Psychology Fellowship

About the Program

Ben Taub Hospital, a county-funded general hospital, was built in 1963 to serve the needs of the Houston area. The Psychiatry Service at Ben Taub Hospital provides inpatient and outpatient treatment for medically indigent and psychiatrically impaired persons. As members of the psychiatry team, postdoctoral fellows will provide assessment and therapy services to psychiatric patients in the outpatient and inpatient setting. For the upcoming academic year, two full-time postdoctoral fellowships will be available for the Ben Taub Hospital/Baylor College of Medicine Adult Inpatient/Outpatient Track.

Postdoctoral fellows of the Ben Taub Hospital/Baylor College of Medicine Adult Inpatient/Outpatient Track will complete their fellowships through Ben Taub Mental Health Services located at Ben Taub Hospital. During the fellowship year, postdoctoral fellows will spend six months in the Ben Taub Mental Health Services outpatient clinic and six months on the adult acute psychiatric inpatient unit at Ben Taub Hospital. On the outpatient rotation, fellows will provide psychological assessments and therapy services to psychiatric outpatients and serve as a primary clinician for the Adult Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP). On the inpatient rotation, the fellow will become an integral member of two multidisciplinary treatment teams. Fellows function as consultants on the treatment teams and provide services that include individual therapy, group therapy and brief psychological assessments to patients admitted to the inpatient unit. Fellows will also have opportunities to conduct psychological assessment and consultation services to medical inpatients through the hospital Consultation and Liaison Service. In addition to the primary rotation duties, each fellow will have the opportunity to choose an elective rotation (e.g., geriatric, research, specialized outpatient groups, human trafficking patients, assessment). Fellows will also have opportunities to work with psychiatry residents, teach psychology seminars to medical students, and participate in ongoing research protocols. View the Rotations webpage for more information on the description of each rotation.

Members of both the Baylor psychology and psychiatry faculty provide supervision as appropriate to the clinical work being done and research activities pursued by the fellow. View a listing of Psychology Fellowship Faculty. A full range of educational opportunities at Baylor and the Texas Medical Center is available, including Baylor Psychiatry Grand Rounds, onsite workshops and regularly scheduled training activities (e.g., individual and group supervision), as well as a postdoctoral seminar series for Baylor-affiliated fellows in the Houston area. Fellows may also develop a research project for presentation and/or publication during their term and engage in a variety of teaching and training opportunities.

This fellowship meets the licensure requirements for the state of Texas and the fellow is encouraged to pursue licensure in Texas during the fellowship year. The training program is flexible and tailored to the fellow's interests and needs based on agreement of supervisors and fellow. Some activities are required, but there is considerable room for customization within the general categories of training activities.

Additional information about the fellowship can be found on the program's APPIC webpage.

How to Apply

We will begin accepting applications Nov. 1, 2025. Applicants must be graduates from APA- or CPA-Accredited Counseling or Clinical Psychology Ph.D. or Psy.D. training programs. Applicants must complete all doctoral degree requirements by August 31, 2026, including dissertation. U.S. citizenship is not a requirement for the fellowship.

The deadline for applications is December 1, 2025 (11:59PM EST). We will send interview invitations by December 7, 2025. We will begin interviewing applicants in mid-December and continue interviewing applicants until all positions are filled. All interviews will be held over Zoom. We will be adhering to the APPIC Postdoctoral Selection Standards and Common Hold Date (CHD) Guidelines for the selection of the 2026-2027 class. Please check with APPIC for the CHD.

The fellowship begins Sept. 1, 2026 and ends Aug. 31, 2027. If fellow is hired, please be available a month in advance before the start of your fellowship to complete on-boarding and credentialing process. Application must be submitted through APPA CAS system. Applicants are required to submit a cover letter, CV, and three letters of recommendation.

Training Resources

The fellow is supervised by a licensed clinical psychologist(s).

In addition, the fellow will receive training from licensed psychiatrists and other mental health professionals in the context of the multidisciplinary team approach.

The fellow has access to all training activities available to trainees at the hospital, including workshops, seminars and conferences. Although the fellow does not receive a specific training fund, status as a fellow often provides access to training activities and resources at a reduced rate. The training director monitors such opportunities, including research funding, and makes them known to the fellow.

The Psychology Service of Ben Taub Hospital is located in the Psychiatry Outpatient Program Clinic. Although the fellow works throughout the hospital, the Outpatient Program Clinic is the fellow's home base. In the clinic, the fellow has an office with a personal computer, email access and standard office software (e.g., Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint). The fellow has access to computerized scoring programs (e.g., PAI, WAIS-IV, etc.) as well as access to therapy rooms, a testing room and group rooms within this facility. Office supplies, electronic equipment (e.g., copy and fax machines) and testing supplies are provided by the hospital for the fellow’s use.

The fellow may also obtain a free Texas Medical Center library card, which grants access to all libraries within the medical center.