It is a full-time, year-round, and on-campus program that can be completed in five or six years. Our program aims to educate and train students following the practitioner-scholar model, so that they will be able to function effectively as health service psychologists. To ensure that students are adequately prepared, the curriculum is designed to provide for meaningful integration of psychological research, theory, and clinical practice with diverse individuals within a broad spectrum of contexts.
The program emphasizes the development of knowledge, skills, and attitudes essential for psychologists who are committed to the ethical provision of quality, evidence-based psychological services, including therapy, assessment, consultation, and supervision. Interpersonal and multicultural competency are foundational elements of our program. Information Sessions. Degree Requirements.
Admissions Process. Contact Us. We believe in socially just, community-oriented mental health, helping marginalized populations, the power of reliable and valid psychological assessment, transformative psychotherapy relationships, evidence-based practice, and practice-based evidence.
Our program is deeply committed to the core values of multiculturalism and social justice, which are actively integrated and demonstrated in various ways throughout all aspects of our program.
Multicultural competence, cultural humility, and the ability to work skillfully and compassionately with diverse clients are core to being a psychologist. Therefore, topics related to diversity, equity, inclusion, advocacy, social justice, and multiculturalism are woven throughout the PsyD curriculum and covered in every course and training experience.
