Clinical Psychology
The Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology at UT Southwestern Medical School is an American Psychological Association accredited training program designed to prepare skilled psychologists who can serve as clinicians, as well as sound researchers.
The program’s basic training philosophy reflects a clinician-researcher model of training that prepares individuals for the practice of clinical psychology, broadly conceived. The combined experience of clinical and research settings reflects the program’s clinician-researcher philosophy. The Clinical Psychology Program’s model provides research training that equips students pursuing more clinically oriented careers with the skills to critically evaluate scientific material. Students pursuing academic or research careers have a solid clinical foundation on which to build.
Objectives of the program are for students to obtain:
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A broad and general knowledge of scientific psychology
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Specialized knowledge and entry-level practice skills in clinical psychology
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The ability to develop, disseminate, and/or evaluate scientific knowledge directed toward understanding and improving human functioning
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Knowledge of and adherence to the ethical and sensitive practice of professional psychology
This program and the affiliated internship are accredited by the American Psychological Association (APA). The APA Office of Program Consultation and Accreditation can be contacted at apaaccred@apa.org.
Office of Program Consultation and Accreditation
750 First Street NE
Washington, DC 20002-4242
Phone: 202-336-5979
TDD/TTY: 202-336-6123
Fax: 202-336-5978
Message from the Program Chair
Beth Kennard, PsyD, ABPP
Professor, Psychiatry
Graduate School: PsyD, Baylor University, 1984
Postdoctoral Training: UT Southwestern Medical Center
The Graduate Program in Clinical Psychology is designed as a four-year doctoral program of study in clinical psychology that provides applied clinical and research training to prepare students for the practice of professional psychology.
The training program in psychology began as an internship program in 1952 by Dr. Carmen Miller Michael. From this start, the program has evolved into a clinical PhD program with an affiliated pre-doctoral internship, both separately accredited by the American Psychological Association.
Specialty training areas include health psychology/behavioral medicine, child psychology and neuropsychology. Our training outcomes include an average national licensing exam score which is one standard deviation above the national mean, a 100 percent internship match, a low attrition rate (less than seven percent), and an average between 90 to 100 percent of graduates securing postdoctoral fellowships each year.
Currently, the program has more than 40 clinical students in residence and has enrolled an average of 10 new students annually over the past seven years. The program attracts high quality applicants, with an acceptance rate ranging from five to 10 percent per year.