Education Postgraduate Fellowships Madigan Fellowship
Madigan FellowshipThe Madigan Family Postdoctoral Fellowship provides funding for a fellow to pursue research and receive clinical training at The Family Institute at Northwestern University. The fellowship is jointly sponsored by the School of Education and Social Policy of Northwestern University and The Family Institute at Northwestern University. The Family Institute's research program, which is closely linked to the Psychology department, conducts research on couples and family dynamics, mental disorders, and psychotherapeutic change. The Family Institute provides approximately 60,000 therapy sessions to more than 6,000 individuals, couples and families per year, which makes it an ideal context for conducting clinical research.
Under the tutelage of William Pinsof, PhD, the Postdoc's research activities will be devoted to the Psychotherapy Change Project. The goal of this project is to develop an empirically grounded theory of how families, couples, and individuals change that can guide and improve our interventions. The research training focuses on using and analyzing data from two new instruments: the Systemic Therapy Inventory of Change-STIC® and the Integrative Therapy Session Report-ITSR. The STIC® tracks client change and the ITSR tracks therapist behavior (ITSR) over the course of therapy. A STIC® feedback website has already been developed and provides therapists and supervisors with patient change feedback during therapy. The Postdoc will work very closely with William Pinsof, PhD and other members of the Psychotherapy Change Project. There are tremendous opportunities for growth and leadership on the project. For more information about the project please see the following citations (Pinsof et al., 2009; Pinsof & Chambers, 2009; Pinsof, Zinbarg, & Knobloch-Fedders, 2008). The Fellowship also provides some protected time to develop individual research interests. This Fellowship aims to train scientist-practitioners who will become clinical and scientific thought leaders.
The clinical training focuses on receiving intensive supervision in the practice of Integrative Psychotherapy (Breunlin, Schwartz and MacKune-Karrer, 1992; Pinsof, 1995) with individuals, couples and families. Upon completion of the fellowship, fellows should have the supervised clinical hours required to become licensed in the state of Illinois.
Preferred applicants will have completed a PhD in clinical psychology, as well as an APA approved internship. Candidates with a Ph.D. in Marriage and Family Therapy will also be considered. The applicant should have strong interests in psychotherapy research, family systems theory and therapy, and statistical procedures for analyzing change.
Benefits include: a $33,000 stipend, access to Northwestern University Libraries and Northwestern University Wildcard benefits, paid holidays, 4 weeks of vacation, memberships to professional organizations, attendance to professional conferences, health insurance and paid professional liability insurance. The fellowship position offers teaching opportunities, mentorship, and career development.
The Fellowship is based at The Family Institute on Northwestern University's Evanston, Illinois campus.
Applicants interested in a pure clinical experience are encouraged to check out General Clinical Fellowships for more information.
How to Apply
The Family Institute actively seeks applicants from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups so that our body of students, fellows, faculty and staff will more closely reflect the diversity of American society. Furthermore, The Institute is committed to broad inclusiveness and affording equal opportunity to all without regard to age, gender, race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, socioeconomic background, sexual orientation or physical ability. |
