Join The Wright Institute Team
Position Title: Supervising Psychologist
Department: WI Recovery Clinic
FLSA Status: Exempt/full-time (20 40 hours)
Reports to: Clinic Director
Location: WI Clinical Services, downtown Berkeley - In-person
Compensation: $92,302 to $121,791
- Salary is commensurate with experience
- Eligible full-time employees may participate in the Institute's benefit programs, which may include medical benefits and contributions toward a retirement plan, subject to the terms, conditions, and eligibility requirements of each plan
- Paid parking
- Some flexibility for remote work
Revision Date: July, 2026
This job description is not a contract of employment and its provisions are not intended to imply a contractual relationship. It does not alter your at-will employment relationship with The Wright Institute. We appreciate your interest and patience as we complete internal planning and timelines. All applicants will be contacted once the review process begins.
About the Wright Institute
The Wright Institute is an independent graduate school of psychology founded in 1968 in Berkeley, California. It has a doctoral program in clinical psychology and a masters program in counseling psychology.
About the WIRC
The WIRC is a community mental health clinic that trains doctoral students to provide psychotherapy to clients with co-occurring substance and mental health issues. The students treat mostly high-risk clients who have experienced severe and complex trauma, incarceration, lack of housing, and/or hospitalizations, as well as substance use disorders in either active use or recovery. The theoretical orientation is integrative, applying psychodynamic thinking, trauma-informed practices, social justice perspectives, and other approaches to the medical model. Treatments are informed by both 12-Step and Harm Reduction approaches as appropriate to the needs of the client. Students in their first year of doctoral training work within the Medi-Cal system, treat clients in individual therapy, and collaborate with substance use disorder counselors facilitating treatment groups at Options Recovery Services (Options). First-year trainees begin by developing a fundamental understanding of basic clinical skills and clinical assessment including diagnosis, mental status, clinical writing, and documentation. Students explore various treatment considerations and topics relevant to our population, gradually learning a more nuanced approach. The winter didactic seminar consists of a Chemical Dependency Seminar that meets Californias psychology licensure requirement.
Advanced students support the clinics operations in a variety of ways, including mentoring first-year students, teaching specific didactic sections, staffing the intake line, and performing pro bono psychological assessments for current WIRC clients. The advanced students assessment didactic seminar is taught by Dr. Hadas Pade, in partnership with the Wright Institute Assessment Services clinic.
Clinic Schedule
- Program dates: August 17, 2026 August 16, 2027
- Fall Intensive Training: 10:30 AM 4 PM Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays 8/17 - 9/4
- Ongoing schedule:
- Advanced Conference 12:30 2, Mondays
- Assessment Didactic/Supervision 10-11, Wednesdays
- Didactic Seminar 11 1 Fridays, Sept June (Chemical Dependency course is taught by another instructor in place of winter Didactic Seminar attendance not required)
- Clinic Conference at facilitators convenience during clinic hours
- Hours of Clinic Operation:
- Mondays & Wednesdays 9 AM 5 PM
- Fridays 9 AM 4 PM
*Work hours are negotiable, depending on full-time or part-time commitment
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Clinic Conference:
- Facilitate a year-long, weekly 2-hour group supervision (scheduled at your convenience) for first-year trainees in the role of primary supervisor. The emphasis is on developing basic therapeutic skills and clinical thinking.
- Complete evaluations and monitor student progress. Write letters of recommendation as appropriate.
- Meet individually with students as needed and at evaluation periods; Field Placement, supervisor/CCL meetings and communications as needed.
- Edit and approve/sign off on final documentation (notes, termination summaries, diagnosis changes, Medi-Cal documents, etc.).
- With the Clinic Director, share responsibility for on-call remote or in person emergency consultation (e.g., clinical crises, mandated reporting, determining risk during initial screenings) during clinic hours.
- Assessment Supervision:
- Attend weekly consultation meetings (tentatively scheduled for 1 hour Weds mornings).
- Consult on, edit, and approve final assessment reports.
- Serve as advanced students' primary (group) supervisor, complete written evaluations, monitor student progress, and write letters of recommendation as appropriate.
- Didactic Instruction:
- Collaborate with the Clinic Director to co-teach the Fall & Spring Didactic Series (Winter series is taught by another instructor).
- Attend sections taught by others to stay abreast of what the students have learned.
- Consult with advanced students and support their facilitation of specific didactic topics.
- Intake Line:
- Manage the process of receiving referrals from Options in coordination with the Clinic Director.
- Monitor and update the intake log spreadsheet so clients move through the intake process: prioritize students for intake sessions, match students with new cases for ongoing treatment, and assign cases; track email updates to ensure students meet all expectations, including following up after missed appointments and confirming that cases are closed.
- Supervise advanced students calls to prospective clients (giving a description of the WIRC and an explanation of the intake procedure, and gathering information to provide a brief screening). Consult as appropriate to determine whether they schedule an intake appointment.
- Assign clients to trainees for treatment or provide referrals as appropriate after the intake is completed.
- Trainee Intake Sessions:
- Meet individually with trainees following each intake session to discuss the client's appropriateness for ongoing care at the clinic, diagnosis, how to proceed with the interview, and how to approach writing the intake assessment report.
- Edit and approve the final version of the intake report.
Skills and Qualifications
- Experience working in clinical training and/or knowledge of substance use disorder treatment a plus
- Experience working with severe, complex trauma
- Experience with crisis intervention
- Strong collaboration/communication skills
- Spanish language skills a plus
- Supervising psychologist must be licensed in California
Application
Please submit the full application, a CV, and letter of interest using the form below.
Questions may be sent to Calla Belkin, PsyD at cbelkin@wi.edu. References will be requested upon invitation to interview.