RECENT SURVEY GIVES HIGH MARKS TO PROGRAM

Read Matson, J.L. et al.(2005) for a recent review of Temple's Clinical Program. There you will see that the Temple Clinical Program ranks 9th among all Clinical Psychology Ph.D programs in the country in number of scientific research articles that are published and in the number of citations that these articles receive.

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The Department of Psychology’s Doctoral Area in Clinical Psychology is firmly rooted in the scientist-practitioner model of training. It is designed to provide students with a variety of research and clinical experiences, with an emphasis on the mutually supportive interplay of clinical research and practice. It is our philosophy that clinical psychologists should think like scientists in their clinical practice and like clinicians in their research, ultimately bringing the best of both worlds to consumers of psychological services.

With a strong commitment to the training of clinical scientists as its foundation, the Clinical Psychology Area places significant emphasis on the development of research skills and interests throughout the student’s tenure at Temple. Through a combination of coursework and laboratory experiences, it provides students with a strong background in the clinical research literature and the methodological skills used to address clinically relevant questions. In addition to required empirical pre-dissertation and dissertation projects, students are expected to be actively involved in and committed to research activity throughout the course of their graduate careers. Examples of these activities include ongoing participation in a faculty-directed research team, attendance at departmental proseminar meetings and colloquia, attendance at research-oriented professional conferences, submission and delivery of papers at professional conferences, and the publication of papers and book chapters with faculty and student collaborators. Consistent with an empirical clinical model, students often play key roles in research addressing the conceptualization, description, etiology, assessment, and treatment of major mental health problems and issues relevant to children, adolescents, and adults. The research interests of specific clinical faculty members are listed below.

Clinical training at Temple emphasizes an evidence-based approach to clinical service delivery. At the Psychological Services Center, graduate students provide assessment and psychotherapy services to a diverse client population with a wide range of problems and needs. Student therapists receive weekly group and individual supervision from members of the clinical faculty. The majority of supervising faculty identify primarily with behavioral and cognitive-behavioral approaches to treatment, though other perspectives on treatment (e.g., psychodynamic, emotion-focused) are represented as well. By participating in clinic teams with different faculty members, students thus have the opportunity to be exposed to a variety of perspectives on the practice of psychotherapy. Well-established grant-funded research clinics provide students affiliated with those clinics with additional clinical training and experience in the delivery of empirically-supported treatment protocols to specialized clinical populations such as youth and adults with anxiety disorders. Community placements are also available in the Philadelphia area for advanced students who wish to pursue additional training or focus on other specialized populations.

The Clinical Psychology graduate area is fully accredited by the American Psychological Association. Questions regarding accreditation may be addressed to the Director of Clinical Training, Dr. Lauren Alloy (lalloy@temple.edu). Further questions regarding the accreditation status of the Clinical Psychology Area may be directed in writing to the Office of Program Consultation and Accreditation of the American Psychological Association, 750 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20002 or by telephone to (202) 336-5979.

For further information or questions concerning application for admission to the Clinical Psychology Area, please contact:

Dr. Robert Fauber
Chair, Graduate Clinical Admissions
7th Floor, Weiss Hall
Telephone: (215) 204-7728
Email: rfauber@temple.edu

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