Minimum Admission Requirements
Degree Requirements
Curriculum Sequence
Graduation Requirements
Practicum
Review of Applications
Length of Program
Time to Completion
Concentration & M.A. Degree Options
Doctoral Scholars Program
Residency Requirement
Qualifying Examinations
Internship
Doctoral Dissertation

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The Doctor of Psychology in Clinical Psychology (Psy.D.) program is designed to prepare students for the general practice of professional clinical psychology with a particular focus on socially responsible practice that includes education and training regarding the broader social and systemic factors that contribute to human dysfunction (e.g., poverty, oppression, marginalization) and methods for ameliorating these broader factors (e.g. primary prevention and policy change). The program follows the practitioner model of training and education developed by the National Council of Schools and Programs of Professional Psychology. This model identifies as objectives the development of knowledge, skills, and values in seven core competency areas: relationship, assessment, intervention, research and evaluation, consultation and education, management and supervision, and individual and cultural diversity. These competencies are based upon a strong education in the foundations, knowledge base, and science of psychology.

An additional competency area that completes the education and training model in the doctoral program is unique to the Adler School. This is focused training in the theories and methods of Alfred Adler. This focused training provides students with a strong and thorough grounding in a particular theory and method of psychology that forms of foundation for other theoretical perspectives offered in the doctoral program.

The program is fully accredited by the American Psychological Association and meets the requirements of the National Register of Health Care Providers in Psychology and state licensure guidelines.