Reiss-Davis Doctor of Psychology in Psychodynamic Psychology
Professional Licensure Requirements
The PsyD program meets the academic standards for a doctoral degree in psychology as required by the California Board of Psychology.聽 Graduates who, after successful completion of their doctoral degree program, intend to use the title of “psychologist鈥� or “clinical psychologist鈥� can only do so in California after becoming licensed by the California Board of Psychology, which has additional requirements for licensure. For more information about the path to licensure in California upon graduation from the PsyD, including coursework in specific topic areas, continuing professional education, and supervised experience hours, visit the .
While enrolled in the doctoral program, students with recognized licensure may choose to concurrently begin to accumulate hours of supervised professional experience toward psychology licensure. Interested students should contact the California Board of Psychology with questions. 性爱视频’s Registrar will provide requested documentation to support application and registration with the Board of Psychology as a Psychological Associate. This allows the student to evidence that their supervised professional experience hours accrued while the student was concurrently and appropriately enrolled in a qualifying doctoral program.
性爱视频 has not made a determination that the PsyD curriculum meets the educational requirements for licensure or certification as a “psychologist鈥� or “clinical psychologist鈥� for any state other than California.
FAQs
Psychodynamic psychotherapy is a modality of psychotherapy grounded in psychoanalytic theory, also called depth psychology, which entails the study of conscious and unconscious mental processes. It is part of the “family鈥� of psychological models in which thoughts, feelings, and actions are explained in terms of a person’s past experiences and motivational forces, some of which may be unconscious.
All psychodynamic treatment modalities share the goal to alleviate human suffering through bringing awareness to thoughts, memories, feelings, motivational and dynamic forces within the client’s mind.
The primary focus of psychodynamic psychotherapy is to reveal the unconscious content as it relates to formative and at times traumatic experiences within the client’s mind (psyche) from the earliest moments of life. The goal is promoting insight and alleviating inner conflict (psychic tension) between a person’s needs, desires, morality, and the demands of society and reality.
When psychoanalysis is narrowly defined as a treatment method, it refers to Sigmund Freud’s model of psychotherapy. This practice requires a fairly intensive process that prescribes multiple sessions per week with the analyst and client, conducted over a long time span. The goal of psychoanalysis is deep, structural change of the psyche.
In contrast, psychodynamic psychotherapy is more broadly defined and frequently refers to a briefer treatment modality that may not employ multiple sessions per week. It is based on the same theoretical principles as psychoanalysis, but borrows from many schools of psychoanalysis, and may involve techniques from a variety of sources rather than just one set of interventions. In addition, the process of contemporary psychodynamic therapy may be more interactive than traditional psychoanalysis, and the therapist and client may focus on addressing and resolving a specific problem rather than aiming at structural change.
Psychodynamic psychotherapy takes a developmental approach to mental health and healing. A client’s current suffering is explored in the context of their entire life history and circumstances. Early experiences in childhood, especially intense and traumatic experiences, are considered particularly formative. This approach lends itself to working with very young children in play therapy, as well as in talk therapy with older children, adolescents, adults, parents, couples, and groups.
By examining both the impact of unconscious thoughts, feelings, motivations, and actions, and developing the skills for building and using a strong therapeutic relationship, PsyD graduates are able to assist individuals from diverse backgrounds and across all age groups.
Traditional psychoanalysis was based on the experiences and definitions of well-being established by middle-class White Europeans more than a century ago. Times have changed, and contemporary psychodynamic psychotherapy acknowledges and appreciates diversity in human relations. From a historical perspective, psychoanalytic theorists broke the taboo of sexuality and began to address how sexuality is a powerful motivational force in the human psyche, yet their theorizing was limited by the mores of the time and their own experiences. Psychoanalytic thinking has evolved, and continues to contribute to understanding about gender as it has come to recognize the complexities and multiplicities of sexualities.
Psychoanalysis is involved in a reckoning project with its own history of ethnocentricity in its theoretical body. As contemporary psychodynamic approaches are focused on individual, subjective, and interpersonal experience, they are particularly suited to examine and honor human experiences in different cultural contexts.
