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The graduate program in Psychology is one of the largest and most diverse in Canada, with seven different areas of specialization: Brain, Behaviour, and Cognitive Science; Developmental Science; History & Theory; Quantitative Methods; Social & Personality; Clinical; and Clinical-Developmental. 

Some of these, such as Quantitative Methods and History & Theory, are rarely found at other universities. We are also the only Canadian university with CPA-accredited clinical programs in both Clinical (adult) and Clinical-Developmental, as well as a Clinical Neuropsychology stream. In addition, we offer several diploma programs that allow students to customize their experience even further, making them highly attractive to future employers: Neuroscience (we have a neuroimaging research facility), Health Psychology and Statistics. 

The program boasts more than 90 faculty studying an impressively diverse range of topics. Some students and professors are associated with specialized cross-disciplinary research units: the renowned Centre for Vision Research, the LaMarsh Centre for Child & Youth Research and the Centre for Aging Research & Education. Our faculty members also have many collaborative research partnerships with organizations ranging from local hospitals to NASA, and our clinical programs have extensive connections with practicum sites. 

Graduate students are also given the opportunity to engage in pedagogy through teaching assistantships (TAships). The funding package we offer graduate students is one of the best in Canada, and our students are highly successful in obtaining prestigious scholarships. Psychology at York is an exciting place to be — come join us!  

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Program component(s), minimum required gpa, deadline - fall (full-time applicants only), english proficiency requirement.

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MA & PhD : Statement of interest required. Applicants are expected to specify the areas that are of primary and secondary interest to them. Once admitted, shifting from one area to another is not normally permitted. Preference is given to applicants with strong academic backgrounds who appear promising as researchers and, for the Clinical Psychology and Clinical-Developmental areas, those who also appear promising as clinical practitioners.

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Department of Psychology

Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behaviour viewed from social, developmental, clinical and biological perspectives.

York’s Psychology program was ranked among the Top 150 Psychology programs in the world and 4th in Canada by QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024 . York's undergraduate programs (BA and BSc) offer the largest and most diverse selection of courses of any university in Canada. We provide learning opportunities and research experiences in  all areas of Psychology including developmental and social psychology, clinical and counselling psychology, behavioural and cognitive neuroscience, history of psychology, statistics and quantitative methods, writing in psychology and critical thinking. We offer concentrations in all of these areas and we offer certificates in Counselling and Mental Health and in Quantitative Methods. Our professors research a wide variety of topics ranging from personality, memory, learning, intelligence, motivation, psychological disorders, biological basis of behaviour, bullying, perception, empathy, cognition, culture, child development, quantitative methods, and much, much more.

We offer classroom instruction during the day and also have online and evening classes available, which many of our students find to be a great option for busy daily schedules. There are on-line and blended course opportunities as well as experiential learning in so many different off-campus settings, from local schools, to community clinics and even the local zoo.

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Clinical Neuropsychology Stream

The clinical neuropsychology specialty stream provides courses and training opportunities for graduate students planning to seek registration with The College of Psychologists of Ontario and wishing to provide clinical neuropsychological services.

The Clinical Neuropsychology Stream is part of the Clinical and Clinical-Developmental Psychology areas (students MUST be admitted to either the Clinical or Clinical-Developmental areas before joining the Clinical Neuropsychology Stream).

Students in this stream receive a strong foundation in Clinical or Clinical-Developmental Psychology, depending upon the area in which they are enrolled. In addition, students are required to take courses in neuropsychology and obtain practicum training at sites providing neuropsychological services.

• It provides one of the only opportunities in Canada to be enrolled in a program that provides a linked set of courses and training for students seeking clinical neuropsychological training.
• It has one of the largest groups of clinical neuropsychologists in a psychology department in Canada. Faculty have a wide range of interests, work with a variety of patient groups, and have expertise in a diverse range of research methodologies.
• We are developing clinical neuropsychological training opportunities at the  York University Psychology Clinic , an on-site facility that offers a range of psychological services.
• Graduate students in the clinical neuropsychology stream take the core courses required by their home area (Clinical or Clinical-Developmental) and thereby gain excellent clinical training from one of the strongest groups in Canada.
• York has recently developed a top-notch fMRI facility available for use by our faculty.
• Students in this specialty stream attend Clinical Neuropsychology Rounds in which prominent clinical neuropsychologists and other investigators give informative talks on topics of interest to clinical neuropsychologists.
• Our location in the Toronto area provides students access to a diverse range of opportunities at hospitals, rehabilitation settings, and research institutes.
• Application to the clinical neuropsychology specialty stream is completed concurrently or after admission to either the Clinical or Clinical-Developmental area.
• A clinical neuropsychologist is a professional within the field of psychology with special expertise in the applied science of brain-behavior relationships. Clinical neuropsychologists use this knowledge in the assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and/or rehabilitation of patients across the lifespan with neurological, medical, neurodevelopmental and psychiatric conditions, as well as other cognitive and learning disorders.
• The clinical neuropsychologist uses psychological, neurological, cognitive, behavioral, and physiological principles, techniques and tests to evaluate patients' neurocognitive, behavioral, and emotional strengths and weaknesses and their relationship to normal and abnormal central nervous system functioning.
• The specialty of clinical neuropsychology is recognized by the Canadian Psychological Association . Clinical neuropsychologists are independent practitioners (healthcare providers) of clinical neuropsychology and psychology. Our training is in line with the Houston Conference Guidelines for Specialty Training in Clinical Neuropsychology. neuropsychology and psychology.

New applicants must apply to either the Clinical or Clinical-Development programs and indicate their interest in the Clinical Neuropsychology Stream. Admission to the stream is dependent on admission to one of the Clinical areas. For admissions queries, please email [email protected] . To apply online, please visit How to Apply .

The Graduate Program in Neuropsychology (Adult Clinical) received accreditation by the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) for the period of 2016-2019. The Graduate Program in Neuropsychology (Clinical-Developmental) received accreditation for the period of 2017-2022. Note that the American Psychological Association does not offer accreditation for any psychology programs in Canada.

In 2017, the Clinical Neuropsychology faculty voted to merge the Clinical and Clinical-Developmental Neuropsychology streams into a single stream, while preserving the specialized training of the host programs. The merged Clinical Neuropsychology stream applied for accreditation in fall of 2019.

If you have any questions about the accreditation status of the programs, please contact the Clinical Neuropsychology Program Coordinator Dr. Mary Desrocher 

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Dr. Stewart Madon Registrar, Accreditation Panel Canadian Psychological Association, Accreditation Office 141 Laurier Ave. W., Suite 702 Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5J3

Tel: 1-888-472-0657 (ext. 328 for administrative assistant) Email: [email protected] Website: Canadian Psychological Association

Overall Goal of the Programme : To educate scientist-practitioners in clinical neuropsychology

Please see the  Clinical  and  Clinical-Developmental  pages for requirements as well as the requirements listed below.

