Home Base Psychologist

Massachusetts General Hospital is seeking a full-time Psychologist (PhD; PsyD) to work at Home Base, a Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital program. Home Base is dedicated to healing the invisible wounds – including post-traumatic stress, traumatic brain injury, anxiety, depression, co-occurring substance use disorder, family relationship challenges and other issues associated with military service – for Veterans of all eras, service members, military families and families of the fallen through world-class clinical care, wellness, education, and research.

We offer multiple clinical services including a 2-week Intensive Clinical Program for PTSD and TBI, an Intensive Outpatient Program for Veterans with co-occurring substance use disorders, an outpatient mental health clinic for local and regional patients, a cognitive and brain health program, a comprehensive evaluation program for Special Operators, family and couples programming, and integrated psychedelic assisted therapy programming.

Ideal candidates will have experience administering cognitive behavioral therapies (CBT) for PTSD including Prolonged Exposure (PE) and/or Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT). Additional experience in any of the following specialty areas is preferred but not required:

• massed CBT approaches for the treatment of PTSD
• Couple therapy interest and or experience
• substance use disorders
• Veteran or military family populations

The candidate must be licensed or license eligible in Massachusetts, and the position is open to junior, mid-career, and senior clinicians.

The staff psychologist role will include a range of clinical opportunities across Home Base’s Veteran and Family programming. This includes work within our Intensive Clinical Program, where the psychologist will provide daily trauma-focused individual therapy and skills-based group therapy to Veterans and service members from across the country. The role will also include clinical work in our outpatient clinic, which provides individual, group, and couples therapy to Veterans and family members presenting with a range of concerns, including PTSD, substance use disorders, anxiety disorders, mood disorders, and relationship difficulties.

As part of this role, the psychologist will provide couples assessment and couples therapy. Specialty training in evidence-based couples therapies, such as Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy (IBCT) or Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), is preferred; however, IBCT training will be available if needed.

Home Base is part of an academic medical center that values scholarship and teaching; thus, there are also opportunities to participate in research, program improvement initiatives, and supervision of trainees. It is anticipated that the successful candidate will be appointed as an instructor or assistant professor at Harvard Medical School. The teaching/supervision responsibilities would involve providing didactics and clinical supervision of practicum students, interns, or fellows.

Primary appointment will be in the Department of Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital.

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected Veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions or any other characteristic protected by law.