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Program Overview
In the fall of 2009, Northeastern University is launching a new PhD program in counseling psychology. The application deadline for the fall 2010 incoming class is January 5, 2010. This program is derived from the Combined School & Counseling Psychology Doctoral Program, which began in 1992.

The Counseling Psychology Doctoral Program is designed to prepare students for counseling psychology practice and research in a variety of settings with children, adolescents, families, and adults from culturally diverse backgrounds. The program is designed to meet both Massachusetts state licensure requirements and the accreditation requirements of the American Psychological Association.  However, currently the new Counseling Psychology PhD Program is not accredited by APA, although we intend to pursue accreditation when eligible.

The program emphasizes:

• Multicultural competence
• Problem prevention and health promoting practices
• An ecological and community-oriented approach
• Expertise in outcome and counseling research

Our training goals are to produce graduates who demonstrate:

• Knowledge of the basic areas of psychology
• Competence in counseling practice
• Competence in research and scholarly activities
• A commitment to the profession of psychology

This program subscribes to a practitioner-scientist training model, emphasizing excellent practice, informed by research, and the generation and dissemination of scholarship. The course work, supervised fieldwork, and research are integrated throughout the program. 

For more information:
Counseling Psychology PhD brochure

Faculty
The core program faculty includes eight multiethnic faculty members in the Department of  Counseling and Applied Educational Psychology who have doctoral degrees and expertise in psychology practice and research.  They work as a team in preparing students and have extensive expertise in many areas, including family, child, individual, group, and systems interventions, assessment, early intervention, career development, cross-cultural counseling and assessment, and development. The faculty is actively involved in counseling practice and/or research.

The core faculty include:

Y. Barry Chung, Ph.D.             Curriculum Vitae
Debra Franko, Ph.D.               Curriculum Vitae
Deborah Greenwald, Ph.D.       Curriculum Vitae
Gila Kornfield-Jacobs, Ph.D.     Curriculum Vitae
Takuya Minami, Ph.D.             Curriculum Vitae
Barbara Okun, Ph.D.               Curriculum Vitae
Tracy Robinson-Wood, Ed.D.    Curriculum Vitae
William Sanchez, Ph.D.            Curriculum Vitae

For questions and further information about the program, please contact:
Dr. Tracy Robinson-Wood, Program Director
tr.robinson@neu.edu
617.373.5936

Fall Orientation

Tuesday September 8, 2009

Click here for Fall Orientation schedule.


Fall 2009 Semester Registration Information

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