Pediatric Psychology Postdoctoral Residency
The Pediatric Psychology program at Phoenix Children’s is pleased to announce a one-year postdoctoral fellowship/residency in pediatric psychology for the 2025-2026 academic year.
This fellowship offers the unique opportunity to hone skills necessary to be successful in the role as a pediatric psychologist. Phoenix Children’s Postdoctoral Training program is designed to create a natural progression from internship to the professional skills necessary for independent functioning as a licensed psychologist. The emphasis of the ’25-’26 postdoctoral experience will focus on multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary care within the multispecialty Pediatric Pain Management Program at Phoenix Children’s.
Prerequisites:
- Background in pediatric psychology with a specific interest in providing care to patients with pain issues, complex medical conditions, or requiring rehabilitation, palliative care, or other subspecialty care.
- PhD or PsyD in Clinical or Counseling Psychology with a focus on clinical child and adolescent or pediatric/health psychology from an APA-approved doctoral program.
- APA-accredited internship in pediatric psychology completed.
- Graduate and internship training completed prior to the start date.
How To apply:
Required materials
- Cover letter describing clinical and training interests and professional goals.
- In your personal statement, we encourage you to:
- Share how the statement above resonate with your experience.
- Detail the role you see our residency/fellowship having in the development of your career.
- Current CV.
- Copy of graduate school transcript.
- Expected degree conferral date. Please note, training hours during postdoctoral residency/fellowship will not start to accrue towards minimum hour requirement until after degree is conferred.
- Verification from your Director of Clinical Training that you are on track for completing the program prior to August.
- Three letters of recommendation.
Contact Information:
Send application materials to:
Dr. Arnold at tarnold1@phoenixchildrens.com
Director of the Arizona Psychology Training Consortium (AzPTC),
Dr. Elizabeth Capps-Conkle at drcappsconkle@gmail.com
