Join Our Team

The Goode Practice is proud to provide training experiences for doctoral students in psychology who wish to enhance their competence and share our passion for providing culturally responsive care to BIPOC and LGBTQ+ clients.

Testing

We offer a competitive compensation for doctoral students interested in administering and scoring psychological assessments for comprehensive evaluations. Testing externs will receive supervision and oversight from postdoctoral fellows and a licensed psychologist.

Therapy

We offer a therapy externship for advanced doctoral students in clinical and counseling psychology to provide psychotherapy to adult clients. Therapy sessions will be recorded, providing externs the opportunity to receive focused supervision to improve their clinical skill and better understand interpersonal dynamics in the therapeutic relationship. Externs will also enhance their skills by continually monitoring treatment outcomes and progress through formal and informal assessment measures to ensure they are providing clients with the highest quality of care.

Potential externs should:

• Have appreciation for and experience with the unique needs of marginalized clients of color

• Be interested in expanding social justice and decolonization practices into case conceptualization skills

• Be intellectually curious, open, and committed to learning about the nuances of work in private practice

• Be committed to discussing issues of identity, privilege, and oppression in the context of their work with clients and in supervision

• Demonstrate ability to work both independently and under supervision

To Apply

Please submit the following for consideration to hello@easttowson.com:

• Statement of interest (no more than 500 words) explaining your interest in this opportunity and how it relates to your professional goals

• Detailed curriculum vita/resume, including a summary of previous clinical experience

• Academic transcript of graduate work (unofficial is acceptable)

• Sample of your clinical work (e.g., case summary and conceptualization, integrated report)

• Two letters of recommendation, including one from a current supervisor

The Goode Practice is always looking for new therapists who share our passion for providing culturally responsive care to BIPOC and LGBTQ+ clients.

We will accept applications for the 2023-2024 fellowship until January 31, 2024.

Opportunity:

This is a paid training opportunity for recent graduates from a doctoral program in clinical or counseling psychology. The one-year fellowship is a 40-hour per week experience. The overlapping foci of the fellowship are:

• acquiring the requisite post-degree hours for licensure as a psychologist;

• enhancing competencies in working with the unique psychological issues faced by Black, Indigenous and People of Color, sexual minorities, and trans/gender expansive people within a North American context;

• developing the requisite skills for a successful private practice career by the end of the fellowship.

Goals:

• Integrating best practices into contemporary private practice work

• Incorporating regular assessment into treatment

• Increasing facility with working with LGBTQIA clients

• Expanding facility with working with clients of color

• Exposure to contemporary and foundational literature in relational psychodynamic psychotherapy

Commitment:

On average, fellows will spend 65% of their time engaged in direct clinical service with individuals, couples, and groups. The remaining time will be spent in supervision, professional development activities, and completing clinical administrative duties. Fellows will work at least one morning (8am or 9am), at least three evenings (until 8pm or 9pm), and a portion of one weekend day (i.e., Saturday or Sunday). Telehealth sessions enhance the ability for fellows and residents to design a flexible schedule that meets their needs.

Training:

Fellows will receive up to two hours of supervision weekly plus an additional two hours of training experiences to include group supervision, professional development workshops, selected readings in psychodynamic psychotherapy, case conference, and/or supervision of supervision.

Fellows/Residents should possess:

• A successfully completed APA-accredited or APPIC-approved predoctoral internship by start date

• Appreciation for and experience with the unique needs of marginalized clients of color

• Understanding of and interest in relational or interpersonal psychodynamic therapies and practice

• Interest in expanding social justice and decolonization practices into case conceptualization skills

• Intellectual curiosity, openness, and commitment to learning about the nuances of work in private practice

• Commitment to discussing issues of identity, privilege, and oppression in the context of their work with clients and in supervision

• Ability to work both independently and under supervision

Compensation:

Fellows will receive approximately $60,000 and will accrue up 20 days of paid leave annually.

To Apply:

Please submit the following for consideration to becky@thegoodepractice.com:

• Statement of interest (no more than 500 words) explaining your interest in this opportunity and how it relates to your professional goals

• Detailed curriculum vita/resume, including a summary of previous clinical experience

• Academic transcript of graduate work (unofficial is acceptable)

• Sample of your clinical work (e.g., case summary and conceptualization, integrated report)

• Sample of academic work, if available (e.g., peer-reviewed article, book chapter, etc.)

• Three letters of recommendation, including one from a current supervisor

The Goode Practice is the premier private practice serving BIPOC and LGBTQ+ clients in the Baltimore region, providing clinically and culturally competent care. We’re looking for special clinicians to help us expand and serve more clients. We want to work with other therapists who are committed to social justice, empowerment, advocacy, as well as clinical excellence. Our therapists provide individual, group, and couple psychotherapy to a diverse group of clients ranging in age from adolescence to older adulthood. We’re looking for clinicians who are open to sharing their knowledge with the next generation of therapists. And we’re looking for therapists who are unabashed in their commitment to making the world a better place.

We offer a competitive compensation package, including company-paid life insurance, disability insurance, retirement contribution matching, funding for continuing education, and 20 days of paid leave per year.

We’re committed to working with the most passionate and talented therapists who are interested in making a difference. If you’re a licensed mental health therapist in Maryland (counselor, marriage and family therapist, psychologist, social worker) and this sounds like you, please send a cover letter and current resume to hello@easttowson.com.