Counseling Psychology Ph.D. Handbook Excerpts

 

VALUES STATEMENT: The Counseling Psychology specialization at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is a multicultural community of diverse racial, ethnic, and class backgrounds as well as representative of many religious, spiritual, political, beliefs, physical abilities, ages, national origins and sexual orientations. The program expects that students will be respectful and supportive of all individuals, including but not limited to clients, staff, faculty, and peers who are different from themselves in terms of age, gender, gender identity, race, ethnicity, culture, national origin, political orientation, religion, spirituality, sexual orientation, ability, language, and socioeconomic status. It is also expected that students and faculty will work to create a climate of safety and trust for all concerned.

MODEL: The APA-accredited Ph.D. Specialization in Counseling Psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee follows a scientist-practitioner model.  The doctoral program integrates theory, practice, and research to train counseling psychologists who possess the scientific knowledge and skills necessary to work with diverse urban populations and in diverse settings. The program prepares students for employment in applied and academic settings, particularly within urban areas.  Ph.D. students are expected to conduct research and to advance the science of counseling psychology through scholarly inquiry.  

GOALS: The program has three major goals. Our first goal is to train psychologists who specialize as counseling psychologists.  Second is to train counseling psychologists who are multiculturally competent, and are prepared to work as psychologists within an urban context.  Finally, our third overarching goal is to train psychological scientists who will contribute to and/or apply their scientific knowledge base using qualitative and/or quantitative methodologies.

ACADEMIC PROGRESS: The Ph.D. Program in Counseling Psychology is designed so that it can be completed within four years of full-time study and a year of internship. Students are strongly encouraged to keep on schedule, though some students may take some of their coursework part-time. However, all doctoral students in the Ph.D. Program must complete their program within 10 years of their acceptance date, which is the first day of the fall semester of the student's first year in the doctoral Program. Extensions may be granted upon written request to the Director of Training.

TIME TO COMPLETION: The Counseling Psychology program has graduated 44 students since 1998. The mean time of completion for these 44 graduates is 6.2 years, which includes cases of students’ requesting leaves of absence. There are currently 42 students in the program. Since 1999 there have been 5 students who have not completed the program once matriculated.

 

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