Post-Doctoral Fellowship

Program Overview

Seesaw Psychology Group is a well-being studio and psychology clinic in the San Francisco Bay Area. Seesaw is dedicated to developing early career psychologists and psychotherapists. We provide training, supervision, and mentorship to post-doctoral fellows seeking clinical psychology experience in an outpatient private concierge clinic conducting neuropsychological evaluation, evidence-based therapy, and consultation services with children, adolescents, adults, and families. 

We offer 2 clinic locations: San Francisco and Peninsula. Fellows may choose to focus on evaluation or treatment, or both. We offer a part-time fellowship (20-35 hours) for the duration of 11-23 months. 

At Seesaw, diversity, equity, and inclusion are core values, essential elements of how we engage with each other as colleagues and the clients we serve.

Training Model

We are a close-knit small team. We value personalized professional development and growth mindset. Our clinic team provides neuropsychological evaluation and evidence-based therapy services with clients from culturally diverse backgrounds and presenting issues. Our approach is client-centered, strength-based, and collaborative. 

Clinical Experiences

The fellow will develop their skills in neuropsychological evaluation, case conceptualization and evidence based therapies (i.e., CBT, DBT, ACT), and consultation with parents, providers, and school teams. They may have the opportunity to provide clinical supervision of practicum and master’s students. 

The fellow will carry a caseload of 8-10 treatment sessions per week and 1-2 evaluation clients per month. Presenting concerns include: mild to moderate anxiety, autism spectrum (level 1), ADHD, LD, and emotion regulation challenges. The majority of our treatment sessions are in person. Telehealth sessions are offered if needed. 60% of time is devoted to clinical work. 

Tracks

The fellow may choose to focus on Neuropsychological Evaluation or Treatment/Psychotherapy, or Both.

Supervision and Didactics

Fellows meet with their supervisor for Individual Supervision weekly. In addition, they meet for Group Supervision with fellow therapist or psychologist trainees. Supervision is 2-3 hours per week. 

Didactics are offered once a week for 1 hour. Didactics includes a variety of clinical psychology topics that are relevant for our work, and interest areas (e.g., PANS), or opportunities for teaching. 

The clinic director leads the didactic learning experiences, or guest speakers and seminars (remote learning) are included. The postdoctoral fellow may present on 1 topic per 6 months. In addition, we are committed to supporting fellows with job and interview preparation to confidently pursue their career goals and next position. 

Professional Development

The fellowship experience will prepare early career psychologists to work in private practice, an outpatient private clinic, hospital, or school-based mental health center. Since fellows are working part-time, they have time off-site to study for the EPPP. They have leadership and networking opportunities to meet providers in the SF bay area. 

Eligibility 

Doctoral degree (PhD/PsyD) must be from APA accredited doctoral program in clinical or school psychology. 

One year of clinical or school-based experience working with children and adolescents is required. Applicants are seeking to attain licensure. 

Application Information 

Applications are accepted throughout the year. The start date of the fellowship is in early August. 

Application Materials: Please submit your CV and cover letter. We will request a redacted psychological report and treatment summary. 

Please contact: Sujin Sabrina Gabel, Ph.D. at sabrina@seesaw.co

Fellow Experience 

Our postdoctoral fellows work with clients from culturally diverse backgrounds. Fellows receive specialized training in assessing and/or treating clients with ADHD, autism spectrum, anxiety and mood disorders, learning difficulties, and giftedness. Our clients are highly motivated and present with mild to moderate challenges. We work together as a close-knit team in a collegial atmosphere.

Location and Workspace 

Our clinics are centrally located and our workspace is thoughtfully designed, clean, and modern. The SF bay area is vibrant and innovative. In San Francisco, we encourage taking public transportation, bike-riding, or walking to work. We are nestled in the Hayes Valley neighborhood, an inviting and charming area with greenery, coffee shops, and restaurants nearby. Downtown Burlingame is warm, sunny, and a safe, pretty suburban neighborhood. It is 14 miles from our SF clinic, about 30 minutes by car. There is also good coffee, restaurants, library, and an apple store up the street! 

Our clinics are open 5 days a week (Monday through Friday 10 am to 730 pm). Testing usually takes place morning or mid-day. Therapy sessions take place in the afternoon (after school) and evenings.  While there is some flexibility in work schedules, all team members are expected to be available to work on weekdays adapting to our client needs and schedule.  

Our Clinic Coordinator supports our team and helps with administrative tasks (scheduling, billing) and studio operations (e.g., stocking, plant care, cleaning).