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A WASC accredited
graduate school

The Clinical Psychology
Program is APA approved.

PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
Each student works with the Respecialization Program Director to create a personalized learning plan that builds upon prior learning and experience as a foundation for acquiring the knowledge and skills necessary for productive work as a clinical psychologist. Every effort needs to be made to match previous coursework with the curriculum. The key elements of the program are:

Academic work in the following areas:

PSY 704 Theories of Personality (4 units)
PSY 708 Psychopathology (4 units)
PSY 709 Legal and Ethical Bases of Practice (4 units)
PSY 710 Psychological Assessment (4 units)
PSY 711 Psychotherapy Process Research (4 units) and
PSY 712 Multicultural Psychology (4 units)

One course in an intervention-focused theoretical approach

PSY 746: Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy (4 units) OR
PSY 747: Cognitive/Behavioral Psychotherapy (4 units) OR
PSY 748: Humanistic/Existential Psychotherapy (4 units) OR
PSY 749: Marriage and Family Therapy (4 units)

Recommended work (required by various jurisdictions)

PSY 745 Consultation and Supervision (2 units)

Clinical work in the following areas:

• Completion of at least 105 hours of Psychological Assessment Labs
• Completion of at least 1,000 hours of practicum experience
• Successful passage of the Pre-Internship Evaluation
• Completion of a one-year full time or two year half-time internship

Possible Additional areas:
Doctoral programs in non-clinical areas of psychology have non-standardized curriculum and are likely heterogeneous. They may not include courses required by state licensing boards. Applicants are advised to compare their predoctoral coursework with the licensing requirements from the jurisdictions in which they plan to seek licensure. Since state licensing requirements vary from state to state, please refer to the Handbook on Licensing and Credentialing at http://www.asppb.org. You are advised to include the following courses as part of your Respecialization work if you did not complete courses in these categories as part of your doctoral degree:

• Developmental
• Social Psychology
• History and Systems of Psychology
• Biological Bases of Behavior
• Cognitive/Affective Bases of Behavior

Students who are enrolled in the respecialization program also have the opportunity to elect to update their knowledge in other areas in which they wish to extend their knowledge.

Please click here for the general description of the Psychology program which explains how our distance-learning model operates and the content of the knowledge areas (KA) and psychological assessment labs (PALS).

Upon completion of all requirements, students will receive a certificate indicating that they have fulfilled the clinical psychology components of our program.

For complete graduation requirements, please check: http://www.fielding.edu/policies/catalog/ctrcp05b.htm.