Merged Clinical Neuropsychology Program (Revised 2018)

• Completion of Clinical Psychology (Adult) OR Clinical-Developmental Psychology Program.
• Psyc6325 3.0 Clinical Neuroanatomy.
• Psyc6320 3.0 Human Neuropsychology: History and Syndromes.
• Psyc6450 3.0 Principles of Neuropsychological Assessment OR Psyc6945 3.0 Applied Paediatric Neuropsychology.
• Psyc6330 3.0 Cognitive Neurorehabilitation.
• Supervised assessment case (junior) at York University Psychology Clinic .
• External practicum in supervised neuropsychological assessment.
• Supervised assessment case (senior) at York University Psychology Clinic .
• CPA-accredited internship with specialty rotation in clinical neuropsychology.
• Attendance at Clinical Neuropsychology Rounds.
• A Master's Thesis and/or Academic Breadth Comprehensive (ABC) paper related to neuropsychology.
• Doctoral dissertation on topic relevant to clinical neuropsychology.

Core Knowledge: Neurosciences & Basic Human and Animal Neuropsychology

The neuropsychology specialty stream organizes monthly Clinical Neuropsychology Rounds  in which prominent clinical neuropsychologists and other investigators give informative talks on topics of interest to clinical neuropsychologists.

Recordings of the rounds can be found on the Clinical Neuropsychology Rounds website, which is password-protected (use your PPY). If you are accessing this website off-campus, you must first download and install Juno Pulse client for secure remote access .

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ANST is the trainee organization of the Society for Clinical Neuropsychology, Division 40 of APA. It is the largest trainee, division-based organization of APA, with more than 40 groups at various graduate institutions across North America. York University’s ANST Interest Group strives to create a centralized networking platform for trainees to cultivate new connections and stay attuned to new developments in neuropsychology.

If you are interested in becoming a member, please contact York University's ANST Interest Group Representatives (Bri Darboh & Karin Kantarovich) at  [email protected]

The Graduate Program in Psychology at York is an exciting environment to pursue innovative, socially engaging, career-ready education. Contact our Graduate Program Assistant to learn more.

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Whether your career goal is human services, public relations, advertising, or ministry, the knowledgeable and caring faculty  in the Department of Psychology at York  University  can help you acquire the skills you need for the profession you want. Psychology is one of the largest majors at York  University , drawing students from across the United States to the innovative department. Seniors participate in a capstone social science research seminar where they conduct an original experiment and report on their findings. 

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For those interested in earning a psychology degree online, more information can be found on our  York University Online  page.

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The learner will identify features of the major theoretical perspectives within Psychology.

The learner will develop an understanding of research methods used within Psychology, and use critical thinking skills to evaluate the findings.

The learner will be able to identify and apply psychological principles within real-world situations.

The learner will have a clear understanding of career options in their field. Those who wish to pursue postgraduate studies within the field will have the foundation necessary to successfully continue their education.

The learner will be able to communicate effectively through writing and presentations in order to demonstrate learning through research.

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Many of our students aspire to careers in Clinical Psychology because they want to improve the well-being of adults and children who have mental, emotional, or behavioural, disorders. There are two routes into Clinical Psychology in the UK after graduating from York. One is an exceptional Fast-track Route which we offer in partnership with the University of Hull. The other is a Conventional Route. Graduates from Psychology at York have developed successful careers in Clinical Psychology through both routes.

Fast-track Route into Clinical Psychology

The BSc and MSci Programmes in Psychology at the Universities of York and Hull are integrated with the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology which is offered at the University of Hull. Approximately 13 graduates from York are able to enter this doctoral programme each year immediately on graduating. This route into training in clinical psychology is unique and represents a special opportunity for psychologists in York and Hull.

To gain a place on the doctoral programme, students in York need first to be accepted into our Year-3 specialist modules which provide training in the theory and practice of clinical psychology. Entry into these modules is restricted to 90 students each year. Applications from Year-2 students are assessed by a panel of clinical psychologists.  Preference is given to those with the strongest applications overall, taking into account evidence of experience relevant to clinical psychology, the quality of a personal statement, and Year-1 marks.

Students wishing to be short-listed as candidates for the doctoral programme in Hull need to perform well on the Year-3 specialist modules. Selection for entry into the doctoral programme is then determined by academic achievements, references, and an evaluation of applicants’ relevant experience and understanding of clinical psychology in interviews.

The University of Hull's website has more information about their Doctorate in Clinical Psychology  and their  Faculty of Health Sciences  which delivers the Clinical Doctorate.

Conventional Route into Clinical Psychology

The Conventional Route into clinical psychology involves three stages. First, a student needs to obtain a good degree (usually a first or a good upper second) in a course in Psychology which has been accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS) as providing the Graduate Basis for Registration. Second, as a graduate they need to obtain experience working or volunteering in clinical-psychology settings, typically as an assistant psychologist. It is not unusual for graduates to spend two years in such roles. Some graduates also obtain masters level qualifications relevant to clinical psychology. Then, typically two or three years after first graduating, they apply through the Clearing House for Postgraduate Courses in Clinical Psychology for entry into a doctoral programme in clinical psychology at a UK university.

You can learn more about Clinical Psychology and the Conventional Route to Clinical Psychology careers in the UK Health Service at the BPS Website , and for more informal self-help from other aspiring Clinical Psychologists on specialist internet forums such as ClinPsy .

Choice of route?

Both routes are available to all entrants, but different options apply to those who choose the 3-year BSc or 4-year MSci programmes at the end of year 2.

The Fast-track route provides the opportunity to start studying for a qualification as a Clinical Psychologist in Hull immediately on graduating with a bachelor’s degree. Currently, to follow this route, York undergraduates must complete the 3-year BSc Programme and must take the Year-3 specialist modules in Clinical Psychology.

The Conventional route leads to a wider range of choices of where to study Clinical Psychology. There are also more pathways into the Conventional route because York undergraduates may take it after completing either the 3-year BSc or the 4-year MSci. BSc and MSci students considering the conventional route are advised to seek to enrol in the specialist modules in Clinical Psychology during their third year.

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Clinical psychology graduate program overview.

Our department has eliminated the GRE General Test for admission to the fall 2024 class. Applicants should NOT submit their GRE scores through ETS nor report their scores in the application portal or on their CVs or personal statements .

Please note that our interviews for the Fall 2024 class will be offered virtually.

The doctoral program in Clinical Psychology at Syracuse University is dedicated to training outstanding students to become responsible, innovative, and scholarly clinical psychologists. Our program embraces the scientist-practitioner model, providing balanced training in the science and practice of clinical psychology. Our faculty view scholarly empirical research as the foundation of clinical psychology, and we seek to train students who are eager to embrace the research mission of the program. Graduates of our program are well-positioned to pursue a variety of career options, including academic appointments, clinical research, and the provision of clinical services. The doctoral program in Clinical Psychology at Syracuse University has been fully accredited by the American Psychological Association since 1956. Please see below for more information.

Student Admissions, Outcomes and Other Data

Data on students’ time to completion, program costs, attrition, internships, and licensure are collected and reported in keeping with the requirements of programs accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of the American Psychological Association. These education and training outcomes can be found at this link: Student Admissions, Outcomes, and Other Data .

