The Psychology Department is now offering a Master of Psychology degree with clinical concentration that can be used to fulfill requirements to sit for the Texas Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) exam. Graduate psychology students can pursue a masters degree with clinical concentration in a psychology department whose humanistic focus on the human persons freedom and responsibility is ideal for shaping counselors.
Our Psychology Department is unique in that we focus on the human persons ability to be an agent of meaning in their own lives, rather than viewing an individual as simply the product of environmental and cognitive forces, said Gilbert Garza, associate professor of psychology and director of the graduate psychology program. This emphasis is ideal for training future licensed professional counselors.
The 48 credit-hour graduate degree program provides a balanced mix of foundational psychology and counseling courses and requires 300 supervised hours of clinical practicum to complete.
This program can be used to fulfill the graduate education requirements for the Texas LPC license, which certifies the holder to work legally as mental health professionals. Once graduates have attained LPC certification, they commonly work as counselors, marriage and family therapists, and social workers; many also choose to pursue doctorates in psychology or related fields.
The U.S. Department of Labor predicts that employment for mental health counselors and marriage and family therapists will grow 29 percent by 2022, much faster than the average for other occupations. Much of that growth will result from an expected increase in the number of health insurance policies that cover mental health counseling services.
For admission criteria and more information about the program, visit udallas.edu/gradpsychology.
Dallas-area native and Door Number 9 designer Elisa Choffel Low, BA '03, will have her latest dress design showcased on the red carpet at the Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday, Sept. 22. The silver open-back vintage-style gown includes a striking chainmail jewelry inset created in collaboration with Toronto jewelry designer Kyra Matsui.
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+ Read MoreGabe Dickey, DBA '19, recently successfully defended his dissertation, titled "Exploring the Human Side of Audit Quality: Team Engagement and Partner Leadership Behaviors," for UD's Doctor of Business Administration. Dickey has spent his career in the accounting profession, the vast majority as a certified public accountant working in auditing. He began UD's DBA program three years ago, drawn in by his interest in broader business issues and the program's practitioner-oriented focus.
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