Training Programs

Menninger has a proud history of training mental health professionals. Trainees from The Menninger Clinic’s medical school affiliate, Baylor College of Medicine, and other local and national programs come to The Clinic each year for clinical training and supervision, as well as select classroom training.

 

Our current training programs include:

Each trainee is assigned to a treatment team as an active participant, working with patients in a wide range of inpatient and outpatient programs.

 

Among the hallmarks of Menninger treatment and education are:

If you need to verify your training at Menninger, email Monica Martinez.

 

Fellows in the postdoctoral program work as clinicians in one or more of The Menninger Clinic’s adult specialty treatment programs.

 

As a member of an interdisciplinary team, fellows integrate diagnostic formulations into treatment planning; meet with the rest of the team in weekly team meetings; and provide consultations to teams as needed.

 

In addition, testing and evaluation are major components of training with fellows participating in didactic seminars and intensive supervision in these areas.

 

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Fellows also conduct group and individual therapy for patients. They see several patients two to three times per week for individual therapy and co-lead group therapy. 

 

Fellows are encouraged to become involved in Menninger’s research activities and have a required end-of-year research presentation.

 

The postdoctoral fellowship fulfills the licensure requirements for postdoctoral supervised practice in Texas.

 

Qualifications for the fellowship are:

Applications for the 2025-2026 class are due by January 3, 2025. September 2, 2025, is the preferred start date.

 

Salary is $55,000

Health insurance, vacation and sick leave

 

Please complete the APPA CAS application on the Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers website. If you have any questions, please contact:

 

Patty Daza, PhD

Director of Psychology Training

The Menninger Clinic

12301 Main St.

Houston, TX 77035

Phone: 713-275-5421

Email: pdaza@menninger.edu

 

The fellowship and internship place a high priority on developing practitioners with a strong foundation in theory; a capacity to be reflective regarding their own values and use of self; and a capacity to assess the strengths and limitations of theoretical frameworks in the treatment process.

 

Training occurs through course work, clinical practicum opportunities and intensive supervision. Trainees also focus on careful and thorough diagnosis and a compassionate, patient-centered approach to working with patients at The Menninger Clinic.

 

Fellowships are available in Menninger's inpatient and outpatient programs. 

  

Fellows participate as members of interdisciplinary treatment teams and work directly with patients and their families. Fellows integrate diagnostic formulations into treatment planning, team collaboration, and clinical practice. 

  

Fellows conduct group, individual, and family therapy sessions and are involved in advanced case management. Combined individual therapy and family therapy caseload is typically 7-8 hours, with the distribution of family and individual cases varying depending on placement setting. Fellows are responsible for co-facilitating between 4-6 hours of group therapy, including process groups and psychoeducational groups. 

  

Each week fellows participate in approximately 10 hours of individual supervision, group supervision, and didactic seminars. Didactic seminar topics include family therapy, individual therapy case conference, group facilitation, psychodynamic psychotherapy, a support group, and a seminar with rotating topics presented by staff members in different areas of clinical specialty. Fellows also attend a psychodynamic psychotherapy seminar with a cohort of psychiatry residents at Baylor College of Medicine. 

 

Stipend to $50,000

Health insurance, paid time off and sick leave

 

The application deadline for the 2024-2025 fellowship is March 15, 2024. To apply, complete the online application and submit the following:

Incomplete applications will not be accepted.

 

The interview process includes initial screening interviews, with final candidates selected for interviews at Menninger with the Fellowship Associate Director, Staff Clinician Discipline Director, and clinical supervisors. 

  

The start date of the 2023-2024 fellowship is September 3, 2024. 

 

For more information, email Lindsay Walsh, LCSW, associate director of the Social Work Fellowship, or call her at 713-275-5284.

 

The Menninger Clinic offers a comprehensive Clinical Social Work field practicum placement for second-year MSW graduate students. The Clinic has trained generations of social work students since it officially began the SW Internship in the mid-1940s. However, social workers have been an integral part of Menninger since its inception in 1925.

 

Due to the extensive training and specific therapeutic approaches unique to Menninger, many of the social workers trained at Menninger became leaders in the field of clinical social work throughout the years.

