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The doctoral training program in clinical psychology is organized according
to a scientist-practitioner model, training students intensively in
clinical skills and research. The program is accredited by the American
Psychological Association. We do not offer the master's degree as a
terminal degree, but only as a step toward the Ph.D.
The program requirements include coursework, clinical practica, independent
research, and an internship. Students take a wide range of courses and
seminars in clinical psychology, general and experimental psychology, and
statistics and research design. Course sequences and practica are required
in interviewing, psychological assessment, and intelligence testing.
Required course sequences and practica in intervention and therapy may be
elected from several offerings: individual, group, family, child, health,
and behavior therapy. Elective clinical coursework and practica are
available in neuropsychology, psychoanalysis and ego psychology, diversity,
and other topics based on faculty and student interests.
Independent research and collaborative research projects with faculty
members are encouraged. A master's thesis and doctoral dissertation are
required; each of these projects is to be substantive and based upon
empirical data.
A one-year clinical internship at an APA-accredited facility is required
prior to graduation. The internship usually is served during the terminal
year of the program.
All students receive intensive, broad-based training in general clinical
psychology. Within this framework, there are ample opportunities for you to
pursue research interests and develop specialized clinical skills. These
opportunities are enhanced by a faculty with diverse research interests and
clinical expertise; an interface with the experimental and
industrial/organizational programs; and the availability of many research
and clinical facilities. Among the latter are the university's Counseling
and Psychological Services, which has five doctoral staff members who
provide counseling to members of the university; Southeast Psychiatric
Hospital, a 60-bed hospital; Tri-County Mental Health and Counseling
Services, an outpatient mental health center with broad community
programming; and several hospitals, schools, and other settings in Athens
and southeastern Ohio that are used for practicum training.
A core of courses is required in the clinical program, but you are free to
tailor much of your coursework, research, practica, and traineeships to
your personal interests. There is no dominant theoretical orientation among
our faculty, and we encourage our students to diversify their training in
both the conceptual and practicum areas. Groups of faculty have special
interests in the study of depression, psychotherapy, psychological
assessment, divorce, behavior therapy, experimental psychopathology, and
child-clinical psychology.
One of the larger groups focuses on health psychology. Areas of current
interest include the psychological aspects of pain disorders and
hypertension and other cardiovascular disorders. Other work focuses on
broader issues in health psychology, such as health promotion and the
effects of stress on health, and basic research, such as psychophysiology
and biofeedback.
A clinical health psychology specialty can be completed as part of the
clinical program. This specialty is designed to train students in providing
psychological services in medical settings and in conducting research
relevant to health care problems. Coursework for this specialty is in four
areas:
- Background courses
- Health psychology courses or seminars,
- Supervised research experiences in an area of health psychology
- Supervised clinical experience in evaluating and providing care for
medical patients.
A second specialty within the clinical program lies in the child and family
area. The child clinical specialty includes courses in child
psychopathology, child assessment, developmental psychology, and child,
family, and school interventions. Research expertise among the child
clinical faculty currently extends to child abuse, divorce, and delinquency.
A third specialty is the applied quantitative psychology.
The Ph.D. typically requires five and one-half years to complete, including
the internship. Graduates are trained for a variety of professional
positions and prepared, with additional postdoctoral experience, for the
psychology licensing requirements of all states. All of our graduates to
date have found suitable positions. Most have taken positions in outpatient
mental health centers, hospitals, university psychology departments, or
medical schools.
Normal Schedule for Clinical Ph.D. Program
First Year
- Courses in statistics andclinical research design
- Courses and practica in interviewing, psychological assessment, and
intelligence testing
- Courses in psychopathology and personality
Second Year
- Courses and practica in intervention and therapy
- Research and course electives
- Master's thesis
Third Year
- Courses and practica in intervention and therapy
- Doctoral comprehensive exam
- Traineeship activities
- Research and course electives
Fourth Year
- Continued traineeship activities
- Research and course electives
- Dissertation
Fifth Year
Since 1989, research and training in health psychology have been enhanced
by an Academic Challenge Award granted to our Clinical Psychology Program
by the Ohio
Board of Regents. The award provides funds to support an additional faculty
member, two post-doctoral research associates, and two pre-doctoral
research associates. Equipment and supplies for research and training in
health psychology also are covered.
Clinical Psychology Faculty and Specialty Areas
Timothy Anderson, Ph.D., Miami University.
Psychotherapy research, assessment.
Margret A. Appel, Ph.D., University of Denver.
Human psychophysiology, childhood disorders, behavioral medicine.
Christopher R. France, Ph.D., McGill University.
Health psychology, cardiovascular psychophysiology, pain sensitivity and risk for hypertension, prediction and prevention of vasovagal reactions in blood donation, cardiovascular responses to psychological and physical stressors, caffeine-stress interactions.
John P. Garske, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley.
Psychotherapy research, experimental psychopathology and psychodynamics, brief psychotherapy, multivariate clinical research.
Christine A. Gidycz, Ph.D., Kent State University.
Child and adolescent clinical psychology, sexual victimization, child abuse.
Donald A. Gordon, Ph.D., University of Alabama.
Child clinical psychology, family therapy, juvenile delinquency, psychoeducational interventions with divorced families, interactive videodisc interventions for parents.
Kenneth A. Holroyd, Ph.D., University of Miami.
Treatment outcome and process research, including evaluations of the relative effectiveness and combined effects of drug and psychological therapies, and psychological and biological change mechanisms operating in psychological and drug therapies. Cognitive behavior therapy. Health psychology, particularly pain disorders, and stress and coping.
Francis J. Keefe, Ph.D, Ohio University.
Health psychology, nature and management of chronic pain disorders.
Raymond P. Lorion, Ph.D., University of Rochester.
Clinical-community psychology, prevention of early childhood dysfunction, substance abuse prevention programs.
John R. McNamara, Ph.D., University of Georgia.
Behavior modification, self-regulation processes, child and adolescent behavior therapy, psychotherapy research, organizational behavior management, professional psychology.
Benjamin M. Ogles, Ph.D., Brigham Young University.
Primary interests in assessing psychotherapy outcome and evaluating mental health service, along with training and supervision issues. Secondary interests in exercise and sports psychology, including eating disorders among athletes and the psychology of long-distance running.
Gary S. Sarver, Ph.D., University of Florida.
Child and adolescent: developmental personality and neurological research, neurophysical diagnosis.
Julie A. Suhr, Ph.D., University of Iowa.
Clinical and experimental neuropsychology, alzheimer's disease and other dementias, executive functioning and the frontal lobes, neuropsychological rehabilitation.
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