The Doctor of Psychology in Clinical Psychology (PsyD) program, offered at our Philadelphia, Pennsylvania campus, trains practitioner-scholar psychologists to work in a broad range of clinical settings, with an emphasis on a holistic approach to interdisciplinary care and service to diverse and underserved populations.
In our American Psychological Association accredited program, highly credentialed faculty present a curriculum oriented in cognitive-behavioral theory and empirically supported treatments addressing the most current developments in psychology, while enhancing learning through practical clinical applications and interprofessional education. The PsyD in Clinical Psychology program emphasizes professional self-reflection, mentorship, attention to diversity, advocacy and social justice.
APPLY ONLINEThe PsyD program aims to educate professional clinical psychologists to enable them to meet the individual and collective mental health needs of all persons, with attention to diversity of gender, race, ethnicity, social class, sexual orientation, religion, age, and abilities, by use of comprehensive, empirically-supported cognitive and behavioral therapies, in collaboration with primary care physicians and other health professionals in an effort to provide holistic multidisciplinary health care services. We seek to train culturally competent clinical psychologists who will be leaders, advocates, clinicians, educators, and supervisors, with a commitment to scholarship and the application of research methodologies to answer clinical questions in their daily practices and communities.
The learning in the first two years of the PsyD in Clinical Psychology program is through didactic courses that cover the scientific and clinical foundations of the discipline, with inclusion of experiential components, and labs for skills training. Use of standardized patient actors provides a means for gaining formative feedback on the integration of didactic and clinical skills. Fieldwork and seminar experiences in the third and fourth years enable the student to integrate knowledge of theory and research with practicum experience. During this time, students are also mentored through the dissertation process. Students' interprofessional education occurs throughout the first four years through coursework, team-based learning, and simulations with DO, PA, counseling, nursing, and other healthcare professionals.
The internship provides the clinical psychology doctoral student with an intensive, yearlong, supervised work experience to develop, practice and integrate new clinical skills. It represents the culmination of the doctoral experience, the last practical training step before earning a doctorate in psychology. All students are required to apply to APA-accredited and APPIC internships.
Since 2015, PCOM students have had a 98 percent psychology internship match rate (159 of 162) in the Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers (APPIC) internship matching program. See our Student Admissions, Outcomes and Other Data page for additional details.
REQUEST PROGRAM INFORMATIONHere are some of the career opportunities available to PCOM PsyD in Clinical Psychology program graduates:
Visit the Doctor of Psychology in Clinical Psychology (PsyD) application requirements page for details regarding admissions requirements and the application process.
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“I was really drawn to PCOM because the emphasis of the program really takes that health psychology perspective. Having this integrated physical and mental health campus was really attractive to me.”
Joseph Harrison (PsyD)
“[Stephanie Felgoise, PhD, Professor, Department Chair and Director, Clinical PsyD Program] is an integral part of the department, but she always has time for students.”
Jason Coleman, PsyD
“PCOM has a tradition of ingraining itself in the behavioral medicine perspective of care and this is what makes it stand out from other schools. Providers from different disciplines go in together as a team and treat patients collaboratively.”
Mark Cassano, PsyD
Students have two years of 12-month practicum experiences in a range of different settings, working with diverse patient populations.
Students are offered the opportunity to work with faculty on clinical research projects and are required to produce new research with mentorship and guidance to meet the dissertation requirement.
Graduates of the PsyD program qualify for the Examination for Professional Practice of Psychology (EPPP) for partial fulfillment of the requirements for professional licensure.
Students learn from, with, and about other healthcare professionals through didactics, experiential learning, standardized patient encounters, research and community involvement.
PCOM’s PsyD program in Clinical Psychology is accredited by the American Psychological Association.
The PsyD program is designed to be completed in five years, including course work, practicum, internship and dissertation. Most students do complete the program in this timeframe.
PCOM’s PsyD program in Clinical Psychology is accredited by the American Psychological Association. Questions related to the program’s accredited status should be directed to the Commission on Accreditation:
Office of Program Consultation and Accreditation
American Psychological Association
750 1st Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002
Phone: (202) 336-5979 / E-mail: apaaccred@apa.org
Web: https://accreditation.apa.org/contact
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