Pacifica Graduate Institute's Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology provides a strongfoundational education in clinical psychology which is enriched by the traditions of depth psychology. Depth psychology is found in multiple cultural contexts and perspectives, including the systematic explorations of Freud, Jung, and their followers.This depth emphasis also includes the study of recent scholars of archetypal psychology (Hillman) and theorists and practitioners of Interpersonal (Sullivan), Object-Relations (Klein/Winnicott), and Self (Kohut) psychologies. Pacifica has offered the Ph.D. program in clinical psychology since 1987.
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The Ph.D. program includes three years of coursework in foundational clinical psychology with an emphasis in Jungian and psychoanalytic psychology. After completion of the three year academic program students complete a dissertation in the fourth and fifth years and a 1,500 hour clinical internship. In the current national clinical psychology environment, the Ph.D. has become the degree of choice for students interested in clinical research, teaching, and other academic pursuits. Over the past five years, faculty from the Clinical Psychology Program have exhibited significant scholarship by the completion of over 350 research articles, 13 books and have presented over 250 professional papers at conferences; students have written and/or presented over 75 professional papers. The Clinical Psychology Program is committed to the expansion of depth-oriented research to improve clinical outcomes.
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The Clinical Psychology Ph.D. program courses draw from four areas of study: - Practicum Seminars
- Clinical Practice
- Depth Psychology and the Humanities
- Research and Scholarly Inquiry
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"I believe that our education in clinical psychology is extraordinary. Besides providing high quality foundational academic and clinical programs, we offer students a more complete picture of the human experience because of our depth psychology emphasis. Students travel here from all over the country to experience this special place which provides a setting that awakens the deeper dimensions of the human psyche in an intellectually stimulating academic environment." —JAMES L. BRODERICK, PROGRAM CHAIR
Pacifica recently received a seven-year Reaffirmation of Accreditation by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges Accrediting Commission for Senior Colleges and Universities (WASC).