Promising applicants will be invited for a zoom-based personal interviews. Applicants will be notified of their status by April 15th or earlier if possible. We encourage all admitted applicants to visit the campus and meet Clinical faculty and students before making a decision to accept an offer. The doctoral program in Clinical Psychology at Syracuse University does not discriminate based on race, color, creed, religion, sex, gender, national origin, citizenship, ethnicity, marital status, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable law.

Please also see the Council of University Directors of Clinical Psychology (CUDCP) policy regarding Admissions Offers and Acceptances .

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Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility in Clinical Psychology

The Syracuse University Clinical Psychology doctoral program is committed strongly to promoting diversity with respect to race, color, creed, religion, sex, gender, national origin, citizenship, ethnicity, marital status, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, and veteran status. Our doctoral program also seeks to prepare students to be sensitive to issues of inclusion and diversity in all aspects of their culturally competent work.

We strive to maintain a diverse student population and historically underrepresented students are especially encouraged to apply for our doctoral program. The Clinical Psychology program is dedicated to the active recruitment of a diverse group of students and faculty. See here for an overview of the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility efforts across the university, college, and Department in terms of curriculum, research, clinical practice and programming .

We strongly support Syracuse University's institutional commitment to diversity and inclusion .

Financial Support

The Department of Psychology makes a determined effort to provide at financial support for all graduate students in good standing. For decades, all Psychology graduate students in good standing have been funded. Financial support consists of tuition scholarship, assistantships that provide a competitive stipend, research funding, and the opportunity for summer assistantships.

Tuition Scholarship

Students receive 24 hours of remitted tuition per year (at $1,683 per credit hour), up to 90 credits in total across the span of the graduate career, which funds the full PhD program of study. The tuition scholarship does not cover the costs of student fees or student insurance.

Funding for Academic Months

Students receive a competitive stipend that meets or exceeds the cost of living in Syracuse from one of several different sources including teaching assistantships, clinical assistantships, clinical externships, research assistantships, community or university externships, or university fellowships. In most cases, these are 9-month appointments although some are 12-month positions. Teaching assistants support the education of undergraduate students by teaching lab or recitation sections, grading, providing reviews, proctoring exams, or other activities. Research assistantships support a specific research project, typically one funded by extramural funding agencies such as the NIH. Fellowships provide protected time to pursue independent research projects. Clinical assistantshipsCommunity or university externships involve providinge mental health services to community and campus clients. Clinical externships are offered in conjunction with university and community partners.

Funding for Summer Funding

Although not guaranteed, most of psychology graduate students receive summer funding in the form of independent teaching, clinical assistantships, clinical community or university externships, research assistantships, or fellowships.

Research Support

The department offers a research fund to support the research and professional development of each student. These funds can be used for the collection or analysis of data, to attend a scientific conference or workshop, or other purposes that will enhance student training (such as attending professional or statistical workshops or traveling for predoctoral clinical internship applications).

Cost of Living Comparison

Syracuse is a very affordable city. We encourage you to use a cost-of-living comparison (such as the one available at this site ) to compare Syracuse to other cities.

Program Information

Official program requirements include at least 90 credit hours, including a 6-credit master's thesis and an 18-credit dissertation. Prior to beginning the dissertation, students must pass a doctoral qualifying exam. A full-time, one-year clinical internship is also required before the Ph.D. is awarded.

Program of Study

The doctoral program in Clinical Psychology at Syracuse University admits students to begin full-time study in the fall semester. Our curriculum has evolved in order to meet both responsibilities to the profession of Psychology as well as individual student needs. Doctoral students in Clinical Psychology typically follow a common core sequence in their first two years of study. The course content in the first two years is structured to ensure that all doctoral students receive comprehensive training in statistics and research design, theoretical underpinnings to Clinical Psychology as well as developing core foundational skills in evidence-based treatments. Students are also expected to complete their Master’s thesis in their second or third year of study.

This core sequence is then followed by an opportunity for students to tailor their training and study to match personal interests. These subsequent years of doctoral study include elective courses, additional research and dissertation work, clinical practica and a one-year predoctoral internship.

Consult the Course Catalog for specific requirements.

Our APA accredited Clinical Psychology doctoral program is also identified as New York State licensure-qualifying. This ensures that the education of program graduates will be accepted for licensure immediately in New York. The core courses that our doctoral students must complete are those required by New York State for licensure.

Optional Concentrations

In addition to completing the degree requirements for the doctorate in Clinical Psychology, students in good academic standing can also enroll in one of the two optional concentrations: (1) the Neuroscience Concentration and (2) the Concentration in Advanced Quantitative Methods in Psychology (CAMP), which appears as a graduate specialization on a student’s transcript. Your Ph.D. in Clinical psychology will be awarded the Psychology department with your concentration listed as an area of specialization in your degree. More information about the concentration can be found here .

Application Information

The Clinical faculty considers the mentoring of graduate students to be an integral part of our professional endeavors. Graduate students are carefully selected from a pool of applicants and work closely with a major advisor in a research apprentice training model. Although admissions decisions are made by the faculty as a committee, major advisors and students are matched based on shared research interests at the time an offer of admission is made. The following is intended to provide a quick reference for potential applicants. Please see the rest of this page for more detailed information about the doctoral program in Clinical Psychology at Syracuse University.

1.Applications are due no later than December 1.

2.Application requirements include but are not limited to:

• CV or Resume
• Transcripts from prior and current institutes
• Three letters of recommendation
• Personal Statement of Purpose (please indicate at least oneup to three faculty members within the clinical psychology program you are interested in working with; please see the below list of clinical psychology faculty members who will review applications for the fall 2024 class)

3.All application materials must be submitted via the online application for graduate study.

• To begin the application process visit https://www.syracuse.edu/admissions/graduate/apply/
• Click the online application link and create a New User account with Embark
• When queried as “to which program and degree do you intend to apply?” select “Clinical Psychology, Ph.D.”

4.Please direct questions about our program to [email protected] (preferred) or 315.443.3087.

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Questions related to the program's accredited status should be directed to:

Office of Program Consultation and Accreditation American Psychological Association 750 1st Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002 Phone: (202) 336 5979 / E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.apa.org/ed/accreditation

Clinical Psychology Faculty

The doctoral program in Clinical Psychology at Syracuse University is dedicated to training outstanding students to become responsible, innovative, and scholarly clinical psychologists. Our program embraces the scientist-practitioner model, providing balanced training in the science and practice of clinical psychology. Our faculty view scholarly empirical research as the foundation of clinical psychology, and we seek to train students who are eager to embrace the research mission of the program.

Kevin Antshel, Ph.D. Dr. Antshel’s research and clinical interests focus on developmental psychopathology, with specific emphasis on attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) across the lifespan. Dr. Antshel investigates the heterogeneity of ADHD (e.g., ADHD in the context of autism spectrum disorder, ADHD in medical disorders such as 22q11.2 deletion syndrome) to further explore mediators and moderators of treatment outcomes. For more information, please visit Dr. Antshel's faculty page . Dr. Antshel will review applications for Fall admission in 2024.

