Doctor of Clinical Psychology
CIIS's Doctor of Clinical Psychology (Psy.D.) is a residential program in San Francisco focused on clinical psychology, depth psychology, social justice, and licensure preparation.
Course Overview
CIIS's Doctor of Clinical Psychology (Psy.D.) is a postconventional, on-campus program that provides a pathway to licensure as a clinical psychologist. The curriculum is built around contemporary psychodynamic theory, humanistic, existential, and transpersonal perspectives, and a social justice orientation. The program emphasizes depth-oriented psychotherapy, the therapeutic relationship, and attention to the unconscious, as well as race, class, gender, sexuality, power, privilege, and oppression. It is designed to support students in developing as integrative clinicians who can assess, diagnose, and apply clinical interventions. The program length is 5 years and the listed format is on-campus. It is intended for students seeking broad and general training in clinical psychology for professional practice.
Who is this for?
Students with a bachelor's degree who want broad and general training in clinical psychology and a pathway to licensure as a clinical psychologist.
Prerequisites
The Psy.D. program at CIIS is for students who hold a bachelor's degree in the field and wish to pursue a broad and general training in clinical psychology that prepares students for the professional practice of psychology.
About the Provider
The California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) launched the world's first university-affiliated Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies and Research Certificate Program in 2015, establishing the gold standard for post-graduate psychedelic clinician training, with cohorts now also offered a B.S. in Psychedelic Studies and a KAP clinic. Based in San Francisco, CIIS is a non-profit graduate university pioneering integral approaches to consciousness, therapy, and psychedelic medicine.
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- PriceFree
- FormatLive Classes
- Lifecycle statusNo New Dates
- SkillsIntegrationPsychotherapyEthicsTrauma-Informed CareClinical assessment and diagnosisPsychodynamic psychotherapyApplication of clinical interventionsResearch design and scholarshipUnderstanding power, privilege, and oppressionWorking with diverse and intersectional identities
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