VALB Postdoc Brochure 2025-2026

Updated July 11, 2024

expected to build on skills acquired by co-leading groups earlier in the postdoctoral year by facilitating her or his own group by mid-year. Training Opportunities may include:

• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) • CBT Skills for Depression and PTSD Group • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Alcohol and Substance Use Disorders (CBT- AUD/SUD) • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-Ii) • Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) • Combat PTSD Program intake evaluations • Drum Circle Therapy Group • Interdisciplinary team consultation • Mindfulness • Moral Injury • Motivational Enhancement Therapy (MET) • Prolonged Exposure (PE) • PTSD Coping Skills • Seeking Safety for PTSD/SUD • Skills Training in Affective and Interpersonal Regulation (STAIR) • Tai Chi Movement Group • Trauma Informed Guilt Reduction Therapy (TrIGR) • Women’s Combat PTSD Group • Written Exposure Therapy (WET) The PTSD Postdoctoral Psychology Fellow will be expected to attend twice monthly PTSD staff meeting, and potentially work one evening per week (a supervisor will always be available) in order to meet the current increasing demand for services during evening hours. Other specific interests of the Fellow can be discussed, and the program will try to accommodate them. The PTSD Postdoctoral Psychology Fellow will be expected to attend twice monthly PTSD staff meeting, and potentially work one evening per week (a supervisor will always be available) in order to meet the current increasing demand for services during evening hours. Other specific interests of the Fellow can be discussed, and the program will try to accommodate them.

Training Settings:

Supervisor: John Huang, Ph.D.

Dr. Huang leads the Mindfulness and PTSD group, which focuses on the practice of mindfulness in dealing with PTSD and general stress. Mindfulness is a type of meditation with three main components: focusing on the present moment, using full awareness, and having a non-judgmental, accepting attitude. In addition, Dr. Huang leads a Cognitive

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