The Narrowing of Theoretical Orientations in Clinical Psychology Doctoral Training | Zendy

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The Narrowing of Theoretical Orientations in Clinical Psychology Doctoral Training

Author(s) -

Heatherington Laurie,

Messer Stanley B.,

Angus Lynne,

Strauman Timothy J.,

Friedlander Myrna L.,

Kolden Gregory G.

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

clinical psychology: science and practice

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.285

H-Index - 105

eISSN - 1468-2850

pISSN - 0969-5893

DOI - 10.1111/cpsp.12012

Subject(s) - psychology , graduate students , clinical practice , applied psychology , medical education , counseling psychology , psychotherapist , focus (optics) , professional psychology , clinical psychology , engineering ethics , pedagogy , medicine , nursing , physics , burnout , optics , engineering

The focus of this article is the increasingly narrow range of therapeutic orientations represented in clinical psychology graduate training programs, particularly within the most research‐oriented programs. Data on the self‐reported therapeutic orientations of faculty at “clinical science” P h. D . programs, P h. D . programs at comprehensive universities in clinical and in counseling psychology, P sy. D . programs at comprehensive universities, and P h. D . or P sy. D . programs at freestanding specialized institutions reveal a strong predominance of faculty with cognitive‐behavioral orientations at the more science‐focused programs, and a narrower range of orientations than in the more practice‐focused programs. We discuss the implications of this trend for the future development of clinical psychology and provide suggestions for addressing the attendant concerns.

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