Joseph W. Ditre, Ph.D. Dr. Ditre’s research cuts across basic and applied work in the areas of health psychology and behavioral medicine, with an emphasis on the intersection of addictive behaviors and comorbid medical disorders. Broadly, this research examines how the use of substances may influence the onset and progression of comorbid medical disorders, and vice versa. Specifically, his research applies a multi-method approach to the study of complex interrelations between pain, affect, comorbid psychopathology, and the maintenance of addiction. For more information, please visit Dr. Ditre's faculty page . Dr. Ditre will review applications for Fall admission in 2024.

Les A. Gellis, Ph.D. Dr. Gellis is an associate teaching professor. His research and teaching focuses on cognitive and behavioral elements that contribute to stress, insomnia, and other sleep disorders. Dr. Gellis is currently interested in testing and designing techniques to treat insomnia and understanding and causes and consequences of sleep problems in University students. For more information, please visit Dr. Gellis’ faculty page . Dr. Gellis does not accept PhD students.

Afton Kapuscinski, Ph.D. Dr. Kapuscinski is an assistant teaching professor and director of the psychological services center. She is interested in the treatment of mood, anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorders, and other concerns particularly relevant to the young adult population, including body image, disordered eating, and religious/spiritual issues. Her clinical work and supervision utilize an integrative approach that emphasizes psychodynamic and humanistic therapy models. She also provides Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for the treatment of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in adults. For more information, please visit Dr. Kapuscinski’s faculty page . Dr. Kapuscinski does not accept PhD students.

Katie Kidwell, Ph.D. Dr. Kidwell’s research focuses on pediatric health behaviors (primarily eating and sleep) as predictors, mechanisms, and intervention targets for improving physical and mental health. Dr. Kidwell employs a multilevel, multimethod approach to understand the relationships among physical health, mental health, and health behaviors within a larger social context in children and adolescents. This research program combines subjective and objective data with technology to build rich datasets to answer complex questions about the best way to improve children’s health. For more information, please visit Dr. Kidwell's faculty page . Dr. Kidwell will not review applications for Fall admission in 2024.

Aesoon Park, Ph.D. Dr. Park's research interests focus on individual risk pathways of the development and escalation of alcohol use/misuse involving and co-occurring high-risk health behaviors (such as sleep and substance use/misuse) within developmental contexts. She is also interested in statistical techniques that account for the time-varying and multi-level nature of human development (e.g., structural equation model, multilevel model, latent mixture model). For more information, please visit Dr. Park's faculty page . Dr. Park will not review applications for Fall admission in 2024.

Jillian R. Scheer, Ph.D. Dr. Scheer’s interdisciplinary research program focuses on (1) identifying biopsychosocial determinants of hazardous drinking and PTSD among sexual and gender minority people and (2) developing tailored evidence-based interventions for this population. For more information, please visit Dr. Scheer's faculty page . Dr. Scheer will review applications for Fall admission in 2024.

Shannon Sweeney, Ph.D. Dr. Sweeney is an assistant teaching professor. She teaches Foundations of Human Behavior, Psychology of Childhood and Pediatric Psychology. She also focuses on transferring theory to practice and in so doing provides her students with a strong foundation for their own practices in psychological service delivery. For more information, please visit Dr. Sweeney’s faculty page . Dr. Sweeney does not accept PhD students.

Peter A. Vanable, Ph.D. Dr. Vanable's research focuses on psychological aspects of health and illness, with an emphasis on behavioral aspects of HIV/AIDS. Current projects include studies designed to characterize the coping challenges and experiences of men and women who are living with HIV disease, as well as studies that evaluate the effectiveness of interventions to reduce high risk sexual behavior. Dr. Vanable's interests also include the prevention and treatment of addictive behaviors. For more information, please visit Dr. Vanable's faculty page . Dr. Vanable will not review applications for Fall admission in 2024.

Sarah Woolf-King, Ph.D . Dr. Woolf-King is a licensed clinical psychologist with a combined interest in health psychology, epidemiology, and behavioral medicine. The overarching goal of her work is to inform the development of behavioral and psychological interventions that can enhance the wellbeing of patients and families coping with chronic medical conditions. For more information, please visit Dr. Woolf-King's faculty page. Dr. Woolf-King will review applications for Fall admission in 2024.

Michelle Zaso, Ph.D. Dr. Zaso’s research focuses on sources of vulnerability and resiliency to alcohol-promoting environments. Her current projects work to identify in-the-moment cognitive processes in stress- and trauma-related drinking. Dr. Zaso’s research program utilizes ecological momentary assessment, intensive longitudinal data analysis, experimental laboratory paradigms, and other mixed methods approaches to model alcohol etiologies. For more information, please visit Dr. Zaso's faculty page .

Dr. Zaso will review applications for Fall admission in 2024.

Research Training

Research training is a primary mission in the Clinical Psychology training program. Through both coursework and supervised apprenticeship, doctoral students learn skills that will enable independent research upon graduation. Skills that provide the basis for our research training model include how to critically evaluate the existing knowledge base, formulate new hypotheses that can be empirically tested and disseminate research findings. Training in manuscript preparation, grant writing and presenting data orally are all core components of our research apprenticeship model.

Members of the Clinical faculty collaborate with each other and with colleagues within the Syracuse area and across the country. There are ongoing collaborative research projects at the Syracuse V.A. Medical Center and the State University of New York - Upstate Medical University. Both of these institutions are within easy walking distance of the Psychology Department and provide valuable research and clinical experiences for our students.

Clinical Training

Our clinical training is centered on providing doctoral students with a thorough grounding in evidence-based practice. Our goal is to equip students with core skills in assessment and intervention so that the student is fully prepared for the predoctoral internship training experience.

Students begin their formal clinical training by completing a year-long assessment course sequence and a year-long therapy practicum course. Both of these year-long sequences are completed before the students spend the third-year training in the Department's Psychological Services Center (PSC). The PSC provides psychotherapy and assessment services to university students and to members of the greater Syracuse community. Upon completion of the year-long PSC practicum, students are able to complete advanced practica at multiple local sites in the broader Syracuse community.

Clinical supervisors vary in their conceptual approaches to understanding and modifying behavior, which promotes lively discussion of clinical topics and the development of flexibility in clinical skills. Supervision is complemented by seminars in multicultural issues, ethics and psychopathology, as well as by regular case conferences.

Teaching Training

Many students also obtain teaching experience to help prepare them for academic careers. Initially, students may work as a teaching assistant, usually during the first year, in the undergraduate Introduction to Psychology course (PSY 205). Subsequent to this initial teaching experience, students may serve as course instructors and have full responsibility for an undergraduate course. Doctoral students interested in pursuing an academic career can be confident that they will receive significant teaching opportunities and mentoring on the essential skills of college instruction. Students frequently rank teaching among the most rewarding experiences of their graduate training. Many of our students also obtain additional training in teaching and career development experiences through the Future Professoriate Program and Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE) Future Professionals Program .

For more information about the program, visit the Frequently Asked Questions page. Please direct requests to: [email protected] .

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Area Head, Jamie Ostrov, PhD

The Clinical Psychology Doctoral Program follows a "clinical-science" training model. Clinical science is a psychological science focused on using scientific methods and evidence to inform the assessment, understanding, treatment and prevention of human problems in behavior, affect, cognition or health. Consistent with this model, students are involved in clinical research continuously from their first semester, and the program is best suited for students who desire academic or research-oriented careers in clinical psychology.  

