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Apr 24, 2024
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2017-2018 Graduate Catalog [Not Current Academic Year. Consult with Your Academic Advisor for Your Catalog Year]
Counseling Psychology, PhD
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College of Education > Department of Psychological, Health, and Learning Sciences > Counseling Psychology, PhD
Accredited by the American Psychological Association and adhering to a scientist-practitioner training model, the School Psychology program develops professional school psychologists. Graduates engage in applied research and apply critical analysis and inquiry to identify, select, implement, and evaluate evidence-based practices with sensitivity to cultural and linguistic considerations, and in consideration of diverse client preferences. Embedded throughout the training experience, sensitivity to diversity issues becomes an essential tool, in part because the UH is one of the most culturally and linguistically diverse research institutions in the nation.
Varied practicum placements provide opportunities in more than a dozen school districts, specialized assessment and intervention clinics at the Texas Children’s Hospital (e.g., Disruptive Behavior Disorders and ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Pediatric Neuropsychology, Pediatric Neurology, Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics), the Behavioral Pediatrics Neuro-oncology Clinic at the M.D. Anderson Children’s Cancer Hospital, and in other settings within the Houston area. These settings provide opportunities for students to obtain supervised experience with diverse populations, conditions, professionals, settings, and procedures as they matriculate through the program. Program graduates typically meet requirements for licensure in Texas as a licensed psychologist.
For more information please see http://uh.edu/education/degree-programs/counseling-psyc-phd/
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Admission Requirements
The College of Education takes into consideration a number of criteria when determining admission, including prior college or university performance, letters of recommendation, standardized test scores and statement of intent. All applicants must abide by the minimum qualifications for admissions to a masters or doctoral program. All graduate applicants (regardless of citizenship status) must demonstrate proficiency in English to obtain admission to the University.
For more information, visit http://www.uh.edu/graduate-school/admissions/international-students/english-proficiency/.
An applicant is responsible for ensuring that all required materials for the evaluation of admissions are received by the College before the program’s deadline. If the application is not complete by the program’s deadline, it will not be evaluated for the admissions.
Full details of the online application process can be found at www.uh.edu/graduate-school/admissions/how-to-apply.
Applicant checklist:
- Complete online graduate application including statement of interest, resume/c.v., writing sample, letters of recommendation, and application fee payment.
- Official transcripts from all previous college/university work sent to the UH Graduate School.
- Official reporting of GRE scores taken in the last five years.
- International students have additional documentation requirements which can be found at www.uh.edu/graduate-school/admissions/international-students/
Grade Point Average Requirements
Admission requirements for the College of Education require a minimum cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 2.6 for undergraduate coursework or over the last 60 credit hours of coursework. The College requires a minimum cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 for graduate coursework. The College’s admission committees evaluate all credentials submitted by applicants to determine a student’s ability and potential to succeed in graduate study. In addition, the committee is interested in the applicant’s potential to contribute to his/her program of study and the University community as a whole.
Degree Requirements
Program Total Credit Hours Required: Minimum 89.0 (Minimum 104.0 with Emphasis)
The Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology requires no less than four years of full time study and the completion of all required coursework, candidacy research project, comprehensive examination, practicum, dissertation, and pre-doctoral internship. Beyond the required curriculum, students may pursue additional coursework within the Department of Psychological, Health, and Learning Sciences and the Department of Psychology with the consent of their advisors/faculty related to their individual research interests and career goals.
Departmental Core and Foundational Courses
27.0 Credit Hours
Research Design and Statistics
9.0 Credit Hours
Foundations of Psychology
9.0 Credit Hours
Required Courses:
(3.0 Credit Hours)
Select from the Following:
(3.0 Credit Hours)
Select from the Following:
(3.0 Credit Hours)
Cognitive and Affective Basis of Behavior/Human Development
6.0 Credit Hours
Ethics and Professional Issues
3.0 Credit Hours
Research Design, Statistics, and Measurement Courses
Minimum 21.0 Credit Hours
Statistics and Measurement
6.0 Credit Hours
Required Courses:
(3.0 Credit Hours)
Select from the Following:
(3.0 Credit Hours)
Candidacy Research
Minimum 3.0 Credit Hours
Doctoral Dissertation
Minimum 6.0 Credit Hours
Students must enroll in at least three hours of dissertation credits the term they defend their dissertation proposal. Once students enroll in dissertation credits, they must continuously enroll for a minimum of three credits of dissertation every subsequent Fall and Spring terms, until the dissertation is completed (final defense). Summer enrollment in dissertation credits is required only if during the summer months the student conducts the dissertation’s proposal or final defense or actively engages in dissertation work involving the use of universities facilities
Research Electives
6.0 Credit Hours
Students are encouraged to complete additional research and statistics courses based on their interests and research plans, including the following courses or other courses in Hierarchical Linear Modeling and Structural Equation Modeling as additional options.
