Program Overview

Clinical Psychology Ph.D. 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.

Program Philosophy

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 and Statistics

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Student Testimonials

• "In addition to excellent clinical and research training, the climate of the program is supportive and collaborative. Students, trainees, faculty, and staff are committed to your success, and that is felt throughout the four years."
• "The program emphasizes the development of well-rounded clinicians and researchers, offering comprehensive training across core areas of clinical psychology while encouraging students to pursue and cultivate their individual fields of interest."
• "The Clinical Psychology Graduate Program prepares students to become leaders in evidence-based, equity-focused care across a range of populations and specialties. Faculty are highly invested in mentorship and innovation, and the culture encourages critical thinking, collaboration, and compassion."
• "The Clinical Psychology Graduate Program gives students a rare opportunity to train at an academic medical center, offering numerous advantages such as clinical rotations in interdisciplinary settings, psychiatric emergency department experience, mentorship from clinician-researchers, and exposure to diverse patient populations across the DFW metroplex."

Accreditation

This Clinical Psychology Doctoral Program and the exclusively affiliated internship are accredited by the American Psychological Association (APA).

Program Director

Richard Robinson, Ph.D., serves as the Program Director and Professor. He notes, "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."