Area Head & Director of Clinical Training: Jamie Ostrov, PhD

Associate Director of Clinical Training: John Roberts, PhD

The Learning Environment

The clinical faculty represent a strong productive, and collegial group of researchers who conduct cutting-edge research in fundamental areas of clinical psychology, with particular expertise in alcohol and substance misuse, anxiety and mood disorders, developmental psychopathology, temperament, personality pathology, psychophysiology, assessment and advanced quantitative methods. 

Our doctoral program has emphases in both adult and child psychopathology and interventions. Through lab-based mentorship and carefully designed sequential and cumulative course work, students develop the skills necessary to become a clinical researcher, and they are well prepared for careers in academic settings, such as psychology departments at colleges and universities, or psychiatry departments at medical schools. We expect our students to contribute to the science of clinical psychology, and to learn to infuse their clinical work with empirical findings and theoretical concepts. Our students have done very well in competing for the best internships and professional placements, and many of our graduates have risen to positions of prominence and leadership in the field. Our aim is to provide each student with the quality of training that would afford that same opportunity. 

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UB is located on territory of Native Americans. Accordingly, the Department of Psychology acknowledges the land on which the University at Buffalo operates, which is the territory of the Seneca Nation, a member of the Haudenosaunee/Six Nations Confederacy. This territory is covered by The Dish with One Spoon Treaty of Peace and Friendship, a pledge to peaceably share and care for the resources around the Great Lakes. It is also covered by the 1794 Treaty of Canandaigua, between the United States Government and the Six Nations Confederacy, which further affirmed Haudenosaunee land rights and sovereignty in the State of New York. Today, this region is still the home to the Haudenosaunee people, and we are grateful for the opportunity to live, work, and share ideas in this territory. 

Diversity and Inclusion

The Clinical Psychology Program in the Department of Psychology at the University at Buffalo utilizes science to understand and attend to issues including, but not limited to, race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, immigration status, age, ability, religion, sexual and relationship orientation, privilege, culture, gender identity, disability, and family structure in research, clinical practice, coursework, and the recruitment of students and faculty. We also seek to promote awareness, tolerance, and acceptance of similarities and differences that exist among individuals as well as diversity in thought and ideology.​

Licensure and Accreditation

The Clinical Psychology PhD program (referred to as the “Program”) is licensure-qualifying for New York State. The program makes every effort to provide training that is consistent with national standards and to prepare students for the practice of clinical psychology. The practice of psychology is regulated at the state level. State licensing authorities, commonly referred to as “State Boards,” determine the specific educational and training requirements for licensure in their State. Of note, many States (including New York State) require post-doctoral training as well as examinations beyond predoctoral requirements. As such, a PhD from our Program in Clinical Psychology is not sufficient, in and of itself, to meet licensure requirements in most states.  

The program has been accredited by the American Psychological Association (APA) since 1949. The program was last reviewed in 2016 and received a full reaccreditation through 2023.  For questions regarding our APA accreditation status, please contact: 

Committee on Accreditation American Psychological Association 750 First Street, NE Washington, DC 20002-4242,  Phone: 202-336-5979.

In addition to APA accreditation, the program was admitted to the Academy of Psychological Clinical Science in 2008.  The program also was accredited by the Psychological Clinical Science Accreditation System (PCSAS) in 2017.  

For questions regarding our PCSAS accreditation status, please contact:

Psychological Clinical Science Accreditation System (PCSAS) 1800 Massachusetts Ave NW, Suite 402 Washington, DC 20036-1218, https://www.pcsas.org/

Program Faculty

• Rebecca Ashare, PhD
• Julie Bowker, PhD
• Craig Colder, PhD
• Larry Hawk, PhD
• Hollen Reischer, PhD
• Jamie M. Ostrov, PhD
• Jennifer Read, PhD
• John Roberts, PhD
• Rebecca Schwartz-Mette, PhD
• Leonard Simms, PhD
• Sarah Taber-Thomas, PhD
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Why does our Clinical Training Program have two accreditations? 

Our program is currently accredited by APA through 2023, and PCSAS through 2027. We are proud to have been accredited by APA since 1949. APA serves the needs of many clinical psychology programs around the country. The Graduate Program in Clinical Psychology at the University at Buffalo is committed to training psychologists who strive to produce and apply scientific knowledge to the assessment, understanding, and amelioration of human problems. Our program provides training that is explicitly science-focused, and as such, we benefit from an accreditation process that is consistent with this science-based philosophy. This is why we sought out accreditation with PCSAS, in addition to our APA accreditation.

Future Plans We plan to maintain APA accreditation at least until programs accredited by PCSAS are given the same access to internship and licensure opportunities as are programs accredited by APA. However, in the coming years, we will continue to monitor changes in the field, and in accreditation systems. In the event that parity (i.e., are on equal standing) is achieved between PCSAS and APA, we will then evaluate whether APA accreditation is consistent with our training philosophy and goals, and whether such accreditation benefits our program and students. Consideration of these issues would include students in our program. We will not make any changes that would limit our students’ training opportunities or threaten the ability of our graduates to have the kinds of careers that they seek.

The Admissions Process

As our program is mentorship-based, students are admitted to work with an individual faculty member. Faculty members accepting students vary from year to year. Before applying, prospective students should view the list of faculty members accepting students and/or contact potential mentors. 

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Clinical Psychology Doctoral Program

The PhD program in Clinical Psychology at City College is one of the most prestigious psychodynamically-informed doctoral programs in the United States.

Our faculty, students, and alumni have been at the forefront of research, theory, and institutional leadership for 50 years. Our training emphasizes the reciprocal influence of scholarship and clinical practice, and generates cutting-edge research, theory, & novel modes of clinical work. With a strong commitment to psychodynamic thinking and social justice, we are curious about how individuals are shaped by family, community, & culture. Along with psychodynamic psychotherapy, our students are trained in a number of other evidenced-based treatments. Our on-site clinic affords students a rare opportunity to train in a 4+ year practicum with short-term and long-term psychotherapies with children & adults. Embedded within our program, The Psychological Center is a community-based mental health clinic that serves 300+ individuals each year, including CCNY students, the West Harlem community, & the broader metropolitan area.

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Congratulations to Prof. Elliot Jurist (Class of '97) for winning the 2024 APA Division 39 Leadership Award. This award is given to a person who has demonstrated outstanding leadership by service to SPPP and to activities advancing psychoanalytic psychology and/or psychoanalysis. 

First-year student Tatianna Dugue will be presenting on “The Role of Religious & Spiritual Struggles in a Diverse Treatment-Seeking Population” at Princeton University and APA 36: Psychology of Religion & Spirituality Mid-Year Conference at the end of April 2024. Congrats Tatianna! 

Prof. Michael Tate (Yeshiva University Ferkauf, CCNY '22) presented at the 2024 Division 39 panel "But How Do You Do It? Talking About Sex with Children and Adolescents."

Congratulations to Prof. Deidre Anglin, Stephanie M. Nuñez (Year 5), and Griffin Thayer (Year 5) for publishing "Ethnoracial Risk Variation Across the Psychosis Continuum in the US" in JAMA Psychiatry (Feb 21, 2024).

