PhD in Consulting Psychology
With a PhD in Consulting Psychology from the California School of Professional Psychology,
you will be trained to make a positive difference in the lives of leaders and employees
while also working on the cultures, processes, values and competitiveness of organizations
and groups.
In this program, you’ll learn how to help an individual leader, manager, or employee
achieve their individual or organizational goals. You will also focus on working with
an entire team or an entire organization. Students and graduates from our program
work as psychologists in a variety of settings including consulting firms, private
consulting practice, the human resources or organizational effectiveness units of
many different kinds of corporations, and government and not-for-profit organizations.
Our graduates are found in important positions in corporations, consulting firms and
corporations Their career opportunities are particularly good because they are well-trained
psychologists who can apply their skills to a variety of consulting roles.
Graduates of this program are not only involved in applying psychology to work-place
projects--like employee selection, surveys, organizational development, team building,
and organizational change--but they are also well-trained to provide one-on-one coaching,
counseling, personality assessment and conflict resolution. In addition, our graduates
complete the specialized training and internships that will permit them to seek licensure
as a psychologist in most licensing jurisdictions. The curriculum is designed to permit
psychology licensure eligibility, and it is expected that graduates of the program
will be licensable as psychologists in relevant jurisdictions when they complete their
programs, post-graduate supervised experience and other licensing requirements.
Learn more about the PhD in Consulting Psychology.
The PhD in Consulting Psychology program meets the Guidelines for Defining Doctoral
Degree in Psychology of the Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards/National
Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology. The requirements of the Consulting
Psychology PhD program are designed to meet psychology licensure requirements in the
State of California. However, in each jurisdiction there may be additional requirements
that must be satisfied (and some may not license psychologists in this particular
specialty). For exact information of the psychology licensing laws in the jurisdiction
of interest, you should contact the state, provincial or country licensing board in
the location(s) in which you plan to apply.
Once licensed, graduates are eligible to apply for credentialing as a Health Service
Provider in Psychology. However, there are additional requirements that must be satisfied
prior to being listed in the National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology©.
For further information, consult the National Register’s web site: www.nationalregister.org.