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Clinical Respecialization Program
General Description
The Clinical Studies Respecialization Program provides clinical training for individuals holding a Ph.D. in a basic area of psychology from a regionally accredited university (or foreign equivalent). Individuals who are already licensed in psychology or who hold an applied degree (e.g., Ed.D., Psy.D.) are not appropriate for this program. Upon satisfactory completion of core clinical courses, practica, and internship, the Respecialization student receives a certificate from the University of Hawai‘i Graduate Division and is competitive for clinical research and teaching positions as well as eligible to sit for licensure in most states. CSP is APA-approved and is a member of the Academy of Psychological Clinical Science. The CSP follows a scientist-practitioner, broadly-behavioral, dual specialty approach to training, in which it is encouraged of all graduate and respecialization students to integrate the literatures of a basic area of psychology with related clinical phenomena
Clinical Training
Respecialization Students are enrolled in practicum courses in their first year whenever feasible. Students receive training offered at a variety of settings in Honolulu, such as the Department's Center for Cognitive Behavior Therapy, the state hospital, mental health centers, schools, hospitals and medical centers, a veterans outpatient clinic, the Department of Corrections, the Department of Health, and Mental Health Clinics. Each student will be affiliated with a clinical training center for 10-20 hours per week for at least two academic years, although extensive summer training is sometimes possible. These centers provide experiences with a variety of populations and behavior problems such as children, families, veterans, outpatient and inpatient adults, substance abuse, eating disorders, medical/psychological disorders (e.g., pain, headaches, hypertension, smoking), school behavior problems, depression, and marital and family distress.
The required clinical core courses are as follows and typically require two years of on-campus training in the conceptual, practical and empirical bases of clinical psychology:
- 670 Introduction to Clinical Psychology
- 671 Introduction to Assessment I
- 672 Introduction to Assessment II
- 673 Introduction to Assessment III: Behavioral Assessment
- 674 Child Psychopathology
- 675 Treatment Research
- 676 Adult Psychopathology
- 677 Child Practicum and/or 678 Adult Practicum (total of four semesters)
- 771 Child Treatment/or 772 Adult Treatment: Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
- 778 Internship in Clinical Psychology
The Respecialization student is required to complete a 2000-hour APA-approved internship in clinical psychology (PSY 778). The number of APA-approved internships in Hawai‘i is extremely limited and individuals should be prepared to go elsewhere for this aspect of training. Students may apply for a non-APA approved internship only after successfully petitioning the CSP faculty.
Admission Procedures
Admission to the Clinical Studies Respecialization program is competitive. Application forms and related information may be accessed via the Psychology Department and Graduate Division websites, and the Clinical Studies Program webpage:
- www.psychology.hawaii.edu
- www.hawaii.edu/graduate
- www.psychology.hawaii.edu/pages/graduate_programs/clinical.html
Individuals should apply as a Special Nondegree Student. Application deadlines are the same as those for graduate student application.