Congratulations to Simge Huyal Genco (Year 3), who won the Div 39 Research Committee Poster Award for her poster "Understanding the Relationship Between Mentalization Affectivity and Secondary Traumatic Stress Symptoms in Those Who Serve Survivors of Torture" and was selected to join the Division 39 Scholars Program for the 2024-2025 year. 

Congratulations to Prof. Steve Tuber for being named Co- Editor in Chief of the Journal of Infant, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy and for his invitation to teach as Adjunct Guest Faculty at the Institute for Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy (ICAAP), Sydney Australia, a 13 week lecture series on Adolescence.

Professor Lisa Wallner Samstag (at Long Island University - Brooklyn; CUNY 1998) is the co-editor of a book on rupture-repair process in psychotherapy (APA, 2023).  The book collects the work of 12 teams of scholars and clinicians (including a chapter from Sasha Rudenstine, Paul Wachtel, Talia Schulder, and Benjamon Bernstein) who describe clinical challenges in resolving common therapeutic ruptures.  

Alum Dr. Jo Anne Sirey continues her research with older adults . Most recently, she was awarded a large grant from NIMH (R01 MH132757) to test a brief depression intervention (PROTECT) for English and Spanish speaking elder abuse victims in NYC. This is in addition to her current research testing a peer depression intervention (R01 MH124966) and her role as Director for the Weill Cornell ALACRITY Center for Mid and Late Life Depression (P50 MH113838). She also oversees delivery of mental health care to diverse older adults in 21 senior centers in Brooklyn and Staten Island.

Associate Professor Sarah O’Neill heads the Attention and Neuropsychological Development (ATTEND!) Lab. She is Site Principal Investigator on a NIMH-funded grant that examines the effectiveness of a group-based CBT program to treat executive functioning difficulties among CCNY students with ADHD (MPIs Solanto, PhD, and Rostain, MD). Over 12 weeks, students are taught strategies to better manage their time, organize, and plan. To date, four groups of students have completed the program and preliminary results suggest that the program is feasible and that students like it. Doctoral students Zeina Kamareddine, Anna Workman and Kait Kearney are Research Assistants for the study.

All doctoral students in the Clinical Psychology PhD program train for four years at The Psychological Center, in addition to external externships, fellowships, and internship.

The Psychological Center is a community mental health clinic located on the campus of The City College of New York (CCNY). Our clinic is dedicated to delivering excellent and affordable psychological care to the West Harlem community and the broader metropolitan area.

✓ Unique among doctoral training sites in NYC, doctoral students at City have the opportunity to train on-site for four consecutive years with diverse populations of all ages

✓ Training & supervision in a broad range of modalities including: Psychodynamic Therapy, Integrative Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral (DBT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT), Therapeutic Alliance Focused Therapy (TAAP), as well as adult, child, couples, & group therapy

✓ Outstanding supervision provided by licensed psychologists, including one hour of supervision per client per week in earlier stages of clinical training

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Clinical Psychology PhD

Ph.d. in clinical psychology.

Welcome to the doctoral program in Clinical Psychology Program at Teachers College, Columbia University. The Clinical Psychology Program was founded in 1947-1948. It was APA-accredited in the first group of programs that were reviewed for accreditation in 1948 and that status has been uninterrupted. Our most recent site visit from the APA occurred in 2021, and we have been accredited until June 2031.

Our program operates according to a scientist-practitioner model. We are, thus, dedicated to training students to generate empirically-based knowledge in clinical psychology and to perform clinical work that is constantly informed by traditional and emerging scholarship in the field. We expect our students to learn to expertly produce, analyze, and discuss scientific material. We also expect our students to become proficient at providing clinical services to a diverse population. And, most importantly, we expect our students to learn to integrate these two goals. As our mission statement in the TC catalog notes, “The driving goal of our Clinical Psychology Program is to provide rigorous training in both contemporary clinical science and clinical assessment and intervention.”

A good deal of the training, especially that related to research, occurs through intensive participation in a research lab directed by a specific faculty mentor. It is this context, through this lab, that students develop their scientific skills and begin presenting their work at professional conferences and publishing in professional journals. Each student, of course, is also part of a cohort of doctoral students with whom they learn, collaborate, and socialize.

In recent years, graduates of our doctoral program have gained employment in tenure-track academic positions, as research scientists in medical schools, and as clinical researchers in a broad range of treatment settings. In addition, many of our graduates practice independently as well as in community settings for under-served populations.

The list of faculty reviewing and potentially accepting applicants for each cycle is listed on the application itself. Please check the application itself or email the admissions office at 

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The Dean Hope Center for Educational and Psychological Services (DHCEPS) is an integral part of the teaching and training programs in Clinical, Counseling, School Psychology, Learning Disability and Reading Specialist. The Center works in a two-folded way; first it offers students the opportunity to integrate theoretical coursework with practicum experience within a multidisciplinary setting. This training is foreseen by highly qualified supervisors. Simultaneously, the DHCEPS offers affordable psychological and educational services to individuals, couples, and families residing in the nearby neighborhood of the New York City area. The emphasis is on respecting and working with clients from diverse, multicultural contexts regardless of age, racial and ethnic background, socio-economic status, sexual orientation, and religious or cultural affiliations. Additionally, DHCEPS is committed to maintaining a liaison with community-based agencies and organizations such as schools, hospitals, and mental health clinics, among others.

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The Resilience Center for Veterans & Families pairs groundbreaking research on human emotional resilience with clinical training of therapists to assist veterans and their families as they transition back to civilian life.

Dean Hope Center for Psychological Services

The Dean Hope Center for Educational and Psychological Services (DHCEPS) is an integral part of the teaching and training programs in Clinical, Counseling, School Psychology, Learning Disability and Reading Specialist. The Center works in a two-folded way; first it offers students the opportunity to integrate theoretical coursework with practicum experience within a multidisciplinary setting. This training is foreseen by highly qualified supervisors.  Simultaneously, the DHCEPS offers affordable psychological and educational services to individuals, couples, and families residing in the nearby neighborhood of the New York City area. The emphasis is on respecting and working with clients from diverse, multicultural contexts regardless of age, racial and ethnic background, socio-economic status, sexual orientation, and religious or cultural affiliations.  DHCEPS also commits to maintaining a liaison with community-based agencies and organizations such as schools, hospitals and mental health clinics.

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• Entry Terms: Fall Only

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• Summer/Fall (Priority): December 1
• Summer/Fall (Final): December 1

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• Online Degree Application , including Statement of Purpose and Resume
• Transcripts and/or Course-by-Course Evaluations for all Undergraduate/Graduate Coursework Completed
• Results from an accepted English Proficiency Exam (if applicable)
• $75 Application Fee
• Two (2) Letters of Recommendation
• GRE General Test

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The Program requires the following:

The completion of 95 points of academic credit during three to four years of residence at the College.

A full-time, twelve-month clinical internship during the fourth or fifth year of study.

An original piece of empirical research, which also serves as a qualifying paper, to be completed during the second year of study.

