Articles by Tara Luchkiw Rosema

Tara Luchkiw Rosema is a Psychology Intern in the Health Track at the Cincinnati Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC), where she is currently on rotation at the National Center for Organizational Development. She will graduate with her doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the University of Mississippi in August 2016, after which she will begin her post-doctoral fellowship in interprofessional team-based care at the Cincinnati VAMC. Her interests include interdisciplinary collaboration and building effective team cultures in healthcare settings, as well as working with individuals to improve health and well-being through health behavior change.

Are You Ready for a Leadership Role in Clinical Psychology?

Are You Ready for a Leadership Role in Clinical Psychology?

Imagine yourself in this scenario: You finally made it!  After much hard work, you are now licensed and you recently accepted a job as a staff psychologist at a clinic in a great location. Your job description?  You will provide therapy and assessment, maintain appropriate documentation, collaborate with other health providers, yada, yada, yada.  That’s easy – you’ve done all this stuff before in your practica, internship, and fellowship – you’ve got this.

You will also have to supervise trainees.  You had a small taste of that in your training.  You fumble around a little as you figure it out, but you know enough about supervision to get by. After you get settled and feel like you have a good handle on things, you notice there are some other kinds of positions open to psychologists.  These positions have additional responsibilities and they pay more money. They have titles like “Coordinator,“ “Director,” “Division Manager,” and “Chief Mental Health Officer.”  You have heard these titles before and have known lots of people who have held them. Perhaps now you are ready to level up.