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[...]... year inpsychology (National Center for Education Statistics, 2009), and about 20% of the recipients go on to earn a master’s or doctoral degree in psychologyClinicalandcounselingpsychologyprograms continue to grow in number andto diversify in mission: 232 APA-accredited doctoral programsinclinical psychology, 67 APA-accredited doctoral programsincounseling 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 ClinicalandCounselingPsychology Before dealing with the question of “how to apply,” we would like to address “why” to apply and what clinicalandcounselingpsychology entail Reading through the next... than the clinicalpsychologyprograms • The counselingpsychology faculty were more interested than clinicalpsychology faculty in research pertaining to minority/cross-cultural issues (69% vs 32% of programs) and vocational/career testing (62% vs 1% of programs) • The clinicalpsychology faculty, in turn, were far more interested than the counselingpsychology faculty in research pertaining to psychopathological... clinicalpsychologygraduateprograms are almost exclusively housed in departments or schools of psychology, whereas counselingpsychologygraduateprograms are located in a variety of departments and divisions Our research (Turkson & Norcross, 1996) shows that, in rough figures, one-quarter of doctoral programsincounselingpsychology are located in INTRODUCING CLINICAL ANDCOUNSELINGPSYCHOLOGY psychology... Clinical Science (APCS) APCS is an alliance of scientifically oriented, doctoral and internship training programs APCS programs are strongly committed to research training andto the integration of such training with clinical training APCS includes 51 clinicalpsychology 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 clinicaland 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 clinicalandcounselingpsychology 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 inclinicalpsychologyand 66 active APA-accredited doctoral programsincounselingpsychology (APA, 2008) currently accepting students Table 1-1 reveals that these counselingpsychologyprogramsin addition to some unaccredited programs produce about 400 doctoral degrees per year By contrast, clinicalpsychologyprograms 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 CLINICALANDCOUNSELINGPSYCHOLOGY I f you are reading this book for the first time, we assume you are either considering applying tograduate programs inclinicalandcounselingpsychology or are in the process of doing so For even the bestprepared... acceptance rates of Ph.D clinical (6%) and Ph.D counseling (8%) psychologyprograms were quite similar despite the higher number of applications toclinicalprograms (270 vs 130) • The average grade point averages (GPAs) and GRE scores for incoming doctoral students were nearly identical in Ph.D clinicaland Ph.D counselingpsychologyprograms (3.5 for both) • The counselingpsychologyprograms accepted... are now awarded annually inclinicalpsychology 1,300 Ph.D degrees and 1,300 Psy.D degrees All told, doctoral degrees inclinicalpsychology account for about 48% of all psychology doctorates 1 INTRODUCING CLINICALANDCOUNSELINGPSYCHOLOGY 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
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INSIDER’S GUIDE TO
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