudes, beliefs, values and behaviors with mutual respect. The Counseling Center staff is very well integrated into the mission and activities of the entire College, serving the campus in a variety of roles. Our campus-wide outreach activities, student leader training, therapy group offerings, and regular inter-office collaboration and consultation characterize the Counseling Center’s and the College’s shared mission of fostering community spirit. Loyola’s values and size go hand in hand towards creating a unique and powerful spirit of cooperation between offices, both within and outside of our Student Development Division.
POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM This Fellowship provides recent graduates of counseling/clinical psychology doctoral programs with superior training and supervision to become professional, ethically aware psychologists. The training program is designed to enhance existing clinical assessment and therapeutic skills needed to address the mental health and developmental issues of the contemporary college student.
Administrative Apprenticeship
Consistent with our developmental and mentoring training philosophies, Fellows will be recognized as developing professionals and colleagues looking to deepen and focus their skills. As such, Fellows will be given the opportunity to choose an area of specialization among the administrative areas of the Counseling Center. These four areas are: Clinical Services, Outreach, Research, and Training. Fellows will then serve as an apprentice to a senior staff person for concentrated learning in the administrative responsibilities of the chosen area. Fellows will therefore complete the year with both enhanced skills in providing college counseling center services, but also be more knowledgeable about managing at least one major administrative area of college counseling centers. Clinical Service and Consultation
Fellows will spend most of their time providing individual and group counseling and psychotherapy to students with a wide range of psycho-social and emotional issues. Fellows will provide three hours of initial assessment appointments. This assessment process will provide the Fellows with specialized skills of clarifying the presenting problems, evaluating the appropriateness of treatment within a college counseling center setting, and referring to other campus services and/or to the off-campus community. Each professional staff member is responsible for specific clinical emergency coverage. Fellows will provide daytime and after hours emergency coverage under supervision. Fellows will also engage in consultation with off campus sites, as well as with students, faculty, staff, and parents. The Counseling Center also provides group counseling. Groups may be general psychotherapy, theme-oriented, or structured. Groups are held at the Center and at other locations on campus, depending upon type of group and space needs. Fellows will be expected to serve as co-facilitators in the groups already being offered, or work with staff to develop additional groups in accordance with their individual interests and skills, and Center needs.
Outreach Programming
Consultation and educational programming activities are an integral component of the Counseling Center's developmental and educational mission at Loyola. Primary prevention, educational, and training programs are offered to the Loyola community, including various student groups, Student Life staff, Campus Police and other administrators. The Counseling Center staff and trainees develop, implement and evaluate outreach activities aimed at personal growth, teaching important skills and fostering a sense of community amongst the participants. Examples of such endeavors include: facilitating first year student orientation groups; self-care workshops such as relaxation and stress reduction; and participation in campus retreats. Active liaison relationships exist between the Counseling Center, Student Life, Campus Ministry, the Center for Community Service and Justice, Alcohol and Drug Education and Support Services, Health Services, Leadership and New Student Programs, The Career Center, Student Activities, International Programs, Sophomore Initiatives, Athletics, and Recreational Sports as well as other administrative departments. Fellows are actively involved in providing outreach programming. Fellows will be given a chance to observe professional staff doing outreach, then co-facilitate and do solo outreach programs. Fellows will participate in campus-wide activities, and do training and program development with Counseling Center and campus-wide peer educators.
Preventive Services
Preventive Services is a developing specialization within the Outreach area of the Counseling Center and a focus of the Center’s mission. Resources are being developed to provide at the primary, secondary, and tertiary levels of prevention to students, parents, faculty, and staff that raise awareness about the signs and symptoms of mental illness, risk factors for suicide, and mental health services available at Loyola College and in the local community. Our preventive services efforts concentrate on creatively increasing mental health promotion and suicide prevention utilizing contemporary modes of reaching students and the Counseling Center’s Peer Educators who are undergraduates supervised to provide preventive programs to their peers. Fellows will engage with Center staff in the development of programs and resources for students, parents, faculty, and staff. Externship Program Support
Our Center has an Externship Program for which we recruit two graduate students each year from local masters and doctoral psychology programs. Externs begin their training at the start of the Fall semester and complete their training at the end of the Spring semester. Fellows will provide various kinds of support to our Externship Program. Supervision
Fellows will provide individual clinical supervision to one Extern per semester. Each Extern is also supervised by a senior staff member for their entire year. Fellows are responsible for supervising half the Extern’s caseload, while the senior staff member supervises the other half. Extern Case Conference
Fellows will facilitate at least one semester of weekly Extern Case Conference. This involves facilitating discussion of sessions, client progress, and counseling technique and process. There is also a didactic component to the conferences where relevant clinical topics will be presented for the Externs' professional development.
Training
Externs engage in a variety of activities that enhance their training and provide them with valuable clinical hours. Among these are: live observation of initial assessment interviews, possible participating in or conducting of initial assessment interviews, and process observation, or co-facilitation of, group work. Fellows will be engaged in training, guidance, and supervision of Externs as part of their general responsibilities.
