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Clinical Training Program

At The Motherhood Center, we are committed to training the next generation of providers in maternal mental health. Through our rich clinical program that includes direct supervision and an expert didactic series, each advanced trainee is given the support they need to add to their clinical education in the mental health field. We aim to create empathic and highly skilled clinicians who will contribute to an overall improvement in maternal mental health outcomes in the patients we treat at The Motherhood Center and wherever their careers might take them. Check out our clinical training opportunities below or view our open positions here.

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Training Positions

  • Postdoctoral Fellowship in Perinatal Psychology: 2025 – 2026

    Conduct psychiatric intakes with diagnosis, treatment planning and coordination of care with outside providers. Conduct individual psychotherapy for outpatient and/or partial hospitalization program, with a specific focus on optimizing treatment for perinatal patients through an integrative approach. Individual psychotherapy may be informed by psychodynamic, cognitive behavioral, dialectical behavioral and/or dyadic orientations. Learn more about the position and how to apply here.

  • Reproductive Psychiatry Fellowship

    The Motherhood Center provides supportive mental health services for new and expecting moms, including a range of treatment options for women suffering from perinatal mood and anxiety disorders (PMADs). The Motherhood Center is a unique combination of an OMH-licensed Partial Hospital Program and an outpatient practice, co-located in a warm, modern setting in mid-town Manhattan. The Mother Center serves women with a wide range of psychiatric disorders who come from different socioeconomic and ethnic backgrounds before, during, and after pregnancy. The Motherhood Center is pleased to extend its commitment to excellence in academic training to fellowship applicants interested in learning how to treat perinatal women in both an acute and partial hospital setting as well as in brief and long-term outpatient psychotherapy. The application deadline is November 1, 2024, but applicants are encouraged to send documents starting in June. Interviews will be conducted throughout the fall. Learn more about the Fellowship and how to apply here.

  • Residency Elective in Reproductive Psychiatry

    We begin accepting applications for 2025 - 2026 in April 2025. Please email training@themotherhoodcenter.com for any inquiries.