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2) Addiction & Recovery Treatment (ART) Supervisors: Lilia Sheynman, PhD; Elena Marquez, PsyD; Ben Wegner, PsyD
The ART Program’s full-time Postdoctoral Fellowship offers a structured, in-person training experience that combines intensive clinical practice, outreach, and care coordination. Fellows provide evidence-based individual and group psychotherapy to Veterans across the Cabrillo Community-Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) and Long Beach Main Campus, gaining experience in intensive outpatient treatment and collaborative care within a complex healthcare setting. Fellows spend three days per week at Cabrillo CBOC, facilitating groups in the face-to-face and VA Video Connect (VVC) Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) tracks, delivering short-term psychotherapy interventions within a 90-day treatment framework, and coordinating care to support continuity and progress. Two days per week are spent at the Long Beach Main Campus focusing on evidence-based individual and group psychotherapy. Although Fellows support both in-person and virtual IOP treatment tracks, the residency itself is fully in person. Beyond direct clinical care, Fellows collaborate with inpatient and medical teams to support transitions into the ART Program and to lower levels of care. Participation in outreach, intakes, treatment planning, and ongoing care coordination strengthens skills in improving access and fostering treatment engagement. Through work with diverse patient populations and interdisciplinary teams, Fellows develop advanced clinical competencies and care management skills that prepare them for independent practice and leadership in mental health care.
3) Women’s Mental Health & Trauma (WMH) Supervisors: Kayla Costello PhD; Terisha Simmons, PhD, Catherine Nash, PsyD.
WMH serves women Veterans by providing gender-specific and trauma informed services. WMH offers training in a broad range of therapies for general mental health and specialized PTSD treatments for women. WMH is integrated into the Behavioral Health Interdisciplinary Program (BHIP) and Addiction, Recovery, and Treatment (ART) program, expanding access and collaboration. The fellow will be collaborating in their respective teams to learn how to function in an interdisciplinary team with an emphasis in treating our women Veterans. WMH provides individual and group therapy using CBT, PE, CPT, EMDR, DBT Skills, ACT, Interpersonal Therapy, and more. Outpatient groups for women include Trauma Skills, Managing Emotions, ACT, CBT for Depression, R.O.S.E. (pregnancy/postpartum), Unstoppable Warriors (menopause), and Courage for MST. Group offerings may change throughout the year. The WMH team includes licensed psychologists, clinicians, and peer support specialists, and regularly consults with psychiatry and other specialties to deliver holistic, evidence-based care. In this emphasis, fellows gain experience in trauma-focused and generalist psychotherapy (individual and group), participate in the comprehensive Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) program, and collaborate with interdisciplinary teams, and may co-facilitate groups such as CBT for SUD within ART. Fellows can contribute to or develop projects/groups based on Veteran needs and interests in the program.
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