Doctor of Philosophy in Clinical Psychology

Program Overview

The Doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology provides integrated academic, scientific, and professional training. The training ensures the development of broad-based clinical skills and encourages close, cooperative work with other healthcare specialists, such as pediatricians, internists, neurologists, neurosurgeons, geriatricians, and psychiatrists. The program provides students with intensive instruction in the theoretical framework of psychology and broad experience in methods of practice in clinical psychology. The program is defined by the scientist-practitioner model. Graduates are well-prepared clinicians and researchers because of a solid grounding in theory, practice, and research.

Possible Career Options

The Clinical psychology PhD program prepares students for teaching and research in medical, mental health, and academic settings, as well as for clinical service. Students receive training in a broad range of assessment procedures and intervention approaches with an emphasis on empirically supported interventions. Such training ensures the development of broad-based clinical skills and encourages close, cooperative work with other healthcare specialists, such as pediatricians, internists, neurologists, neurosurgeons, geriatricians, and psychiatrists.

Licensed Clinical Psychologist

Community Clinical Psychologist

Psychologist Faculty Member

Research Psychologists

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Cost of Attendance

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Accreditation Information

The Clinical Ph.D program has been granted Accreditation on Contingency status by the American Psychological Association.

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
Phone: (202) 336-5979 / Email: apaaccred@apa.org
Web: www.apa.org/ed/accreditation

Accreditation status: Accredited on Contingency. The program is accredited, on contingency through the following date: January 26, 2029.

The Clinical Psychology Ph.D. program at UTRGV has been granted provisional membership to the Council of University Directors of Clinical Psychology (CUDCP).

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