Postdoctoral Fellowship Program

Who We Are

We are committed to helping train tomorrow’s psychologists. We believe that through continuous learning and application of research-based approaches to clinical settings, we can best help those we serve. We are about a high quality, ethical, and rewarding experience for everyone. Training is a protected part of our mission that is driven by a desire to advance the profession. As such, we are selective about who we accept into this psychology practice and we strive to provide the highest-quality supervision to ensure the best learning and care possible. We have found that many of our fellows then go on to join us as colleagues. Indeed, we have pathways to support fellows who wish to stay on as employees, contractors, or open their own Nowlogy clinic of their own (franchise owners).

The group practice environment affords a number of benefits. As compared with private practice, group practices offer the ability to network with peers and colleagues. The group practice environment offers services like billing and administrative support, and built-in referrals. It is also typically more robust to financial pressures. When compared with large institutional settings (e.g., hospital systems), group practices may offer more flexibility, such as with scheduling and patient preferences.

Who You Are

We pride ourselves on providing doctoral-level expertise; we welcome trainees with PsyDs and PhDs in mental healthcare fields including clinical, counseling, marriage and family therapy, and school psychology. We consider applicants from APA-, CPA-, or PCSAS-accredited programs. As noted above, we may be particularly attractive to trainees who wish to gain experience in a group practice setting. 

Given our organizational growth and the availability of many excellent supervisors, we work to cultivate a robust fellowship cohort each year in both Minnesota and Texas. Having several fellows in a cohort means that you have the opportunity to build relationships with peers at your similar stage of training.  For instance, many of our fellows find it helpful to consult (or commiserate!) on topics such as EPPP preparation or the licensure process.

Training Opportunities

Direct patient contact:

Nowlogy™ offers opportunities in assessment, therapy; executive coaching opportunities may also be available, depending on applicant and position. We work to balance generalist training with specialization goals (when fellows desire to specialize). We offer tracks including: Clinical Generalist, OCD/Anxiety/Trauma Focus, Child/Adolescent/Family Focus, Health Psych, Sports Psych, and LGBTQ+ Clientele Focus. We work to tailor opportunities to the trainee to ensure they gain the experience they hope to have toward independent licensure.

Clients are seen in person and online.  For the training year, fellows work on site; if employment is continued as a licensed psychologist, opportunities are available to work a hybrid model (in person and remote).

Supervision:

Supervision provided is geared to meet licensure requirements for Minnesota and Texas. That is, post-doctoral fellows receive a minimum of one hour of group supervision and one hour of individual supervision with a licensed psychologist each week. Additional supervision is available as needed for certain cases (e.g., complex assessment consultation, forensic cases, etc.). If an applicant wishes to become licensed in another state, we will ensure we are able to meet supervision needs as part of the application process.

Didactics and trainings:

We regularly offer presentations, speakers, and consultants to work with our doctors and trainees. Although offerings vary from year to year, examples from this year include training in exposure and response prevention for OCD, ADOS training for those fellows who do child testing, and EMDR training for fellows on the OCD/Anxiety/Trauma track; we will be offering education on Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) this spring. We also have consulting relationships with Dr. Raja David, a leading expert in therapeutic assessment, and Dr. Ken Abrams, an expert in the use of virtual reality in anxiety treatment. When fellows have completed their clinical activities, there is often time for them to also engage in preparation for the EPPP. 

Supervisors

Dr. Erin Lawton is the Director of Training. She serves as a group supervisor, as well as a clinical supervisor for adult-focused trainees. Trainees are paired with a supervisor based on clinical interests and, in some circumstances, location (e.g., fellows located at one of our franchise clinics). We are actively adding to our supervision team, so we are not able to announce exact supervisor matches for the incoming cohort yet. But rest assured that all of our highly-trained providers are also skilled clinical supervisors!

Compensation and Benefits

We offer a competitive salary. In addition, we offer paid time off, as well as health, dental, and vision insurance.

Post-doctoral fellows are provided with offices, computers, and all the tools that they need to be successful and prepared to work in a group practice.

Questions/to Apply

Dr. Erin Lawton is the Director of Training; you may direct any questions to her. To apply, you may submit materials through the APPA CAS portal or send a cover letter and CV/resume to erinlawton@nowlogy.com. Please specify in your cover letter 1) if you intend to apply to Minnesota and/or Texas, and 2) which of our tracks are of interest to you.

We accept applications – and offer start dates – on a rolling basis and have opted not to take part in the APPIC post-doctoral common hold date; we are not an APPIC member.

Our Locations

Hastings, MN

St. Paul, MN

Cypress, TX

Woodbury, MN

Northfield, MN

Memorial/Katy, TX

Burnsville, MN

Edina, MN

COMING SOON

Minnetonka, MN

The Woodlands, Houston, TX