Antioch University

Antioch University Santa Barbara provides high quality, innovative undergraduate and graduate education for adults. Through the integration of academic and experiential learning, and by fostering creativity and independent thinking, an Antioch education empowers students to act responsibly to effect personal, social and environmental change.

Pre-PsyD in Clinical Psychology - Family Psychology

The Pre-PsyD program entry point is an alternative entry path into the PsyD program for prospective students who do not have a master's degree in psychology. The track is a one-year sequence of foundational graduate courses in psychology that prepares students to engage with the PsyD curriculum. The PsyD program in Clinical Psychology with a Family Psychology emphasis was developed to produce well-trained clinicians within a scholar-practitioner model using the core competencies of the National Council of Schools and Programs of Professional Psychology (NCSPP).

The program builds on Antioch University Santa Barbara's outstanding local reputation for providing quality education and well-trained clinicians. Key elements include:

• An education approach integrating theory and practice
• Training emphasizing the socio-political impact of systems (family, community and cultural) on the individual
• Antioch's appreciation of the diversity of human experience
• A focus on developing critical thinking skills
• Preparation for the role of the professional psychologist
• Development of skills for work in the family forensic arena

Program Delivery

The full-time program is offered across two days per week, all day Thursday and Friday until 3 pm.

Program Components

Coursework

Full-time students will enroll for three quarters of Pre-PsyD course work taking 12 units each quarter and a traineeship experience. Students admitted into the Pre-PsyD program, upon successful completion of the first year of coursework, will continue their studies with students who were admitted with an MA degree in psychology.

PsyD in Clinical Psychology - Family Psychology

NOTE: This is a post-master's program.
Family psychology is a broad-based specialty that includes working with individuals, couples and families in psychotherapy and also working within other systemic contexts to provide indirect and direct service in multiple settings, including: school systems, primary health care, the justice system and family businesses. Family psychologists provide supervision and leadership to various individuals and organizations and they support effective program development and implementation through evaluative or basic research.

As part of their degree program, students gain expertise in family forensic psychology. This emphasis is designed to prepare psychologists who are increasingly called upon to intervene with families involved with the legal system. It also prepares psychologists to work in a consulting capacity with legal professionals. Future professionals learn to assess and intervene with families who are facing divorce, child custody disputes, elder care and conservancy, custodianships, parenting challenges, adoption, family violence, community violence or involvement with the juvenile justice system.

Program Goals

The PsyD Program in Clinical Psychology with a Family Psychology emphasis was developed to produce well-trained clinicians within a scholar-practitioner model using the core competencies of the National Council of Schools and Programs of Professional Psychology (NCSPP). The program builds on Antioch University Santa Barbara's outstanding local reputation for providing quality education at the master's level. Key elements include:

• An educational approach integrating theory and practice
• Training emphasizing the socio-political impact of systems (family, community and cultural) on the individual
• Antioch's appreciation of the diversity of human experience
• A focus on developing critical thinking skills
• Preparation for the role of the professional psychologist
• Development of skills for work in the family forensic arena

Program Delivery

The full-time program is offered across two days per week, all day on Thursday and Friday until 3 pm.

Program Components

Coursework

Full-time students will enroll for 11- 13 units per quarter over 9 quarters and a 1-unit year-long internship for a total of 108 quarter units.

Clinical Dissertation

We are interested in stimulating student creativity, therefore the options for completion of this project vary. Because family psychology involves a paradigmatic shift from a focus on the individual to a focus on the system, students will be encouraged to develop a project which involves studying a complex system of their choice.

Internship

Students are required to complete a full-time internship during the 4th year of the academic program.

Clinical Hours

It is expected that students will acquire 1000 hours of clinical experience prior to applying for the internship. We expect that most students will seek out clinical placements early in their program (and will take advantage of summers to accumulate the requisite hours).

Professional Competence Evaluation (PCE)

During Practicum III, students will begin to identify and conceptualize a case which might be developed for presentation as part of the PCE. The PCE is intended to demonstrate students' skill and knowledge in the field of psychology and to integrate their academic and clinical learning. The PCE is to be completed during the summer following Year 2 of the program, prior to engaging in the application process for internship.

Information

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