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Program Director: Sarah Knox, Ph.D.
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Degree Offered
Doctor of Philosophy
Program Description
Our doctoral program in counseling psychology is based on a scientist-practitioner model for training professional psychologists and is fully accredited by the American Psychological Association. Students acquire a solid foundation of knowledge in the biological, cognitive, affective, individual and social bases of human behavior. Through course work in research design, measurement and statistics, students develop the skills needed to critically evaluate psychological research and to conduct their own independent research. Training in diagnosis, assessment, psychotherapy, consultation, practica, internship and ethics provides students with the necessary professional skills to practice as competent and ethical counseling psychologists. Supervised practica and internship experiences are available through the university’s Counseling Center and at a wide variety of community sites. Graduates are prepared to practice as psychologists, professors, consultants, administrators and researchers.
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Counseling Psychology
The counseling psychology program consists of 27 credits of course work in psychological foundations, 52 credits of course work in the counseling psychology professional core, a minimum of 1000 hours of doctoral practicum, a collaborative research project and a 12-credit dissertation and an approved 2000-hour pre-doctoral internship typically completed in one calendar year. Students are required to participate in faculty research teams throughout the program and are also required to participate in department seminars and colloquia. Specific course and other program requirements can be obtained from the department office. Students who have completed relevant graduate course work prior to entry into the program may have some of their requirements waived if the previous course work is equivalent to the courses currently required by the program.
Students must also pass a portfolio doctoral qualifying examination (DQE) which is evaluated near the end of their course work in the program. Students must pass the portfolio DQE and have their dissertation proposals accepted before they can apply for an internship. To be advanced to candidacy, students must pass the DQE, have their dissertation proposal accepted, complete all program course work and the Graduate School’s residency requirement.
