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Hi everyone. This came across my school's listserve and I thought it would be interesting for some people attending APA. Given the numerous discussions/debates about the PsyD/PhD distinction, I think it's timely and relevant! Psychmama 🙂
Plenary Session:
To Be or Not to Be: PhD/PsyD Stereotypes Revisited (3278)
Saturday, Aug. 8, 2:00-2:50 p.m., Room 717B
There are numerous myths related to the merits of pursuing the PhD
versus the PsyD in clinical psychology, especially regarding future
career opportunities and restrictions. The three major components of
graduate training-research, clinical practice, and teaching-are
emphasized differently in PhD and PsyD graduate training programs.
Whereas the scientist-practitioner-trained PhD is specifically groomed
to work in an academic/research setting, the practitioner-scholar PsyD
is prepared for an applied setting, and never the twain shall meet.
Indeed, internships, postdoctoral training opportunities, and job
advertisements often suggest that PhDs or PsyDs need not apply,
depending on the setting. Do these degrees actually limit freedom of
career choice? This plenary session explores this question by having
two distinguished midcareer clinical psychologists share their
experiences. Each is a graduate of a clinical psychology graduate
school (PhD/PsyD) with a high degree of fidelity to the training
models mentioned above. They now find themselves in positions not
ostensibly predicted by their degree choices. This session will
explore their journeys from initial degree choice to their current
positions. What, if any, were the costs? Did they experience biases
and what adaptations were necessary? How user-friendly are their
degrees in terms of both work and personal life? Knowing what they
know now, would they have chosen the alternate (or entirely different)
degree when entering graduate school? Lastly, how would they advise
undergraduates and APA regarding this issue?
Chair: Miguel E. Gallardo, PsyD, Pepperdine University
Participants: Gayle Y. Iwamasa, PhD, Logansport State Hospital, IN;
and Simon A. Rego, PsyD, Montefiore Medical Center, Yonkers, NY
Plenary Session:
To Be or Not to Be: PhD/PsyD Stereotypes Revisited (3278)
Saturday, Aug. 8, 2:00-2:50 p.m., Room 717B
There are numerous myths related to the merits of pursuing the PhD
versus the PsyD in clinical psychology, especially regarding future
career opportunities and restrictions. The three major components of
graduate training-research, clinical practice, and teaching-are
emphasized differently in PhD and PsyD graduate training programs.
Whereas the scientist-practitioner-trained PhD is specifically groomed
to work in an academic/research setting, the practitioner-scholar PsyD
is prepared for an applied setting, and never the twain shall meet.
Indeed, internships, postdoctoral training opportunities, and job
advertisements often suggest that PhDs or PsyDs need not apply,
depending on the setting. Do these degrees actually limit freedom of
career choice? This plenary session explores this question by having
two distinguished midcareer clinical psychologists share their
experiences. Each is a graduate of a clinical psychology graduate
school (PhD/PsyD) with a high degree of fidelity to the training
models mentioned above. They now find themselves in positions not
ostensibly predicted by their degree choices. This session will
explore their journeys from initial degree choice to their current
positions. What, if any, were the costs? Did they experience biases
and what adaptations were necessary? How user-friendly are their
degrees in terms of both work and personal life? Knowing what they
know now, would they have chosen the alternate (or entirely different)
degree when entering graduate school? Lastly, how would they advise
undergraduates and APA regarding this issue?
Chair: Miguel E. Gallardo, PsyD, Pepperdine University
Participants: Gayle Y. Iwamasa, PhD, Logansport State Hospital, IN;
and Simon A. Rego, PsyD, Montefiore Medical Center, Yonkers, NY
