Post-Doctoral Fellowships and First Employments

In order to be eligible to sit for the licensure exam in New York State, doctoral program graduates must complete a 1-year post-doctoral fellowship (or the equivalent). Typically, alums complete this work with a limited permit from the New York State Department of Education.

Recent Post-Doctoral Fellowships completed or begun by Psy.D. Program graduates:

• Catherine Adams, Psy.D. is working at the South Beach Psychiatric Center
• Adi Avivi, Psy.D. is completing a post-doc at North Shore-Long Island Jewish
• Victoria Stein, Psy.D. is a completing a Post-Doctoral Fellowship at Center for Cognitive Health at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and moving onto a 2nd year in the psychotherapy program at New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute.
• Kathleen Källström-Schreckengost, Psy.D. is completing a 1-year post-doc at Montclair State University
• Eric Pollak, Psy.D. is completing a post-doc at Yeshiva University Counseling Center
• Michelle Conti, Psy.D. is currently a post-doc fellow in the child welfare program at Westchester Institute for Human Development in Valhalla, NY. This is an APPIC post doc fellowship.
• Dustin Kahoud, MS (September, 2014) will be at the Derner Institute at Adelphi
• Kristin Kunkle, MS (September, 2014) will be at the Outpatient CBT post-doctoral training at Columbia University Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders
• Jennifer Andersen, MS (Expected 2014 graduate) will be at Andrus in Yonkers
• Jennifer Renz, MS (Expected 2014 graduate) will be at North Shore-Long Island Jewish in Glen Oaks, NY as a post-doctoral fellow.
• Shamshy Schlager, MS (September, 2014) will be at Cognitive Behavioral Associates for a post-doctoral training year.
• Cassie Fichter, MS (September, 2014) will be a St. Luke’s Hospital
• Erica Meyers, MS (Expected 2014 graduate) will be at the CU-CARD NIH Study

Once a post-doctoral fellowship (or the equivalent) is completed, graduates take the Examination for the Practice of Professional Psychology (EPPP). Upon passing the exam, students are then licensed psychologists, ready for their first employment as a licensed professional psychologist.