Our psychology training programs at the NYU Langone Military Family Center focus on honing skills in providing individual, couples, family, and child therapy for veterans and their families. NYU Langone Military Family Center provides pro bono, compassionate mental healthcare services. All training programs emphasize providing evidence-based psychotherapies in an individually tailored and culturally competent fashion.

We offer a postdoctoral psychology fellowship and a predoctoral psychology externship. Psychotherapy electives for psychiatry postgraduate year 4 (PGY-4) residents are also available.

NYU Langone Military Family Center Postdoctoral Fellowship

Trainees in the NYU Langone Military Family Center Postdoctoral Fellowship work with veterans and their families using a variety of theoretical approaches to psychotherapy. This one-year, full-time fellowship typically starts in September and ends in August. This fellowship offers an annual stipend of $70,000, with full benefits.

Clinical Training

During clinical training, fellows provide individual and couples psychotherapy to patients. We supervise cases largely through a cognitive–behavioral lens, though opportunities to conceptualize and incorporate psychodynamic perspectives are welcome. Cases are assigned based on your training interests and our center’s needs. As a fellow, you can elect to focus on a variety of common difficulties that our patients present with, including complex trauma, traumatic brain injury, and substance use disorders.

Fellows can also pursue additional specialized training in assessing and treating patients with comorbid substance use disorders and psychological diagnoses, most commonly depressive disorders with or without post-traumatic stress. Fellows have the opportunity to join the dual diagnosis treatment team for specialized meetings and didactics. Fellows also conduct brief intake appointments, a one-time evaluation session allowing the team to make appropriate disposition plans for incoming patients. Additional opportunities include developing a psychotherapy group and involvement in outreach and education throughout the veteran and military community. Candidates may apply hours and supervision toward licensure.

Didactic Training

Weekly didactic seminars are offered within the center training program. Fellows are invited to all dispositional meetings, case presentations, and journal clubs. Trainees can also attend weekly Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds.

Research Opportunities

Postdoctoral fellows are expected to complete a year-long research project of their choosing.

Eligibility Requirements

One to three postdoctoral fellowship positions are available. The fellowship is best suited for an applicant with experience in trauma or working with a veteran population.

We are looking for applicants with the following qualifications:

• a PhD or PsyD in clinical psychology and completion of an American Psychological Association–Accredited Psychology Internship in clinical assessment and psychotherapy
• familiarity with the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition (DSM-5)
• training and practice in trauma-focused, evidence-based psychiatric treatments
• excellent written and oral communication skills
• highly organized, detail oriented, and reliable

Application Process

We are currently accepting applications to our fellowship for the 2025 to 2026 training year. The deadline for applications is December 13, 2024.

To apply to our fellowship, please submit the following materials:

• a cover letter
• a CV
• two letters of reference

Please email these items to A. Gentry Torell, PhD, training director, at Anne.Torell@NYULangone.org.

NYU Langone Military Family Center Predoctoral Psychology Externship

Our year-long externship at the NYU Langone Military Family Center emphasizes provision of psychotherapy to veterans and their families using several theoretical approaches. This training program begins in July and requires a commitment of 2 days (20 hours) per week.

Clinical Training

Externs provide individual and couples psychotherapy to patients. Individual cases will largely be supervised through a cognitive–behavioral lens, though opportunities to conceptualize and incorporate psychodynamic perspectives are welcome. Externs will receive specific training in Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) and Prolonged Exposure (PE), among other evidence-based treatment options. Couples cases are supervised using emotionally focused therapy (EFT), including weekly group supervision by an EFT expert and didactics. You receive a minimum of one hour of individual supervision, one hour of dyad supervision, and one hour of group supervision per week.

We assign cases based on externs’ training interests and the needs of the center. As an extern, you can elect to focus on a variety of difficulties that our patients are experiencing such as complex trauma, traumatic brain injury, and substance use disorders. The caseload is approximately six to eight individual and couples cases.

Additional training opportunities include co-leading psychotherapy groups, completing brief intake appointments, providing psychotherapy to a child or family, and participating in outreach throughout the veteran and military community.

Externs attend weekly case disposition meetings and a required weekly didactic seminar focused on teaching a variety of assessment and treatments, including but not limited to the approaches discussed above.

Didactic Training

Our program offers weekly didactic seminars, plus the opportunity to attend weekly Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds.

Eligibility Requirements

This externship is for advanced graduate students in clinical or counseling psychology doctoral programs. Applicants must have completed two full years of psychotherapy training and supervision by the start of the externship. Students should be entering at least their fourth year of doctoral training at the start of the externship.

Application Process

Four extern positions are available. Interested applicants should submit their application through the NYNJADOT website.

Note that we follow the recommendations set forth by PSYDNYS (Psychology Directors of NYS) and NYNJADOT (New York New Jersey Association of Directors of Training).

Contact Us

If you have additional questions, please contact A. Gentry Torell, PhD, the programs’ training director:

NYU Langone Military Family Center
One Park Avenue
8th Floor
New York, NY 10016

Anne.Torell@NYULangone.org