[...]... year in psychology (National Center for Education Statistics, 2009), and about 20% of the recipients go on to earn a master’s or doctoral degree in psychology Clinical and counseling psychology programs continue to grow in number and to diversify in mission: 232 APA-accredited doctoral programs in clinical psychology, 67 APA-accredited doctoral programs in counseling psychology, 10 APA-accredited programs. .. how 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 entail Reading through the next... than the clinical psychology programs • The counseling psychology faculty were more interested than clinical psychology faculty in research pertaining to minority/cross-cultural issues (69% vs 32% of programs) and vocational/career testing (62% vs 1% of programs) • The clinical psychology faculty, in turn, were far more interested than the counseling psychology faculty in research pertaining to psychopathological... clinical psychology graduate programs are almost exclusively housed in departments or schools of psychology, whereas counseling psychology graduate programs are located in a variety of departments and divisions Our research (Turkson & Norcross, 1996) shows that, in rough figures, one-quarter of doctoral programs in counseling psychology are located in INTRODUCING CLINICAL AND COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGY psychology... Clinical Science (APCS) APCS is an alliance of scientifically oriented, doctoral and internship training programs APCS programs are strongly committed to research training and to the integration of such training with clinical training APCS includes 51 clinical psychology Ph.D programs These programs are listed in Table 1-3 More information on APCS can be found on their Web site: http://acad psychclinicalscience.org/... on both clinical and ethical grounds To Reiterate Our Purpose The purpose of this book is to help you navigate the heretofore unknown and frightening process of applying to clinical and counseling psychology graduate programs Gaining admission to such competitive programs requires a good deal of time and energy There are the matters of taking the appropriate undergraduate courses, gaining clinical experience,... doctoral programs in clinical psychology and 66 active APA-accredited doctoral programs in counseling psychology (APA, 2008) currently accepting students Table 1-1 reveals that these counseling psychology programs in addition to some unaccredited programs produce about 400 doctoral degrees per year By contrast, clinical psychology programs produce approximately 2,600 doctoral degrees (1,300 Ph.D and. .. application process less hectic and confusing than ours, but equally rewarding in the end result Welcome and good luck! xvi C H A P T E R 1 INTRODUCING CLINICAL AND COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGY I f you are reading this book for the first time, we assume you are either considering applying to graduate programs in clinical and counseling psychology or are in the process of doing so For even the bestprepared... acceptance rates of Ph.D clinical (6%) and Ph.D counseling (8%) psychology programs were quite similar despite the higher number of applications to clinical programs (270 vs 130) • The average grade point averages (GPAs) and GRE scores for incoming doctoral students were nearly identical in Ph.D clinical and Ph.D counseling psychology programs (3.5 for both) • The counseling psychology programs accepted... are now awarded annually in clinical psychology 1,300 Ph.D degrees and 1,300 Psy.D degrees All told, doctoral degrees in clinical psychology account for about 48% of all psychology doctorates 1 INTRODUCING CLINICAL AND COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGY TABLE 1-1 Popularity and Doctorate Production of Psychology Subfields Subfield % of doctorallevel psychologists Clinical Cognitive Counseling Developmental Educational . the Insider’s Guide to Graduate Programs in Clinical and Counseling Psychology “Like many other Directors of Clinic al Training, I could continue to pull. University Sayette Insider's Guide quote page:Layout 1 12/4/09 12:03 PM Page 1 2 INSIDER’S GUIDE TO GRADUATE PROGRAMS IN CLINICAL AND COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGY CONTENTS ii iii INSIDER’S