Associate Director for Training

The Associate Director provides leadership and oversight for the Counseling and Psychological Services Center's Clinical Training program and trainees. The levels of trainees include Doctoral Interns serving in the Counseling Center's APA Accredited Doctoral Internship; Post-Doctoral / Post-Master's Residents; and graduate students from Appalachian State's mental health graduate programs (Clinical Psychology Psy.D., Clinical Mental Health Counseling, Master's in Social Work, and Marriage and Family Therapy).

The Associate Director additionally contributes to the mission of the Counseling & Psychological Services Center by participating in all areas of service delivery and training. These duties include short-term individual, group, and couples therapy; clinical supervision and training of doctoral interns as well as practicum students from App State graduate programs; psychological assessment; crisis intervention; consultation; outreach and psychoeducational workshops; liaison/consultant relationships with university partners; and rotating after hours emergency on call responsibilities as back-up to ProtoCall.

Doctorate in Counseling or Clinical Psychology and eligible for licensure as a Licensed Psychologist in North Carolina. The successful candidate will be expected to obtain licensure in North Carolina within 6 months of start date and maintain licensure for the continuation of the appointment.

Licensure as a Licensed Psychologist in North Carolina within 6 months of start date and maintain licensure for the continuation of the appointment.

1. APA Accredited training for both graduate degree and internship.
2. Experience in a university counseling center.
3. Experience as a clinical supervisor.
4. Strong organizational skills.
5. Demonstrated increasing administrative or leadership responsibilities over their professional career.

Candidates should also be committed to a proactive student development perspective involving an active relationship with the campus community; demonstrate cultural awareness in their work; be team-oriented and collaborative with students, colleagues, and university staff; and have broad generalist clinical skills in assessing and intervening with a wide range of disorders, concerns, and degrees of pathology.

The Associate Director for Training serves as part of the Counseling Center's administrative leadership team (with the Director, Associate Director for Clinical Services, and Assistant Director) to provide ongoing strategic direction for the Counseling Center. The position:

In addition to administrative responsibilities, responsibilities include:

Sitting, standing and talking for periods of time.

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