The aim of the Clinical@City Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology is to train general clinical psychologists who are competent to work with mental health problems on all levels, from the individual to the community. This aim is implemented through training in theory, research and practice, which includes assessment, diagnosis, individual, family, and group psychotherapy. Students are trained to
work with children, adolescents, and adults, as well as with community groups and agencies. The Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology is based on a scholar practitioner model. This model emphasizes the mutual and reciprocal influence of scholarship and practice and aims to generate new theories, new research, and new modes of clinical work. The Clinical program has a strong commitment to psychodynamic thinking and social justice, although many other theoretical points of view are represented and studied carefully. We are a diverse community that aspires to have a high standard of open-mindedness. Interdisciplinary thinking is valued in our program, and the faculty has notably broad and wide-ranging interests. An important emphasis for us is the integration of a psychodynamic perspective with other theoretical approaches and modalities (such as cognitive-behavioral theories and techniques, group treatment approaches, and community consultation), and with research in areas such as developmental psychology, personality, cognition, neuropsychology and neuroscience. The Program's clinic, which is called "The Psychological Center," and our classrooms and faculty offices are located on the 8th floor of the North Academic Center at City College, where most of the activities related to the Clinical Program take place.
