INSIDER’S GUIDE TO GRADUATE PROGRAMS IN CLINICAL AND COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGY [...]... the system works and a willingness to put in extra effort during the application process In other words, in this book, we will help you to work smarter and work harder in getting into graduate school Clinical and Counseling Psychology Before dealing with the question of “how to apply,” we would like to address “why” to apply and what clinical and counseling psychology are about Reading through the next... www.socialpsychology.org/career/htm • www.gradschools.com A Word on “Backdoor” Clinicians The APA ethical guidelines outline two pathways to becoming a clinical or counseling psychologist The first is to complete a doctoral program and formal internship in clinical or counseling psychology The second is to obtain a nonclinical psychology doctorate and then to complete a formal respecialization program in clinical. .. leading, scientifically oriented, doctoral training programs in clinical and health psychology, committed to empirical approaches to advancing knowledge,” which was established in response to rapid changes taking place in the field of clinical psychology “The Academy seeks as members those programs that are strongly committed to research training and to the integration of such training with clinical. .. not to the master’s-level profession of counseling This is a critical distinction: our book and research studies pertain specifically and solely to counseling psychology programs, not counseling programs The distinctions between clinical psychology and counseling psychology have steadily faded Graduates of counseling psychology programs are eligible for the same professional benefits as clinical psychology. .. decided to write an insider’s guide to graduate programs in clinical and counseling psychology The last dozen years have seen the entire process of choosing schools and applying become progressively more difficult Approximately 75,000 bachelor’s degrees are awarded every year in psychology, and about 20% of the recipients go on to earn a master’s or doctoral degree in psychology Clinical and counseling psychology. .. entire institution The APA only accredits doctoral programs in the four specialty areas of clinical psychology, counseling psychology, school psychology, and combined psychology The last category is for those programs that afford doctoral training in two or more of the specialties of clinical, counseling, and school psychology The “combined” doctoral programs represent a relatively new development in graduate. .. differences between clinical psychology and counseling psychology are still visible (Morgan & Cohen, 2003; Norcross et al., 1998) First, clinical psychology is larger than counseling psychology: in 2005, there were 224 APA-accredited and active doctoral programs in clinical psychology and 68 APA-accredited and active doctoral programs in counseling psychology (APA, 2004) currently accepting students Table... these counseling INTRODUCING CLINICAL AND COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGY psychology programs in addition to some unaccredited programs produce about 500 doctoral degrees per year By contrast, clinical psychology programs produce approximately 2,400 doctoral degrees (1,400 Ph.D and 1,000 Psy.D.) per year Second, clinical psychology graduate programs are almost exclusively housed in departments or schools of psychology, ... counseling psychology programs continue to grow in number and to diversify in mission: 224 APA-accredited doctoral programs in clinical psychology, 68 APA-accredited doctoral programs in counseling psychology, 10 APA-accredited programs in combined professional–scientific psychology, dozens of non-APA-accredited doctoral programs, and hundreds of master’s programs Which should you apply to? And which type... matching, and parity You have the choice of two training models (and all the programs in between the two extremes) The choice should be matched to your strengths and interests Parity has been achieved in that almost half of all doctorates in clinical psychology are awarded by Vailmodel programs (Turkington, 1986) The choices are yours, but make informed decisions INTRODUCING CLINICAL AND COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGY . INSIDER’S GUIDE TO GRADUATE PROGRAMS IN CLINICAL AND COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGY