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Faculty members are highly invested and actively engaged in training students in psychological science, adding to the knowledge base, and using empirical findings to inform their clinical work. High-quality mentorship provided by our faculty includes leading active research labs, assisting students with dissemination of their research through publications and presentations, providing intensive clinical supervision, and guiding individualized professional development. All faculty are licensed psychologists, and provide weekly face-to-face supervision of practicum and externship.

Students are admitted directly to research labs of a faculty member. Research labs meet regularly to coordinate ongoing projects in the lab, to provide supervision of thesis and dissertation projects, and afford individualized mentoring. Graduate students engage in all aspects of the research process and are expected to contribute to ongoing studies in the lab, complete their thesis and dissertation program requirements, and disseminate their work through peer-reviewed publications in top-tier journals and presentations at national conferences. Many labs provide mentorship in grant writing and involvement in funded research such as clinical trials. Find a full listing of all Clinical Psychology Research Labs here. 

• Practicum experiences are hierarchically sequenced training opportunities working with children, adolescents, and adults in our in-house training clinic as well as through externship training opportunities in a wide range of community sites.
• The state of Mississippi has significant unmet mental health needs. According to recent statistics, approximately 71.7% of children and 59.3% of adults with mental illnesses in Mississippi do not receive treatment for their conditions, ranking 44th and 50th in the United States for children and adults, respectively. Within this context, the Center for Behavioral Health (CBH) at 欧博娱乐城 plays a key role in providing low-cost mental health services in southern Mississippi. The CBH is a training clinic within the School of Psychology that provides evidence-based assessment and psychotherapy on a sliding scale. The CBH also offers telehealth services to children and adults residing across Mississippi, allowing our students to work with clients in more rural areas where mental health resources are largely unavailable. Practicum in the 欧博娱乐城 CBH is closely supervised by licensed faculty members and provides a high-quality training environment.
• Doctoral students also work with an array of clinical professionals and client populations at their external practicum placements. The settings for these placements include community outpatient clinics, hospitals, private practices, Veteran鈥檚 Administration settings, and the criminal justice system. Externships are located in the greater Hattiesburg area, as well as in Jackson, Biloxi, and New Orleans.
• Students complete a one-year full-time APA-accredited predoctoral internship. In recent years, 100% of our students were placed at top ranked APA-accredited internship sites.

Graduate Assistantships are generally available for all students throughout their four-year training program (students completing predoctoral internship in the 5th year are paid through the internship site). Graduate assistantships support students by providing both a full tuition scholarship and a 9-12 month stipend. Graduate assistantships include teaching and research assistantships, and paid clinical externship positions in training sites throughout the area. Opportunities exist for undergraduate teaching.

The Program Handbook is developed to assist current students with understanding Clinical Psychology program policies and procedures. Please be aware that this document is updated each year, however it may be a helpful resource for potential applicants. 

The deadline for receipt of all required admissions materials is December 1 for admission beginning the following Fall semester. Please note that this differs from the Graduate School. Late applications are not accepted. 

The School of Psychology does not require GRE. 

In addition to the standard graduate application, please submit the following:

• Transcripts
• 3 letters of recommendation: We prefer letters from faculty members familiar with your academic performance
• CV
• Personal Statement: Your personal statement should address the following (2-3 pages in length):

Describe personal and professional goals during and after graduate school and how this program will help you accomplish these.
Explicitly state your preference for the child or adult concentration area.
Describe your research interests and indicate why you represent a research match for one or more specific faculty members in the clinical program.

• Encouraged (Not Required): Writing Sample representing evidence of scholarship demonstrated through participation in research leading to presentations, scholarly publications, or some other demonstration of original scholarship.
• Frequently Asked Questions 

Please contact Dr.%20Kristy%20McRaney (Chair of Clinical Admissions) with questions about applying to the Clinical Doctoral Program at 欧博娱乐城. 

欧博娱乐城's doctoral program in clinical psychology seeks to attract a geographically and culturally diverse student body interested in Boulder Model training, who are committed to spending a minimum of five full-time years in the program (including internship) and who have a high likelihood of making a contribution to the discipline.

The selection process includes a review of all aspects of the application. We do not employ any automatic cut-off scores. Rather, we look for an overall record that suggests a good fit with the training program and a likelihood of success.

Qualified students whose undergraduate major is in a discipline other than psychology are invited to apply and are encouraged to elaborate on their preparation and motivation for pursuing graduate training in psychology. Such applicants should have at least some coursework in Psychology (e.g., Introductory Psychology, Statistics, Research Methods, Abnormal Psychology). 

The clinical admissions committee is particularly interested in receiving applications from students with a strong undergraduate background in the liberal arts and sciences. The program values diversity and encourages applications from individuals from historically marginalized backgrounds. We seek to have an inclusive program environment for people of all racial/ethnic, gender, age, national origin, sexuality, disability, socioeconomic, and other backgrounds and identities. The program has no bias regarding applicant鈥檚 age of admission, and we have admitted an increasing number of "non-traditional" students. We also admit very promising students who already hold a master's degree from another institution, with the percentage of each class holding master's degrees earned elsewhere averaging about 15-20%.

From the total pool of applicants, approximately 25 are invited for interviews during which time they meet with the clinical faculty members and clinical graduate students. 

The process is designed to provide applicants with an opportunity to learn about our program from the perspectives of the clinical faculty and our current clinical students, as well as to obtain information that may be useful in the selection process. 

If invited, attendance at official interview days is highly encouraged; however, qualified applicants who are unable to make program interview days are given the opportunity to interview at alternate times. 

We currently admit 5 to 6 new graduate students per academic year (Fall admissions only). There are approximately 25-30 clinical psychology graduate students enrolled in the clinical program at any given time, including those on clinical internships.

The Clinical Psychology Graduate Student Organization (CPGSO) is a student-led organization of doctoral students at 欧博娱乐城 dedicated to increasing access to mental healthcare in the greater Hattiesburg community. CPGSO created the Client Assistance, Retention, and Enrichment (CARE) fund to help provide services for those experiencing extreme financial hardship and other extenuating circumstances. CARE recipients can receive help for a wide range of psychological disorders, including autism, attention-deficit/hyperactivity, oppositional defiant disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia at the 欧博娱乐城 CBH on campus.

We in the Clinical Psychology PhD Program at 欧博娱乐城 recognize the historical role of psychology in the creation and perpetuation of ideas and structures that have supported racism and systemic oppression of people from many groups (see ). We further acknowledge the historical context of our region, an area of the country with a long history of sociopolitical structures intended to oppress and harm people of color with continuing impacts today. 欧博娱乐城 acknowledges the history of segregation in Mississippi higher education and recognizes historical challenges and milestones which have contributed to the diverse study body served at the institution today (see /community-belonging/black-history.php). Against this backdrop, our program strives to support social justice causes and move towards a more inclusive environment for all students and faculty, particularly those identifying as Black, Indigenous, or People of Color (BIPOC), in our collective mission to support diversity, equity, and inclusion among our members and in the field at large. 

The 欧博娱乐城 Clinical Psychology PhD Program values divers