PhD - Doctor of Philosophy in Counseling Psychology PHD Programme By University of Kentucky |TopUniversities

PhD - Doctor of Philosophy in Counseling Psychology

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Programme overview

Main Subject

Psychology

Study Level

PHD

The doctoral program in counseling psychology is APA accredited. Our program follows the Boulder model for preparing scientist-practitioners, with an emphasis on social justice issues. The University of Kentucky Counseling Psychology program closely follows the American Psychological Association guidelines for professional practice. Mission and Goals Our mission is to prepare and equip Counseling Psychologists to use their core values, scientist-practitioner skills, and leadership skills to competently address the ever-changing needs of a diverse society. Our program focuses on providing competency-based training in counseling interventions, in the scientific skills needed to create and evaluate new knowledge, and in the ethical and professional attitudes that promote excellence and leadership in the field of health service psychology (HSP). The three goals that we have for each and every graduate from our program are: 1. Professional identity as a counseling psychologist that is grounded in a holistic, systemic, strengths-based, culturally informed perspective on research and practice. 2. Skilled and ethical scientist-practitioners who reflexively use skills in both domains to generate new knowledge and to evaluate the effectiveness of prevention and intervention efforts to create healthy environments and optimize the well-being of individuals, families, and communities. 3. Effective and engaged leadership across professional roles and activities. Goal 1: Professional Identity as a Counseling Psychologist The person-environment interaction perspective. The systems perspective of person-environment interaction emphasizes the interdependence of individuals' personal history and current health status with their ecology: family, work, school, friends, colleagues, peers, and the cultural, community, and social forces in which people's lives are embedded. We attend to the psychosocial influence of gender, gender identity and expression, ethnicity, race, socioeconomic level, sexual orientation, age, and ableness in the context of their community meanings and effective support systems. In addition, the Program is focused on exposing students to the skills and knowledge needed to become agents of social change within the various contexts of human development. From these perspectives, the emphasis is less on individual pathology, focusing instead on the ways in which individuals, families, and communities cope with and change the personal and environmental situations in which they find themselves. Since the Program is located in the College of Education, and education is a critical focal point for socialization, the program is committed to fostering healthy development within educational institutions and using psycho-social-educational interventions to effect social change. The social justice/social advocacy perspective. The social advocacy view encourages a constructive approach to individual and community change and emphasizes movement toward healthy and productive modes of living, as well as adaptive and nurturing societal structures. The Program emphasis on the positive aspects of human development is focused on exploring and promoting the strengths and assets of individuals, groups, and organizational units. In practice, the counseling psychologist encourages the development of self-direction, life-stage coping skills, and educational strategies for change.

Programme overview

Main Subject

Psychology

Study Level

PHD

The doctoral program in counseling psychology is APA accredited. Our program follows the Boulder model for preparing scientist-practitioners, with an emphasis on social justice issues. The University of Kentucky Counseling Psychology program closely follows the American Psychological Association guidelines for professional practice. Mission and Goals Our mission is to prepare and equip Counseling Psychologists to use their core values, scientist-practitioner skills, and leadership skills to competently address the ever-changing needs of a diverse society. Our program focuses on providing competency-based training in counseling interventions, in the scientific skills needed to create and evaluate new knowledge, and in the ethical and professional attitudes that promote excellence and leadership in the field of health service psychology (HSP). The three goals that we have for each and every graduate from our program are: 1. Professional identity as a counseling psychologist that is grounded in a holistic, systemic, strengths-based, culturally informed perspective on research and practice. 2. Skilled and ethical scientist-practitioners who reflexively use skills in both domains to generate new knowledge and to evaluate the effectiveness of prevention and intervention efforts to create healthy environments and optimize the well-being of individuals, families, and communities. 3. Effective and engaged leadership across professional roles and activities. Goal 1: Professional Identity as a Counseling Psychologist The person-environment interaction perspective. The systems perspective of person-environment interaction emphasizes the interdependence of individuals' personal history and current health status with their ecology: family, work, school, friends, colleagues, peers, and the cultural, community, and social forces in which people's lives are embedded. We attend to the psychosocial influence of gender, gender identity and expression, ethnicity, race, socioeconomic level, sexual orientation, age, and ableness in the context of their community meanings and effective support systems. In addition, the Program is focused on exposing students to the skills and knowledge needed to become agents of social change within the various contexts of human development. From these perspectives, the emphasis is less on individual pathology, focusing instead on the ways in which individuals, families, and communities cope with and change the personal and environmental situations in which they find themselves. Since the Program is located in the College of Education, and education is a critical focal point for socialization, the program is committed to fostering healthy development within educational institutions and using psycho-social-educational interventions to effect social change. The social justice/social advocacy perspective. The social advocacy view encourages a constructive approach to individual and community change and emphasizes movement toward healthy and productive modes of living, as well as adaptive and nurturing societal structures. The Program emphasis on the positive aspects of human development is focused on exploring and promoting the strengths and assets of individuals, groups, and organizational units. In practice, the counseling psychologist encourages the development of self-direction, life-stage coping skills, and educational strategies for change.

Admission Requirements

6+

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