AVIVA PSYCHOLOGY SERVICES

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Careers

At Aviva Psychology Services, we’re always looking for talented, driven, and curious people to join our team. We’re anything but average, and that goes for our hiring process as well.

Come join us and help build a vibrant organization where we’re all proud to belong.

Keep clicking to explore and meet our team of dynamic, passionate psychologists.

About us

Our mission at Aviva is to transform adversity into growth, and values into action to promote greater vitality, life satisfaction, and well-being for all.

We are dedicated to the provision of high-quality psychological services, a work environment that prioritizes inclusivity, flexibility, and growth, and a team that feels supported, valued, and connected.

Perks + benefits

Our goal is to create a vibrant work environment where staff want to grow and stay over time. We value our team’s well-being and we offer a comprehensive benefit package to support them.

Together, we're co-creating an inspiring and growthful work environment.
Our culture
We support and empower both our clients and staff to be the creators of more fulfilling, productive, and healthy lives.
work-life balance
We offer a flexible work schedule and self-determined vacation time to ensure everyone has meaningful work-life balance.
Stay inspired
No matter where you are in your career, there’s more to learn. We offer in-house trainings and a significant stipend toward your clinical development.
Client–centered practice
We have a comprehensive business infrastructure to take care of the back-end, which allows you to focus on client care. As a well-established practice within our communities, we have a steady stream of referrals to be able to match you with clients who fit your clinical interests and expertise.
We've got you covered
We value our team’s well-being. We have a generous payment structure and comprehensive benefit package to support you.
We value our people
Everyone matters here.  Every employee plays a critical role in our success and our staff are our greatest asset.  If you’re a fit with our respectful, get-things-done culture, you’ll become an integral part of a growing organization with huge growth potential.  

job-openings

Postdoctoral Fellow in Clinical Psychology

Boston & Northampton, MA

Aviva Psychology Services is a compassionate and collaborative team of licensed psychologists supporting adults of all identities and backgrounds to achieve greater emotional freedom, security, and fulfillment in their lives, work, and relationships. We proudly serve clients throughout all of Massachusetts with convenient locations in Boston and Northampton, and we offer both in-person and teletherapy services. We utilize a variety of empirically supported and identity affirming treatments to transform adversity into growth and values into action to promote greater vitality, life-satisfaction, and well-being for all. 

The postdoctoral fellowship focuses on training clinical psychologists to treat a variety of presenting concerns using evidence-based, culturally informed interventions. Fellows will develop particular expertise in long-term, relationally oriented individual therapy and may have the opportunity to observe and/or provide group therapy, pending availability. Fellows will receive broad and in-depth training in a variety of theoretical orientations including CBT, DBT, ACT, Relational Cultural Therapy, psychodynamic therapy, and internal family systems (IFS). Fellows will also participate in meaningful didactic seminars, clinical supervision, and group consultation meetings with our dynamic, supportive, and diverse team. Ideal candidates will have a strong interest in a staff position following the successful completion of a one year postdoctoral fellowship.

TRAINING COMPONENTS

Supervision 

  • 2 hours of individual supervision weekly with two separate licensed staff psychologists at Aviva. 
  • 1 hour of group supervision weekly with the Director of Training. 

Didactics 

  • Weekly clinical consultation meeting with small groups of staff psychologists. 
  • Weekly seminars run by staff psychologists. Seminar topics include case conceptualization, evidence-based treatments (e.g., CBT, ACT, RCT), ethics, multicultural competency, and clinical documentation as well as specialty topics, such as internal family systems (IFS), health psychology, working with dialectics, somatic approaches, racial trauma, identity affirming care,  maternal mental health, attachment, parent management training, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and more. 
Our Offer
About you
Responsibilities

Fellows are expected to work 40 hours per week including clinical, supervision, and paperwork demands, with a caseload averaging between 23-25 completed patient contact hours per week by month 3 of the fellowship. Fellows work between the hours of 9am - 5pm Monday through Friday with no evening or weekend hours. 

BENEFITS

  • The fellowship dates are September 3, 2024 - August 14, 2025
  • Salary: $58,000
  • No evening hours after 5pm, weekend hours, or on-call hours
  • Opportunity to work remotely via telehealth and/or hybrid in-person schedule
  • BCBS Health insurance with company funded HSA
  • Dental Insurance
  • Simple IRA retirement plan with employer contribution
  • 4 weeks of paid time off

Requirements

PREREQUISITES

  • A doctoral degree in psychology from an APA Accredited program in Clinical or Counseling Psychology
  • Completion of Internship or Advanced Practicum of 1600 hours towards MA licensure

APPLICATION MATERIALS

  • Curriculum Vitae
  • Letter of Interest
  • Three letters of reference

Applications preferred by December 15th and reviewed continually thereafter on a rolling basis. Offers will typically be made on or before February 27, 2024.

Please forward the following application materials to Chelsey Solar, PsyD - Interim Training Director of Postdoctoral Fellowship at csolar@avivapsych.com

Preferred Experience

Psychologist

Boston & Northampton, MA

Aviva Psychology Services is looking for a compassionate, enthusiastic licensed or license-eligible psychologist to join our flexible and supportive group practice. We are an independent, psychologist-owned group practice with locations in downtown Boston and Northampton. Our psychologists have the option to work fully remote or hybrid. As a small group practice, there are opportunities for leadership, growth, and role variety, including participation in our postdoctoral training program.

Our Offer

Everyone matters here.  Each employee plays a critical role in our success, and our staff are our greatest asset.  Our goal is to create a vibrant work environment where psychologists want to grow and stay over time.

We offer integrated training, CEs, and weekly clinical consultation with a theoretically diverse team. Through our postdoctoral fellowship program, there are opportunities to supervise and provide training. We also provide a comprehensive benefit package, including health and dental insurance with an employer funded HSA. Psychologists have control over their schedules, guaranteed family leave, competitive compensation and bonus structure, and retirement benefits with a company match.

About you

Our ideal candidate is ethical, independent, passionate about clinical work, and dedicated to being part of our team over time.  They will be able to effectively diagnose, treat, assess risk, and measure outcomes with adults of diverse identities and backgrounds who present with a wide range of presenting concerns. Clinicians will complete at least 20 sessions per week, join us in meaningful collaboration and consultation around clinical cases, and be eager to develop both personally and professionally. We welcome candidates with experience in supervision and those who yearn to make an organizational impact and take on additional roles and responsibilities over time.

Top candidates will value diversity, prioritize professionalism and documentation consistent with psychological best practices, and have strong self-awareness. They will feel inspired by our mission to promote healing relationships and values-directed living, and they will join us in creating a flexible, respectful, and fulfilling work climate. We are actively seeking applications from individuals with diverse identities and/or those with training in behavioral therapy, perinatal mental health, LGBTQ+ issues, psychodynamic therapy, and DEI.

Responsibilities
  • Complete at least 20 sessions weekly (scheduling 23-25 per week)
  • Provide effective evidence-based treatment tailored to the unique needs of each client or couple.
  • Maintain up-to-date assessments, notes, and treatment plans as directed by clinical standards.
  • Actively participate in a weekly case consultation/admin meeting with the Aviva team.
  • Maintain professional and ethical behavior as well as competency in risk management in accordance with APA best practices.
  • Maintain active licensure in Massachusetts and all relevant CE requirements.
Requirements
  • Doctoral degree in psychology.
  • Licensed or license-eligible in MA.
  • Relevant clinical experience with adult population.
  • Proficiency in organizational, conceptualization, and writing skills.
Preferred Experience
If you’re interested in joining us, please apply here by submitting a cover letter and CV.