 

Exposure to psychodynamic psychotherapy, attachment theory and mentalization-based therapy, among many other important concepts and modalities, enriches the student experience. Menninger utilizes an interdisciplinary team model, which allows students to become a full member of a treatment team. Students also work in close collaboration with their field supervisor and the other members of the Social Work department.

 

Our internship is 24 hours per week (generally 3 full days). It begins in the third or fourth week of August and continues through the following April. Students take their schools’ regularly scheduled holidays, although due to continuity of care for patients, we ask that vacations be no longer than one week at a time.

 

Menninger is a sub-acute psychiatric hospital with four inpatient programs for adults, one inpatient program for adolescents, two community integration programs and a robust outpatient clinic.

 

Applications for the internship are accepted starting in the second semester of the academic year. Applications for the fall 2024-spring 2025 class are due by March 5, 2024. Apply here.

 

Promising candidates are asked to interview in groups and are sometimes asked to return for an individual interview as well. Decisions regarding who is accepted as an intern are made by the internship committee of the Social Work department during the month of March. Those accepted begin their internship in August 2023.

 

In addition to having a mental health concentration, applicants are asked to have completed a course in the DSM-V or have scheduled to take the course concurrently during the first semester of the internship.

 

Any questions about the internship can be directed to Aloura Alcantar, LCSW, associate director of the Social Work Internship.

 

We're proud to offer the Psychiatric Nurse Residency Program for graduates of Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) programs who would like to begin their psychiatric nursing career as a resident with The Menninger Clinic. Nurse residents get to:

• Work at one of the country's leading psychiatric hospitals
• Gain experience in specialty psychiatric care
• Earn three months of income as a preceptee while learning from experienced, caring clinicians
  • Earn an additional three months of educational support when transitioning into a staff nurse role at Menninger
• Start in January or September

Our Treatment Philosophy

Nurse residents, like trainees in other mental health disciplines at Menninger, learn to work as members of treatment teams, develop a treatment alliance with patients and provide a safe, supportive therapeutic environment for patients with complex mental illness. The team includes nurses, psychiatric rehabilitation specialists, chemical dependency counselors, social workers, psychologists and psychiatrists, as well as each patient.

 

The training experience at The Menninger Clinic provides the nurse resident an opportunity to see patients make substantial progress in treatment. During their stay, patients learn and master new skills, including how to maintain their personal well-being and manage their illness after discharge.

 

To Apply

In addition to submitting a Menninger job application, please include a letter of interest, official university transcript, HESI scores or Texas nursing license, two letters of recommendation and your résumé. 

 

For more information about the nurse residency program, contact Judith Sampson.

 

Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) - Associate Fellowship

This Fellowship is an 12-month, full-time training program with the opportunity to extend training and complete the required hours to obtain licensure. They would receive the unique experience of being a part of innovative treatment modalities as well as the formative experience of working at The Menninger Clinic, a leader in mental health care. 

 

The core training experience centers on the Fellow’s work as a clinician in the Menninger continuum of care, which includes inpatient programs, outpatient therapy, intensive outpatient therapy and community-based treatment. 

 

Fellows participate as members of interprofessional teams and work directly with patients on their treatment goals. They conduct individual, group, family, and vocational therapy. 

LPC-Associate Fellows are paired with a Licensed Professional Counselor-Supervisor, who provides clinical supervision each week, and are assigned mentors in the programs where the Fellows gain experience.

 

Additionally, Fellows participate in didactic training, which includes a weekly Clinical Topics Seminar, Family Seminar, Group Dynamic Seminar, Clinical Case Presentations and the Four Psychologies Seminar. Menninger staff members who hold Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) faculty appointments teach the seminars. Fellows are also invited to attend Baylor’s Menninger Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences Grand Rounds and other education events at Menninger and BCM. 

Requirements

Fellows are required to have graduated from a master’s-level counseling program that is CA-CREP accredited and to have passed the National Counselors Exam (NCE) by June 15th.

 

Important Dates

March is the application period for the fellowship. We understand that graduation will not occur until the spring of 2022 for many students; however, you are still eligible to apply. 

 

The preferred start date is the Tuesday after Labor Day.

 

Benefits

 

How to Apply

You can apply online for a Fellowship by visiting Careers.

 

Questions

For questions, please email Robyn Martin, MS, LPC-S, associate director of the LPC-A Fellowship.

 

Summer Research Fellowship for Undergraduates