Professional Training and Development
Supervision of individual caseload
Each Fellow will receive one hour of weekly, individual supervision by Maryland licensed psychologists. Each Fellow will examine their goals for training and experience for the year. Supervision will be designed to support and enhance the Fellow’s progress throughout that year. Supervision will cover the Fellow's individual cases, intake assessments, emergency duty, outreach activity and professional development. Supervision of other activities
Fellows who co-facilitate groups will be supervised in weekly one-hour supervision by the senior staff person who serves as the co-facilitator. This supervision will be designed to discuss the group's process, to integrate group theory with practical experience and to help Fellows examine and improve their group facilitation skills. Fellows who co-facilitate a group with an extern would have this group work supervised by a senior staff person. Seminars
Postdoctoral Fellows will participate in two year-long seminars facilitated by senior staff members. The first is the Advanced Clinical Seminar. This one-hour seminar meets on an every other week schedule to explore in-depth and complex clinical cases and diagnoses. It provides Fellows with broader exposure to clinical work than we may see working in a brief psychotherapy setting. The second is the Identity Exploration Seminar. This one and a half hour, weekly seminar joins Fellows with our Externs to engage in discussion and exploration of how awareness about, understanding of, and comfort with our identity impacts us personally and professionally. We explore world view, power and oppression, and the identity dimensions of gender, race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, spirituality/religion, and their natural intersections.
Culturally-Aware Case Conference Meetings
Fellows and senior staff will participate in a weekly, one hour case conference meeting. Case conferences provide time for senior staff and Fellows to present individual and group client cases or clinical topics for discussion. As part of our on-going commitment to acknowledging the influence of cultural dimensions in our lives and in our clinical work, each presentation will include a discussion of identity as it might impact the client’s issues and/or our work with the client.
Professional Development Meetings
Fellows and senior staff will participate in professional development meetings. These meetings will consist of two types. Once a month, senior staff and Fellows will participate in two-hour Cultural Discussions. Each participant selects one meeting to present and facilitate a staff exploration of some personally relevant topic of identity and culture. Secondly, senior clinicians from the Baltimore community and beyond are periodically invited to present workshops or lectures on clinically relevant topics of expertise. These meetings might be one hour or a full day, depending on the topic and needs of the staff.
Administration Staff Meetings
Fellows will be expected to attend weekly, one hour staff meetings. These meetings consist of disposition of cases, information about important campus-wide issues, outreach scheduling, emergency consultations, clinical group status, and general Counseling Center business. Clinical Team Meetings
Each Fellow will join on of the two Clinical Teams that meet for one hour weekly, prior to Staff Meetings. Our staff psychologists are divided into the two Teams that remain consistent throughout the year, and are joined alternately by the staff psychiatrist, when the schedule permits. Teams review all new clients, emergencies, and clinical consultations seen during the previous week, and make recommendations about how to proceed. Teams are also available for case consultation with on-going clients or clinical situations that are requiring more management to reach resolution. Case Management
Fellows will be expected to set aside adequate time to do case notes, intake summaries, termination summaries, watch videotapes and prepare for supervision. Fellows will consult with their clinical supervisors about the minimal amount of time needed to do this; it is suggested that about five hours (1 hour per day) be set aside for such tasks. Research
A significant percentage of counseling center psychologists are asked to conduct research related to process, outcome, or accountability during their career. As a result, Fellows would be invited to participate in new and/or on-going research projects relevant to the Counseling Center’s work and mission. Fellows will have access to office and campus computers, as well as the College's library and research support services.
Benefits
The Fellowship program is a 12-month, full-time position, with a salary of $39,253. The position is classified as an Administrator within the Loyola College system. Therefore, Fellows receive the various benefits that are provided to Administrators at the College, limited only by the one-year time frame. We invite you to review this information on the Human Resources website at http://www.loyola.edu/HR. The College provides all employees with about 14 paid holidays per year. Time for off-campus professional development opportunities and job interviewing is available as part of the provided paid vacation day allowance. Fellows get an allowance from the Counseling Center budget to support them in attending off-campus professional development conferences. Fellows are also eligible to enroll in the College’s professional full-time employee health and dental insurance plans.
Eligibility
Applicants must have successfully completed a pre-doctoral internship at a college counseling center, as well as all requirements for a doctorate in clinical/counseling psychology from an APA-approved academic program. Preferred qualifications -- completion of doctoral degree by start date.
Application Procedure
We have completed recruitment for the 2008-2009 Postdoctoral Fellowship Program positions. We sincerely thank you for your interest. Application procedures for the 2009-2010 Postdoctoral Fellowship Program positions will be posted here by December 1, 2008. Please visit the Loyola College website at www.loyola.edu and our Counseling Center website www.loyola.edu/counselingcenter for more information about our institution and our Center. |
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