Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology

The Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology follows a scientist-practitioner model featuring personalized guidance from faculty mentors in conducting high-quality original research projects. The program's emphasis on integrated healthcare and health psychology prepares students for research and practice in health care settings. Distinguishing features of the program include a) strong foundational training in clinical psychology, b) advanced training and clinical experience in integrated healthcare and health psychology, c) a strong commitment to the science of clinical psychology and the development of skills and experiences as a clinical scientist, and d) a commitment to diversity across research training.

The PhD program in clinical psychology is a rigorous program and only admits students attending on a full-time basis. The program is designed to be completed, typically, in five years, with four years of academic training on campus, and one year spent at an off-site APA-accredited clinical internship. Some students may take longer to complete the program, whereas students who begin with a MA degree may be able to complete all requirements in less time. Students are admitted to the program to work under the mentorship of program faculty and they are expected to work under this faculty’s mentorship throughout their training in our program

Students in their second year of the program start practicum work at sites in the NJ, PA, and DE area, including the opportunity for interdisciplinary collaborations with Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Rowan School of Osteopathic Medicine, and the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. The Rowan University Department of Clinical Psychology is committed to bringing together students and faculty from diverse backgrounds and emphasizes individual differences as well as interconnectedness between biological, psychological, and sociocultural factors.

APA Accreditation Status

The Rowan University Clinical Psychology Doctoral Program is currently APA accreditated.

Questions related to the program’s accredited status can also be directed to the Commission on Accreditation. Office of Program Consultation and Accreditation

American Psychological Association

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Phone: (202) 336-5979 / E-mail: apaaccred@apa.org

Web: http://www.apa.org/ed/accreditation

Faculty, Students, & Staff

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Curriculum & License Requirements

The Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology is a full-time program that requires the completion of 83 semester hours over four years plus a full-time, one-year clinical internship.

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Diversity

The Ph. D. program in Clinical Psychology at Rowan University trains our graduate students in how to appropriately elicit the best in individuals by being respectful and informed about how individual differences and diversity affects values, attitudes, behaviors, and emotional responsiveness. All of our methods are based on evidence-based research and resources. We further believe that our graduate students search for individual differences and diversity in their professional lives requires a psychological understanding of how various unique variables (e.g. age, color, disability, ethnicity, gender, culture, language, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, and socioeconomic status) influence human motivation, goals, and mechanisms for growth and conflict resolution. Our Program maintains policies and practices that demonstrate a non-discriminatory atmosphere. Rowan University, the Department of Psychology and the Ph.D. Program in Clinical Psychology students, faculty, and staff are broadly diverse.

While there are numerous resources and readings in the diversity literature, the framework for our Program's view on diversity is based on three seminal readings. The first reading is the ADDRESSING framework by Pamela Hays (2008), an APA benchmark book on cultural sensitivity and variables of self-identity, which are the following: Age, Developmental (acquired; delayed), Developmental (congenital), Religion, Ethnicity/race, Social economic status, Sexual orientation, Indigenous background, National origin, Gender. Other areas are marital/partner status, medical history, health disparities, oppression, "isms", skin color, weight bias, etc. The second reading is the Counseling the Culturally Diverse: Theory and Practice, 6th Edition by Sue and Sue (2013). The overarching, guiding principles from this reading when working with diverse communities is ASK: Assessing biases and worldviews, Skills development and Knowledge acquisition. The third and final seminal reading is from the American Psychological Association's Guidelines on Multicultural Education, Training, Research, Practice, and Organizational Change for Psychologists.