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Clinical Psychology Ph.D. Program

About the Clinical Psychology Program

The Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology at UT Southwestern Medical Center is an American Psychological Association-accredited training program that prepares skilled psychologists to serve as clinicians as well as researchers. The Program includes an exclusively affiliated, and separately APA-accredited, doctoral internship in clinical psychology.

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The Doctoral 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 to build on.

 

Program Facts & Statistics

Sydni Shorter

Students are able to work and learn from clinicians who are actively integrating empirically supported research and administering evidence-based treatment throughout their clinical practice.

Sydni Shorter

Diego Jofre Zarate

The superior clinical training, as well as endless research opportunities, provide an ideal environment for academic excellence.

Diego Jofre Zarate

Adrianna Martin

This program offers a comprehensive training experience and the captive internship provides students with the resources to get exposed to various training experiences and prepares us to be well-rounded clinicians and researchers.

Adrianna Martin

Rebecca Wildman

I cannot understate the benefits of the collaborative nature of this program. Faculty, other students, supervisors, and other mentors all truly want everyone to succeed and are supportive of student initiatives. ;

Rebecca Wildman

Courtney Tran

“Trainees are exposed early in their training to professionally challenging situations, which fosters critical thinking and invaluable real-world experience.”

Courtney Tran

 
 

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Accreditation

This Clinical Psychology Doctoral Program and the exclusively affiliated internship are accredited by the American Psychological Association (APA). The APA Office of Program Consultation and Accreditation can be contacted by email or:

APA 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
apaaccred@apa.org

UT Southwestern Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Clinical Psychology Program

Meet the Program Director

Because we are located in a university medical center, we provide a wide variety of both clinical and research experiences, with access to diverse psychiatric and medical populations. In addition to the large on-campus faculty, we have an extensive volunteer faculty in the community who provide training and supervision of our graduate students and doctoral interns.

Richard Robinson, Ph.D.

Professor
Director of Clinical Training

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Richard Robinson, Ph.D.

Contact the Clinical Psychology Program

Brisa Afanador

Senior Administrative Assistant

Phone: 214-648-5247

Brisa Afanador

Khameka Webb

Senior Administrative Associate

Phone: 214-648-5267

Khameka Webb

For questions or additional information please contact us. utswclinicalpsychology@utsouthwestern.edu