Clinical Psychology, PsyD

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Based in Jesuit values, the USF PsyD program's mission is to offer a rigorous program of study that emphasizes clinical and scholarly work with underserved populations and focuses on training culturally responsive health service psychologists to work in interprofessional, integrated behavioral health settings.

Program Learning Outcomes

Graduates of the PsyD in Clinical Psychology will acquire the knowledge, attitudes, and skills to function in diverse settings to provide culturally competent, contextually sensitive, integrated behavioral health consultation to individuals and health professionals.

Graduates will:

Have a broad knowledge of scientific psychology; engage in evidence-based conceptualization, assessment, and treatment of human problems using individual, developmental, contextual, and sociocultural perspectives; and focus on the delivery of interprofessional, integrated healthcare with underserved populations.
Have a broad scientific knowledge base and employ scientific principles to consume, produce, and disseminate psychological research, with an emphasis on underserved populations.
Possess professional values and attitudes; strong communication, collaboration, and consultation abilities; and self-awareness and reflective practice skills.

Major Requirements (106-118 units)

Year One (33-35 units)

Year Two (32-34 units)

Year Three (20-22 units)

Fall

Spring

PSYD 707 - Clinical Dissertation Proposal Seminar
PSYD 753 - Team Leadership, Consultation, and Interprof Collaboration
PSYD 760 - Practicum 3B
NURS 760 - Psychopharmacology
Elective (2 units)
PSYD 706 - Cl Apps East Asian Meditation
PSYD 738 - Infant Mental Health
PSYD 752 - Attachment Theory: Parent Bond
PSYD 754 - Human Sexuality
PSYD 781 - Externship Placement A
and
PSYD 782 - Externship Placement B
PSYD 798 - Child and Adolescent Therapy Techniques
PSYC 798 - Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
PSYC 798 - Forensic Psychology
PSYC 799 - Geropsychology: Practicing with Older Adults in Clinical Settings
*With advance approval from PsyD core faculty, electives (for 1 to 3 units) may be taken in other graduate programs at USF.

Summer

Year Four (14-17 units)

Fall

PSYD 756 - Theory and Practice of Clinical Supervision
PSYD 770 - Practicum 4A
PSYD 788 - Clinical Dissertation Seminar
Elective (2 units)
PSYD 706 - Cl Apps East Asian Meditation
PSYD 738 - Infant Mental Health
PSYD 752 - Attachment Theory: Parent Bond
PSYD 754 - Human Sexuality
PSYD 781 - Externship Placement A
and
PSYD 782 - Externship Placement B
PSYD 798 - Child and Adolescent Therapy Techniques
PSYC 798 - Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
PSYC 798 - Forensic Psychology
PSYC 799 - Geropsychology: Practicing with Older Adults in Clinical Settings
*With advance approval from PsyD core faculty, electives (for 1 to 3 units) may be taken in other graduate programs at USF.

Spring

PSYD 739 - Assess/Treat of Sub Use Disord
PSYD 780 - Practicum 4B
PSYD 788 - Clinical Dissertation Seminar
Elective (2 units)
PSYD 706 - Cl Apps East Asian Meditation
PSYD 738 - Infant Mental Health
PSYD 752 - Attachment Theory: Parent Bond
PSYD 754 - Human Sexuality
PSYD 781 - Externship Placement A
and
PSYD 782 - Externship Placement B
PSYD 798 - Child and Adolescent Therapy Techniques
PSYC 798 - Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
PSYC 798 - Forensic Psychology
PSYC 799 - Geropsychology: Practicing with Older Adults in Clinical Settings
*With advance approval from PsyD core faculty, electives (for 1 to 3 units) may be taken in other graduate programs at USF.

Summer

Year Five (7-10 units)

Fall

Spring

Summer

PSYD 788 - Clinical Dissertation Seminar
PSYD 789 - Full-Time Clinical Internship
**Candidates must enroll in the PSYD 788 - Clinical Dissertation Seminar while they are on internship if the project has not been completed. The Candidate will continue to enroll in the seminar until the final project is submitted, approved by the student’s Committee, and filed in the library.