PhD

Clinical Psychology

Study mode:On campus Study type:Full-time Languages: English
Local:$ 67.2 k / Year(s) Foreign:$ 67.2 k / Year(s) Deadline: Dec 1, 2024
24 place StudyQA ranking:3824 Duration:6 years

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The Clinical Psychology PhD Program in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine is founded on a scientist-practitioner model. The overall goal of the program is to graduate academic psychologists who are competent, ethical, and productive in the science and practice of clinical psychology. Our program emphasizes the integration of science and clinical practice.

The program is supported by both Feinberg and The Graduate School at Northwestern University and takes advantage of its placement within an academic medical center by balancing research and clinical training, as well as providing opportunities for translational research and practice that span molecular to social models of disease, and epidemiologic to clinical and neuroimaging methodologies.

The following courses are routinely made available to students. Additional courses, including Special Topics, may also be made available to students. Courses are categorized as Foundational Courses, Courses in the Bases of Behavior, Required Clinical Courses, Required Research Courses, and Elective and Emphasis-Specific Courses.

Required Foundational Courses:

  • Professional Issues in Clinical Psychology (Ethics)
  • Diversity in Psychological Science and Practice
  • Life-Span Developmental Psychology

Required Courses in the Bases of Behavior:

  • Behavioral Neuroscience
  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Advanced Social Psychology

Required Clinical Courses:

  • Psychological Assessment I, II, III
  • Psychopathology
  • Introduction to Psychotherapy
  • Cognitive Behavior Therapy

Required Research Courses:

  • Research Methods (Statistics) I, II, II
  • Advanced Research Methodology

Emphasis-Specific Elective Courses:

  • Behavioral Neuroanatomy (Neuropsychology & Behavioral Neuroscience
  • Behavioral Neurology for Neuropsychologists (Neuropsychology & Behavioral Neuroscience
  • Brain and Behavior: Introduction to Neuropsychology
  • Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy (Child Emphasis
  • Child Psychological Assessment (Child Emphasis
  • Child Psychopathology (Child Emphasis
  • Cognitive and Behavioral Treatments for Depression (Psychopathology & Treatment
  • Cognitive Models of Psychopathology and Psychotherapy (Psychopathology & Treatment
  • Family Therapy (Child Emphasis
  • Forensic Psychology & Neuropsychology (Neuropsychology & Behavioral Neuroscience; Psychopathology & Treatment
  • Health Psychology (Behavioral Medicine
  • Introduction to Psychopharmacology (Psychopathology & Treatment
  • Marital and Sex Therapy (Psychopathology & Treatment
  • Mental Health Services Sequence (Policy
  • Mental Health Policy (Policy
  • Motivation for Health Behavioral Change (Behavioral Medicine
  • Neuropsychological Assessment (Neuropsychology & Behavioral Neuroscience
  • Primary Care Psychology (Behavioral Medicine
  • Psychodynamic Traditions (Psychopathology & Treatment)

Requirements

  • An undergraduate grade point average in your major field of 3.2 or above on a 4.0 scale
  • Graduate Record Examination (GRE) verbal, quantitative, and analytical scores above the 70th percentile (Psychology Subject Test is required before admission, not necessarily for the application)
  • Undergraduate and/or Master’s level course work consistent with a major in psychology, including experimental psychology, abnormal psychology, statistics, and research design
  • Prior experience (paid or voluntary) with clinical populations, including direct-service or clinical research
  • For international students, Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) scores
  • Interested in intensive training using a scientist-practitioner model and a career as a clinical psychologist doing research and/or clinical work in an academic medical center or other health care settings

Scholarships

All students admitted to the Clinical Psychology Doctoral Program in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences receive a graduate scholarship that provides 50% tuition remission for the first three years of residency. Students also receive fully subsidized University health insurance for the first three (3) years of residency.

Specific research labs may provide additional funding to students in their lab, depending on the availability of grant funding. The highest level of support research labs with funding may provide is a Research Assistant Scholarship (RAS), which provides full (100%) coverage of tuition and a monthly stipend (at least $2,566 per month for the 2016-2017 academic year). Students and faculty are also encouraged to apply for external funding, such as NIH training grants. Students from underrepresented minority groups may be eligible for additional scholarships and tuition remission, depending on availability.

Travel Grants

All students in the Clinical Psychology PhD Program qualify for a limited number of travel grants to present research at academic conferences. These travels grants are provided by the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and The Graduate School.

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