PhD Clinical Psychology

The Clinical Psychology Program at UNCG espouses the scientist-practitioner model of training. The program trains individuals to become skilled scientists and competent clinicians who use their expertise to understand, assess, treat, and prevent behavioral disorders, regardless of the setting in which they work (e.g., university psychology department, mental health center, private practice). Graduates of the doctoral program are prepared to work as independent researchers, teachers, consultants, and practitioners. The program provides students with a firm grounding in a broad range of empirically validated techniques in assessment and intervention; students demonstrate competence in all of these areas prior to the receipt of the terminal PhD degree. Although conceptual analyses of clinical phenomena most commonly incorporate a broadly based behavioral perspective, other perspectives are given serious study as well. We admit students for graduate study who will continue to use their research training in academic settings or elsewhere, as graduates.