Lecturer in Counseling Psychology

Santa Clara University • Santa Clara, CA

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About The Position

The Department of Counseling Psychology at Santa Clara University, a Jesuit Catholic institution, seeks to hire a Lecturer for the 2026-27 academic school year. This is a one-year appointment only and will begin on September 1, 2026. Santa Clara University’s Department of Counseling Psychology is committed to preparing socially responsive and culturally sensitive practitioners and professionals to meet the mental health needs of our diverse communities. They believe in a transformational educational experience rooted in the tenets of social justice and grounded in inclusive excellence, compassion, and belief in the care for the whole person. The department recognizes that diversity enhances and enriches its educational mission and seeks candidates whose research, teaching, and/or service experiences have prepared them to fulfill this commitment, especially those with experience working with BIPOC and underserved communities. The Department of Counseling Psychology is a premier masters-level Counseling Psychology program producing graduates eligible for licensure as LMFTs and/or LPCCs. The program is well-known for its pluralistic and integrative approaches to clinical work, and its focus on theory, practice, and the person of the therapist. The program offers students five optional areas of emphasis: Alternative and Correctional Counseling, Health Psychology, Latinx Counseling, LGBTQ+ Counseling, and Child and Adolescent Mental Health. The program and faculty have grown in recent years, with seven recent tenure track faculty hires. Successful candidates will join a thriving Department that values being in community with each other. The responsibilities of the Lecturer position will be equal to a teaching load of 5-9 courses over four academic quarters. The department is seeking candidates with clinical and/or teaching expertise in conducting individual and multi-person therapies. The successful candidate will be expected to teach courses such as Psychology of Interpersonal Communications, Foundations of Psychotherapy & Personality, and Family Therapy, with additional courses potentially including Group Therapy, Interventions with Children, Clinical Assessment and Testing, Counseling the Adolescent, Law & Ethics, and Counseling Process & Problems. The university welcomes candidates who are ready to contribute to its mission to educate citizens and leaders of competence, conscience, and compassion and to cultivate knowledge to build a more humane, just, and sustainable world. They seek candidates with clinical and/or research experience working in racially, ethnically, linguistically, and economically diverse settings and especially encourage applicants whose goals and professional or life experiences enrich the department and school community and who can serve as a role model to a diverse graduate student population. Santa Clara University and the Department of Counseling Psychology subscribe to a strong teacher-scholar model.

Requirements

• An advanced degree in Counseling Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Community Psychology, Health Psychology, Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy or closely related field (M.A. will be considered).
• CA license eligibility as a Psychologist, LMFT, LPCC or LCSW.
• A strong commitment and evidence of being equipped to teach graduate classes and to prepare therapists to work with the racially, ethnically, linguistically, and economic diversity of CA and the US.
• A strong commitment to contributing to an academic culture that is inclusive of a diverse population of students, faculty and staff.
• Experience or interest in working with BIPOC and marginalized communities.
• Ability to provide evidence of identity and legal authorization to work in the United States.
• Submission of a Curriculum Vitae (CV).
• Submission of a Cover letter addressing essential qualifications, scholarship agenda, and teaching philosophy, with particular attention to how the candidate’s research addresses one of the areas of specialization noted above.
• Submission of a statement outlining your commitment to and experience with issues of anti-racism, diversity, equity, and inclusion in teaching, research, and/or clinical work.
• Submission of names and contact information for four references.

Nice To Haves

• Doctorate preferred
• Recent teaching evaluations, if available

Responsibilities

• Teaching: Specific teaching assignments will draw upon the candidate’s expertise and the needs of the Department. The standard teaching load for tenure-line faculty is two courses per quarter, and faculty typically teach a mix of foundation and core courses as well as those in their area of specialization.
• Advising: Student advising in the program includes academic advising and mentoring students on their professional growth.
• Service: All faculty regularly engage in departmental service and leadership commensurate with their position.

Benefits

• The position is benefits eligible
• Comprehensive benefits package for benefit eligible employees with programs and resources designed to promote and sustain personal health care, well-being, and the financial objectives of our employees and families

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level