Required Courses

  • PSYC 5105 Culture & Psychotherapy 
  • PSYC 5110 Phenomenology of the Face
  • PSYC 5115 Therapeutic Alliance
  • PSYC 5125 Listening Skills
  • PSYC 5140 Ethics and Phenomenology
  • PSYC 5220 Assessment and Diagnosis
  • PSYC 5155 Integrative Clinical Theory
  • PSYC 5165 Psychopathology: Madness in the World
  • PSYC 5330 Hermeneutics
  • PSYC 5170 Lifespan Development and Therapy
  • PSYC 5175 Research Methods
  • PSYC 5180 Career and Vocational Counseling
  • PSYC 5185 Group Process and Therapy
  • PSYC 5160 Therapeutic Communication
  • PSYC 5405 Legal and Professional Ethics
  • PSYC 5210 Program Evaluation: World of the Clinic
  • PSYC 5420 Internship in Clinical Psychology I
  • PSYC 5220 Clinical Supervision I
  • PSYC 5430 Internship in Clinical Psychology II
  • PSYC 5230 Clinical Supervision II
  • PSYC 5440 Internship in Clinical Psychology III
  • PSYC 5240 Clinical Supervision III
  • PSYC 5990 Integration Paper

Clinical Internship 

A 600+ hour clinical internship grounds academic knowledge and reflection in practical experience. Students begin the internship in their third year with an agency or clinic that matches their interests. 

  • Placement in the same agency for 9-12 months. 
  • Direct supervision at the agency as well as small group supervision with MAP clinical faculty on campus. 
  • Supervision includes detailed clinical analysis. 

Integration Paper/Project 

In their final year in the program students complete an integration paper or project that draws together reflections on their clinical experiences with a body of theory and research in a topic of their choosing. 

Electives, sample topics                   

  • Counseling Across the Gender and Sexual Spectrum 
  • Race, Trauma and Equity for Therapists 
  • Family Therapy 
  • Community Consultation and Advocacy 
  • Mindfulness 
  • Play Therapy 
  • Substance Abuse Treatment 
  • Crisis Intervention 

Course requirements are maintained by the Office of the Registrar. 

Resources 

 


Professor Steen Halling, one of the program's founders, discusses the practicum experience in the MAP program.

Seattle University Arts & Sciences.

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