Counseling Psychology Specialty Courses
Minimum 41.0 Credit Hours
The Program’s curriculum includes a series of courses developmentally sequenced to help students gain knowledge in the core foundations of psychology as well as in the specialty discipline of Counseling Psychology. Some students need to complete master’s-level prerequisite courses (i.e., “leveling” courses). Prior to their first term in the Program, advisors notify students with a master’s degree of any prerequisite “leveling” courses they need to complete, based on a review of their degree transcript. All students accepted directly from the Bachelors degree need to complete the leveling master’s-level courses described below. Even though students do not need to complete all leveling courses prior to taking doctoral-level courses, students are expected to complete master’s-level coursework prior to enrolling in doctoral-level coursework in the same area.
Master’s-Level Courses (leveling courses)
Credit Hours Requirement Varies
Doctoral-Level Courses
27.0 Credit Hours
Clinical Training
14.0 Credit Hours
Counseling Psychology doctoral students receive clinical training primarily through practicum experiences and a pre-doctoral internship. Students are required to enroll in PHLS 8393 every term (Fall, Spring, and Summer) they participate in practicum. During the internship year, enrollment in PHLS 8393 is mandatory during the Fall and Spring terms only.
Counseling Psychology: Health Psychology Emphasis / Minor
15.0 Credit Hours
Students may choose to add an optional Health Psychology Emphasis/Minor to their coursework. Eligibility to add this emphasis/minor includes the completion of nine (9.0) credit hours of didactic coursework as well as two (2) terms of practicum (i.e., 6.0 credit hours) in the area of health psychology.
Health Psychology Required Courses
6.0 Credit Hours
Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Health and Chronic Disease Elective
3.0 Credit Hours
Practicum Experiences in the area of Health Psychology
6.0 Credit Hours
Eligibility to add the Health Psychology Emphasis includes the completion of two (2)
Ongoing and Annual Review
During the summer, or no later than the first week of classes in the fall term, the student’s academic advisor formally conducts an annual review of each advisee’s progress (first year students may also complete a preliminary review at the end of their first term). However, to ensure that emerging issues and concerns are addressed in a timely fashion, any or all of the following may also occur at any time.
At this review meeting, the student must submit proof of current membership in two professional organizations and proof of attendance at two professionally relevant continuing education activities during the prior year.
s of practicum in the area of health psychology, in addition to the coursework described above. To clarify further, these two terms are not included in the 12.0 Credit Hour requirement for completion of the track, since students are required to complete practicum experiences as part of their doctoral training.
Counseling Psychology Practicum
Enrollment in several terms of Practicum and the year of pre-doctoral internship constitute the formally organized clinical training experiences in the Counseling Psychology Program. Students are typically required to complete a minimum of 2 years of Practicum (12.0 Credit Hours of PHLS 8393 ). However, students who enter the program with a master’s degree may choose to complete only 1 year of practicum (6.0 Credit Hours), although many students choose to go beyond this requirement because of the competitiveness of internship.
Annual Review
The program’s faculty conducts an annual review of the student’s progress and provides the student with written feedback regarding this evaluation. With the exception of students whose graduation is imminent, all currently enrolled students (including those who are on internship) are required to participate in the annual review.
Program Completion Time Limits
Students must complete their programs within 10 years of their term of first enrollment. Students who are beyond their 7th year in the program are considered to be making unsatisfactory progress; therefore, as part of the annual review process, students in the seventh year or beyond must provide their advisors and the Director of Training a detailed timeline for completing their remaining work.
Counseling Psychology Pre-Doctoral Internship
The pre-doctoral internship year in counseling psychology represents the capstone clinical experience for students in the Program. During this year, students work full time (2,000 hours) as paid psychology interns in an approved professional setting where they receive regular supervision. Students are expected to apply to APA-accredited internship sites as these programs regularly engage in the pre-doctoral training of counseling psychologists and meet all expected standards of training quality.
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