Senior Counseling Psychologist​/LGBTQ Specialist

Overview

Founded in 1965,
UC Irvine is a member of the prestigious Association of American Universities and is ranked among the nation’s top 10 public universities by U.S. News & World Report. The campus has produced five Nobel laureates and is known for its academic achievement, premier research, innovation and anteater mascot. Led by Chancellor Howard Gillman, UC Irvine has more than 36,000 students and offers 224 degree programs.

It’s located in one of the world’s safest and most economically vibrant communities and is Orange County’s second-largest employer, contributing $7 billion annually to the local economy and $8 billion statewide. To learn more about UC Irvine, visit www.uci.edu.

The UCI Counseling Center is committed to delivering quality services that help students achieve optimal mental health for academic success, personal growth, and increased capacity to cope with the stresses of being a university student. The Counseling Center also provides training and learning opportunities to prepare future leaders in mental health and other service-oriented positions. The vision of the Counseling Center is to elevate the student experience and create pathways to success through a wide range of multiculturally based clinical, outreach, prevention, and training services.

Our Values include:
Service, Community, Inclusion & Advocacy, and Integrity & Accountability.

The emphasis of this position is on direct services to students as a generalist counseling psychologist and the position specializes in the services including, but not limited to, working with LGBTQ Student populations. Conduct initial assessments, time limited individual, couple and group psychotherapy; urgent care services; crisis response; consultation and outreach in a university counseling center. This position serves as one of the primary liaison (s) to the LGBT Resource Center on the campus.

Responsibilities also include assisting in generating programs, workshops, groups, and services targeting the UCI LGBTQ+ student population. The incumbent may also assist with coordination of the LGBTQ Mentoring program. They would assist in generating programs, workshops, groups, and services targeting the UCI LGBTQ+ student population. Provide supervision and training within an American Psychological Association (APA) accredited psychology doctoral internship program.

Participate in meetings and Center research and evaluation.

Required:

• Licensed as a psychologist in California (or license-eligible in California). Must be licensed as a psychologist in another US state or territory, or equivalent jurisdiction, if not in possession of a current CA license by start date.
• Ph.D. or Psy.
  
  D. in Counseling or Clinical Psychology from an APA accredited doctoral program.
• Completion of a psychology internship program.
• General knowledge of psychological assessment.
• Knowledge of Federal and California laws governing the practice of psychology and privacy practices in post-secondary educational institutions.
• Extensive consultation and outreach experience, program development and evaluation including training faculty, staff and students.
• Experience in group psychotherapy including couples and families.
• Training and experience in time limited psychotherapy, crisis response, substance/alcohol problems.
• Experience and interest in working with university students from multicultural backgrounds.
• Experience with electronic medical record keeping and documentation.
• Ability to collaborate with the Campus Community consisting of Faculty, Staff and Students.
• Excellent interpersonal skills to create and maintain effective working relationships with administrators and a diverse range of constituents, including faculty and staff.
• Demonstrat…