PhD - Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology

University of New Mexico

The clinical program is dedicated to training psychological clinical scientists who will (1) conduct research that helps advance our understanding of the etiology, assessment, and treatment of behavioral health problems with the goal of ameliorating these problems, (2) engage in the delivery of empirically-supported interventions for a variety of behavioral health problems, and (3) work to disseminate psychological clinical science through a variety of activities, such as publishing, teaching, training/supervising therapists in empirically-supported interventions, program development and evaluation, and development of policy that may change the way we care for those in our society who suffer from behavioral health problems. We adhere strongly to a clinical science model, which means that our training program has been designed to reflect the integration of science and practice across all aspects of training. Thus, graduates of our program might be found in multiple settings, including academia, medical centers, and administration. In these positions, our graduates often engage in both research and direct provision of psychological services.Successful students in our program typically have a strong background and interest research, and many of our graduates continue to contribute to foundational knowledge in psychological clinical science during their career. Thus, applicants who are interested primarily in the provision of mental health services and/or who are not interested in conducting research would not be a good fit for our training program.

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