A passing grade on the certification examination (on Research Methods) during the third year of study.

A Clinical case presentation as well as a research presentation, during the third year, each demonstrating the student’s ability to integrate theory, research, and practice.

A doctoral dissertation, which must be completed no later than the seventh year after matriculation.

During the first year of study, in addition to participating in a research lab, doctoral students typically take the following didactic courses: Ethical and professional issues in clinical psychology (CCPX 5030); Psychological measurement (HUDM 5059); courses on statistics and modeling; Research methods in social psychology (ORLJ 5040); Child psychopathology (CCPX 5034); Adult psychopathology (CCPX 5032); History and systems of psychology (CCPX 6020); and Dynamic psychotherapies (CCPX 5037). Students also take two semesters of psychological testing and diagnostic assessment (CCPX 5330, CCPX 5333) and a course in clinical interviewing (CCPX 5539).

Second Year

During their second year, students’ didactic courses include Brain and behavior (BBS 5068, 5069); Cognition, emotion, and culture (CCPX 5020); Psychotherapy with children (CCPX 5531); Cognitive, behavioral, and interpersonal therapies (CCPX 5038); Clinical work with diverse populations (CCPX 5036); and Seminar on life course development (HUDK 6520). In addition, students sign up for a full year of research practicum with a faculty member (culminating in an empirical second- year project), a full-year adult psychodynamic psychotherapy practicum (CCPX 6335), and an additional elective full-year clinical rotation (e.g., on child and adolescent psychotherapy; on neuropsychological assessment).

Third-year didactic courses include Group dynamics: A systems perspective (ORL 5362); and Dissertation seminar (CCPX 7500). There is also a full-year advanced psychodynamic clinical practicum (CCPX 6336) and a one-semester supervision and consultation practicum (CCPX 6333). Most students also elect a full-year family therapy practicum (CCPJ 6363).

Fourth and Fifth Year

The fourth year is typically focused on clinical externship (CCPX 5230) and extensive work on the dissertation. A full-year fourth year psychotherapy practicum (CCPX 6338) is recommended, though not required. Year five is usually spent on a full- year clinical internship (CCPX 6430).

The program allows only 12 points of graduate work from another institution to be transferred. No transfer credits are awarded for practica, workshops, or independent study.

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How to apply phd, counseling psychology.

This American Psychological Association–accredited doctoral program prepares you to work as a counseling psychologist in colleges, community agencies, clinics, and hospitals. Graduates of this license-qualifying doctoral program are eligible to take the New York State Examination for Professional Practice in Psychology.

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Primary Research Mentors

The doctoral program in counseling psychology at NYU is a small, individualized scientist-practitioner training program; thus we pay close attention to the match between the candidate and the program’s faculty and resources. In particular, we seek to admit students whose professional interests align with the program as a whole and whose research interests are well-matched with those of more than one faculty member. Each new student will be matched with a primary research mentor and will also be supported by secondary faculty mentors in other research and clinical roles.

The faculty who are available to serve as primary research mentors for the Fall 2024 admission are:

• Anil Chacko
• Shabnam Javdani
• William Tsai

Other faculty are pote ntially available to serve as secondary mentors, so we encourage you to write about your interests and experiences that demonstrate that you are a good match with the program as a whole as well as with your potential primary mentor.

Admissions Requirements

Candidates to this doctoral program require 18 prior credits (or 6 courses) in psychology, including at least one course in statistics.

How to Apply

These instructions and requirements are for all applicants. If you are not a citizen or a permanent resident of the United States, please read the  special instructions for international applicants .

Your application will require the following items. The following are acceptable document types for uploads: .pdf, .jpeg, .jpg, .gif, .tiff, .png, .doc, .docx, and bitmap.

1. Prepare Your Application

You are required to upload a copy of your most recent résumé or curriculum vitae as part of your application.

Statement of Purpose

We are looking for students who appreciate and desire a career that includes research and practice, integrating social justice and diversity in both areas. Please speak to this for your career trajectory in a typed - double spaced three to four page statement of purpose which you upload to your application.

Letters of Recommendation

Submit  three  letters of recommendation. Be sure to request them well in advance of the deadline. Read  detailed instructions .

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Upload one official copy of transcripts from every postsecondary school you have attended or are attending. Make sure to request them in advance of the deadline.

If you completed or are completing a degree at an institution outside of the US or Canada, you are required to provide a WES or ECE evaluation. Please review our requirements for translation and a course-by-course evaluation of your transcripts.

See  detailed instructions on submitting transcripts .

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Although the GRE is typically required for this program, for the 2024 admissions cycle GRE scores will not be required. For more information see  testing requirements .

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The interview date for the 2024 cycle will be Friday, February 9, 2024 .

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After you fill in and upload the required information, you can submit your completed application.  Your application must be completed, dated, electronically signed, and submitted by 11:59 p.m. EST of the stated deadline.

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You will be prompted to pay a $75 application fee, payable by major credit card only. After submitting your payment, you will see your application status change from “saved” to “submitted.” Please print this screen for your records, as it confirms that your application has been successfully sent to our school. If you have problems submitting your payment, please contact the Office of Graduate Admissions. Learn more about our  fee waiver policy .

Mailing Additional Items

If any application materials need to be mailed to our office, mail the materials to NYU Steinhardt, Office of Graduate Admissions, 82 Washington Square East, 3rd Floor New York, NY 10003-6680.  Please do not mail your materials in binders or folders. Any mailed materials must be  received by, not postmarked by, the stated deadline . Only completed applications will be considered and reviewed by the Admissions Committee. Due to high volume, we are unable to confirm receipt of mailed materials.

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Application deadlines are "in-office" deadlines, not postmark deadlines.  It is your responsibility to ensure that all materials are in the Office of Graduate Admissions by the appropriate deadline, and we reserve the right to return any application that arrives after the deadline. Only completed applications will be considered. Should a deadline fall on a weekend, the in-office deadline will be the next business day. We advise you to apply early.

Please check the online system to confirm that you have successfully submitted your application.  Due to the volume of applications and related materials received, the Office of Graduate Admissions will only contact you if your application was successfully submitted and is deemed incomplete because of missing required materials. Otherwise, you will hear from us when the admissions committee has made its decision.

Deferral policy:  NYU Steinhardt does not allow deferrals. Applicants who wish to be considered for a future semester must reapply by submitting a new application with all supporting materials, including letters of recommendation, by the application deadline.

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You will be notified about your decision by email. Typically, decisions will start going out in late March or early April for fall enrollment. You may learn of your decision before or after this timeline.

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Clinical Psychology (Health Care Emphasis)

Campus: NYC, Westchester

The 101-credit PhD in Clinical Psychology (Health Care Emphasis) program prepares students for scientific, academic, and clinical careers. The program is aligned with the Boulder training model, underscoring the reciprocal relationship between research and practice. Empirical research guides clinical practice, while applied practice experiences influence research questions. This relatively new program admitted its first cohort in the fall of 2019. We are currently preparing self-study documents as we will be seeking accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation (CoA) of the American Psychological Association (APA) as a clinical program. Our program prepares students to be aware of and sensitive to issues of individual differences, diversity, and disparities in health service delivery, as in assessment and psychotherapy. Understanding the roles of context and culture in research and practice is imperative. While adhering to the scientist-practitioner model, education and training in the PhD Program underscores the importance of developing listening skills from multiple perspectives attending to both content and process, with appreciation for multiple theories and techniques. Thorough training in clinical psychology is augmented by training in health psychology and public health systems involved in preventing disease and promoting health.

