PhD in Psychology, PsyD or PhD in Social Work

[deleted690116]

Hi everyone,

Some of you may have seen my posts in the pre-medical or non-trad forums

I have been doing a lot of career exploration and soul searching recently.

It's been insightful and wonderful.

Anyway, putting the MD option to one side, I have a few question regarding the following:


The overall differences between a PhD in Psychology, a PhD in Social work and a PsyD

1. Are fully-funded PsyD programs harder to come by?
2. I am leaning more toward PhD programs, but regarding these:
What is the main difference of the two?

Thanks and best everyone!

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[WisNeuro]

Definitely do a search of the forums. These questions have already been discussed to death.

 

[AcronymAllergy]

As WisNeuro suggested, search of the forums will be very helpful. In brief:

1. Yes
2. Psychology and Social Work are two different fields; it's similar in some ways to asking about the differences between a PhD in biology vs. chemistry. Although one big difference is that a doctoral degree is required to be licensed and to practice as a psychologist (in the US), while social workers are licensed at the master's level and the doctorate is generally an academic pursuit. Some day-to-day job activities will overlap (e.g., psychotherapy) while others will not (e.g., psychological assessment for psychologists; case management for social workers).

 

[DrClinPsyAdvice]

I think this resource has some answers you may be looking for: http://clinicalpsychgradschool.org/phdor.php

 

[Peacemaker36]

I think this resource has some answers you may be looking for: http://clinicalpsychgradschool.org/phdor.php

I might be missing something, but that web site seems to purposefully exclude most PsyD programs from their list of accredited programs. (http://clinicalpsychgradschool.org/accre.php)

Being philosophically opposed to freestanding professional programs is of course fine (and maybe appropriate), but this website seems misleading and manipulative. Am I missing something?

 

[WisNeuro]

May be a simple fix. Just add a category titled "6 Figure Debt and Difficulty Attaining Accredited Internship Programs."