Hi,
I have been accepted to a couple of Psy.D. programs. I am after the Psy.D. because I want to get into clinical work.
Anyway, my top choice at this point(I like the location, other students, faculty in my areas of interests, etc.) only has about half of their faculty actively practicing in some way. Is this normal for PsyD programs? In some other programs, it seemed like all of the faculty were practicing.
This is not ideal for me, as I want to be immersed in practice while in grad school. So I'm wondering if current students(or others who have been through a PsyD program) could speak to the importance of faculty with an active practice? While I want to learn from people with that real world sense of the field, perhaps faculty who are not currently practicing still have that sense from previous experience? I guess I'm afraid of getting an overly academic experience removed from actual clinical practice.
Any experiences/advice/opinions that relate are welcome. Thanks!
I have been accepted to a couple of Psy.D. programs. I am after the Psy.D. because I want to get into clinical work.
Anyway, my top choice at this point(I like the location, other students, faculty in my areas of interests, etc.) only has about half of their faculty actively practicing in some way. Is this normal for PsyD programs? In some other programs, it seemed like all of the faculty were practicing.
This is not ideal for me, as I want to be immersed in practice while in grad school. So I'm wondering if current students(or others who have been through a PsyD program) could speak to the importance of faculty with an active practice? While I want to learn from people with that real world sense of the field, perhaps faculty who are not currently practicing still have that sense from previous experience? I guess I'm afraid of getting an overly academic experience removed from actual clinical practice.
Any experiences/advice/opinions that relate are welcome. Thanks!