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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