The PhD in Clinical Psychology (Health Care Emphasis) program  develops competencies that integrate scientific study with pre- professional coursework and field training. An enroute master’s  degree is awarded upon completion of a thesis at the end of the  second year of study, and program graduates will have completed  all pre-doctoral academic and internship requirements needed  to be admitted to the New York State Licensing Examination for  the professional practice of psychology. The program requires 101  credit hours of study, a qualifying examination after the first year, a  comprehensive examination, typically during the third or fourth year,  and completion of a doctoral dissertation. The first four years involve on-campus study as well as externships. In  the initial semester, a practicum supplements coursework in Clinical  Interviewing that helps refine skills. In the following four semesters,  practicum experiences include supervised clinical experiences at  the Thomas J. McShane Center for Psychological Services at Pace  University. Experiences include intake interviewing, psychotherapy,  and (upon adequate preparedness/training), diagnostic assessment.  Students will devote eight hours per week in further practicum  experience during their second year of the program. This may be  in the field, in health-service delivery settings approved by the  Director of Field Training (and Program Committee), in which direct  supervision is offered by a licensed psychologist. The McShane Center  for Psychological Services may also serve as a site for this initial  practicum experience (with approval of the Directors of the McShane  Center and the Program Committee).  

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Clinical Psychology PhD

Interested in studying clinical science.

We have developed this website to provide visitors with information about our program. Our goal is to make things easier for potential applicants so all information about our program is readily accessible on the Web.

For more comprehensive information, we have developed a  Student Guide . This guide provides information that will assist you in deciding whether our program is a good fit with your interests and career objectives.  We realize that applying to a doctoral program represents a major decision and a very big step in any student’s academic and career life. We have tried to make this online brochure as informative as possible, so you will be able to get the most accurate picture of what our program has to offer and what its limitations are.  Further information regarding the clinical science faculty and their research interests can be found here .

You can also access information about the Psychological Clinic , which serves as a training facility for our doctoral students, offering assessment and psychotherapy for adults, children, couples, family and groups for a broad range of issues.

Having a close match between your goals and ours seems to be one of the best indicators of a successful outcome for students. Therefore, we encourage you to be as direct and straightforward as possible in your application. If you are interested in applying to our clinical psychology program, visit our admission information page .

For information regarding the program's education and training outcomes, click here:  Student Admissions, Outcomes and Other Data 

For information on state license requirements, click here: Consumer Disclosure Information: Educational Requirements for Licensure in Psychology .

Matthew D. Johnson

Professor and director of clinical training, our general philosophy.

The Binghamton Clinical Psychology Program is a clinical science PhD program that trains graduates to advance new knowledge and theory and to provide objective answers to important questions. Our scientific training spans the nature of psychological processes, psychopathology, and the diverse problems and challenges that individuals and groups face throughout the lifespan, including the design, assessment, and implementation of effective clinical interventions. In our view, the well-trained clinical psychologist is a scientist "24/7," while doing research and clinical work, seamlessly integrating science in all clinical endeavors.  In order to advance clinical science knowledge, exert the greatest impact on human problems, and alleviate suffering, we prepare our students to enter a variety of professional settings. Our graduates conduct research, disseminate knowledge via publication and presentations at scientific meetings, and assess/address clinical issues using well-developed clinical skills and empirically grounded interventions.

Our goal is to train the next generation of clinical scientists who embrace a rigorous scientific approach in all of their work.  Our program prepares graduates to participate in a variety of careers in which they do the following: (a) produce, publish and present high quality empirical research and scholarship to contribute to knowledge in clinical science in academic and research-focused positions, including in medical-school affiliated teaching hospitals as well as VA medical centers; (b) fully integrate evidence-based methods into the assessment and treatment of mental disorders and problems in living; and (c) disseminate science-based clinical knowledge in teaching, supervision, consultation, and administrative roles.  We expect that the majority of our graduates will function as active clinical scientists with a research emphasis in the multitude of potential careers they choose to pursue.  We further expect that those students who do not embark on primary academic careers will, nevertheless, be engaged in consuming research and in producing and sharing their own research, scholarship, and clinical innovations in publications, presentations, and workshops.

Our perspective is that science-grounded clinical skills and experiences facilitate meaningful clinical science research and that research, in turn, facilitates the practice of science-based assessment and psychotherapy.  All clinical training is done with an emphasis on scientific principles, theoretical positions that are empirically investigated, and assessment methods and interventions that are evidence-based.  Binghamton graduates are not expected to pursue careers devoted solely to the office practice of clinical psychology as private or independent practitioners.  Anyone committed to such a career track would be well advised to apply elsewhere.  Our program is best suited to those students who are interested in pursuing academic and research-related careers and in careers that effectively integrate clinical science and practice while contributing research and new knowledge to the domain of clinical psychological science.

Background Information

The Clinical Psychology Program began in 1972, and the program received accreditation from the American Psychological Association in 1981.  In 1996, after a thorough review process, the clinical program was granted membership in the Academy of Psychological Clinical Science, a coalition of doctoral psychology training programs that share a common goal of producing and applying scientific knowledge to the assessment, understanding and amelioration of human problems.  In 2003, our program received the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Outstanding Training Program Award. In 2021, the program was accredited by the Psychological Clinical Science Accreditation System (PCSAS). We are currently ranked 37th on the U.S. News and World Reports survey of clinical psychology graduate programs. 

Accreditation Information

Binghamton University's Clinical Psychology Ph.D. Program is accredited by both the Psychological Clinical Science Accreditation System (PCSAS) and the APA Commission on Accreditation (CoA).

PCSAS - Psychological Clinical Science Accreditation System

The Psychological Clinical Science Accreditation System (PCSAS) accredited the Ph.D. Program in Clinical Psychology at Binghamton University in 2021. PCSAS was created to promote science-centered education and training in clinical psychology, to increase the quality and quantity of clinical scientists contributing to the advancement of public health, and to enhance the scientific knowledge base for mental and behavioral health care. The Binghamton University program's philosophy aligns with these goals and is proud to be accredited by PCSAS. Questions related to the program's accredited status should be directed to PCSAS:

APA - Commission on Accreditation of the American Psychological Association

The Ph.D. Program in Clinical Psychology at Binghamton University has been accredited by the American Psychological Association Commission on Accreditation since 1981. Questions related to the program's accredited status should be directed to the Commission on Accreditation:

Office of Program Consultation and Accreditation American Psychological Association 750 1st Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002

The program demonstrates its commitment to public disclosure by providing clearly presented written materials and other communications that appropriately represent it to all relevant publics. At a minimum, this includes general program information pertaining to its aims, required curriculum sequence, and the expected outcomes in terms of its graduates' careers, as well as data on achievement of those expected and actual outcomes.

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Last Updated: 8/2/22