Clinical Psychology and Behavioral Medicine Fellowship
Geisinger’s Clinical Psychology and Behavioral Medicine Fellowship is tailored to your goals and prepares you to work in any clinical setting on multidisciplinary teams.
About our fellowship
A well trained clinical psychologist has diverse knowledge and the ability to collaborate with clinicians across specialties and subspecialties. Geisinger’s clinical psychology and behavioral medicine fellowships are designed for those who are curious and enjoy learning and expanding their skill set.
Our goal is to help you develop the professional and leadership skills you’ll need to fulfill many roles in an academic medical setting. By the end of our program, you’ll be ready to hit the ground running in your first professional position. Your training will include direct clinical care, representation of behavioral medicine on a multispecialty team, participation in interdisciplinary meetings and leadership of efforts in clinical research or program development.
This is a pivotal training year. So, all fellows participate in professional development seminars, didactics and case conferences. Fellows receive at least 2 hours of individual supervision each week.
To see rotation offerings, contact program leadership or refer to listings on the Universal Psychology Post Doctoral Directory. Applications are typically accepted late fall for the following academic year.
Diversity
Our leaders and faculty are committed to creating and maintaining an environment that is inclusive, respectful of and sensitive to individual and cultural differences. This is true not only for our patients, but also our colleagues, staff and learners. The continuous development of cultural competence is a major part of the learning process for you and our faculty alike and is a thread that runs throughout didactic seminars, supervision, clinical practice and the way we interact with each other daily. We expect everyone to engage in healthy and productive conversations around all forms of diversity, which include but are not limited to race, gender, ethnic background, cultural beliefs, religion, sexual orientation, age, social and economic status, size and physical and mental ability.
Speak with your supervisor or the training director with any concerns about diversity and inclusion that occur during your time here. We take these concerns seriously and try to provide a safe and inclusive environment for all trainees. In addition, we have identified faculty of color and faculty who identify with the LGBTQ community within and outside the psychology internship who are willing to serve as mentors to discuss the intersection of professional development and diversity.
We are proud to announce that 7 Geisinger hospitals earned designations in the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2019 LGBTQ Healthcare Equality Index. Two locations, including Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, Pa., received the “Leader” designation, the highest possible, with five others receiving “Top Performer” honors.
Our program works closely with Diversity & Inclusion to be sure we are following best practices in the teaching and practice of culturally competent care. Visit Diversity & Inclusion’s webpage for more information about Geisinger’s commitment to supporting diverse patients, members and learners.
About Geisinger
Geisinger serves more than 1 million people in central and northeastern Pennsylvania. We’ve been nationally recognized for innovative practices in quality, delivery models such as ProvenCare® and the use of an award-winning electronic medical record, Epic®. Our physician-led system has about 24,000 employees, including more than 1,600 physicians, 10 hospital campuses, 2 research centers and a health plan with more than half a million members, all of which boost our hometown economies by $7.1 billion annually.
Location
Danville, Pa., is a unique and wonderful place to train. Opportunities for outdoor recreation are endless, the cost of living is low and traffic is almost nonexistent. In addition, we’re close enough to Philadelphia, New York City and Washington, D.C., to make weekend getaways easy.
Salary, benefits and employment information
You’ll be part of a community of learners led by faculty mentors who provide the highest-caliber training and treat you as a valued colleague. We’ll make sure you leave our program prepared to take the next step on your career path.
Program leadership
- Adult Psychology Fellowship Coordinator and Associate, Adult Primary Care Behavioral Health
- Pediatric Psychology Fellowship Coordinator and Associate, Pediatric Primary Care Behavioral Health
Program overview
Didactic seminars and professional development
At the beginning of your training year, you’ll attend an orientation dedicated to onboarding and professional development. Once you’re onboarded, you’ll attend monthly seminars about professional topics that will prepare you for your first professional position as a licensed psychologist in an academic health system. These seminars will cover a variety of health psychology topics, including (but not limited to):
- Preparation for the EPPP
- Vita preparation
- Interviewing skills
- Salary negotiation
- Board certification (ABPP)
- Suicide risk assessment and safety planning
- Brief behavioral interventions
- CBT for insomnia
- Diversity/internal bias training
- Health behavior change
- Migraines
- TBI and neurologic conditions
- LGBTQ issues
Our fellows and supervisors present and discuss challenging health-focused cases in a supervised group each month.
Fellowship tracks
Contact fellowship leadership about track offerings.