A second group of PsyD students indicates an intention to become licensed as clinical psychologists in the State of California. Such licensure is governed by the California Board of Psychology, and further details can be found in our discussion of pathways to licensure. The PsyD fulfills the educational requirements established by the Board of Psychology. In addition, students may concurrently choose to complete internship hours in the latter half of the PsyD program; they work toward completing their Doctoral Project while accruing supervised professional hours towards their licensure in psychology. In California, these hours are managed independently between interested candidates and the Board of Psychology; the PsyD program does not require an internship. This program meets the educational requirements for psychology licensure in California, but there are many other requirements with which students should familiarize themselves, if interested, by contacting the California Board of Psychology.
性爱视频 faculty and staff assist students in familiarizing themselves with the state’s licensing requirements in psychology so they can should they choose concurrently register with the California Board of Psychology as a Psychological Associate.
In addition, the blended format includes weekly learning activities, consisting of readings, discussion boards, video presentations, and written assignments all of which students can conveniently access in an online course web site. While assignments have weekly submission deadlines, students can complete the majority of the online activities at their own pace and at times that fit with their work and family commitments. There are no required synchronous meetings during the weeks when learning activities are conducted online.
The Reiss-Davis Doctor of Psychology program embraces the practitioner-scholar model. All faculty members are clinically trained and usually maintain a psychotherapy practice, while also being involved in education, administration, and publishing. They bring the experiences of their professional life into the classroom. Classes are held in a seminar style, offering ample opportunity for all students to benefit from interactions and discussions with their peers and the instructor. Students are also expected to have access to a work setting in which they can explore the application of psychodynamic conceptualizations and techniques.
性爱视频 is institutionally accredited, and the Reiss-Davis Doctor of Psychology program is approved under this institutional accreditation. Southern California University of Health Sciences is accredited by WASC Senior College and University Commission (W性爱视频C), 1080 Marina Village Parkway, Suite 500, Alameda, CA 94501. Phone: (510) 748-9001.
As an accredited institution of higher education in the State of California, 性爱视频’s PsyD is recognized by the Board as fulfilling the academic requirements for licensure as a clinical psychologist. There are other requirements for licensure in addition to meeting the academic requirements; interested students should contact the California Board of Psychology.
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Faculty
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Jory J Basso, DC, MEd, Dip SIM
Assistant Program Director, Foundational Health Sciences and Selectives
Jacqueline Beres, DC, cert-PSP, cert-MDT
Associate Program Director, Chiropractic Clinical Education; Director, Spine Care Department
Advisory Board
The LACC Advisory Board is composed of academic experts, industry leaders, and chiropractic experts from around the world.
Sira Borges graduated in Medicine from Bahia School of Medicine and Public Health in Salvador, Bahia, in 1971, and in Chiropractic from Palmer College of Chiropractic, Davenport, Iowa in 1990. She was the third chiropractor in Brazil and the first woman. Sira was the founder and president of the ABQ Brazilian Chiropractic Association (1992 -2002) and a leader responsible for the development of Brazil’s first two chiropractic programs, at FEEVALE University in Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul, and Anhembi Morumbi University in S脙拢o Paulo (1995 2002). She was also the coordinator of the Pro-Regulatory Commission for Chiropractic in Brazil CPRQB (2006-2010). Since 2006 she has served as the Executive Director of the Latin American Chiropractic Federation (FLAQ) and since 2002 has been the Latin American representative of the IBCE (International Board of Chiropractic Examiners). Her many awards include the World Federation of Chiropractic Honor Award for outstanding contributions to the international development of the profession (2011), the Brazilian Association of Chiropractic Service Award from the Brazilian Chiropractic Association ABQ (2012), the Lee Homewood Outstanding Pioneer Award from the Association for the History of Chiropractic (2015) and a Fellowship from the Palmer College of Chiropractic (2017).
Dr. Francisco Gutierrez is the Head of Medicine & Health for Cintana Education. He is responsible for setting the strategic direction and conducting the operations that help the Cintana affiliates grow and improve their quality and differentiation in their markets. He brings more than 25 years of experience in health and higher education around the world. In his most recent role as Senior Vice president for Medicine & Health at Laureate Education, the network became the largest educator of health professionals globally, with over 255,000 students in more than 40 different degree programs. Prior to this engagement, Dr. Gutierrez operated a specialized consulting firm in health, and before that, he was Director of the International Healthcare Practice at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Washington DC. He has held senior management positions at several hospitals and outpatient care facilities and has had a private clinical practice as well. He received Medical Doctor and MBA degrees from the prestigious Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM) and a Masters in Health Finance from Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health. He is an advanced member of the American Association for Physician Leadership and a recognized speaker in innovation for higher education in health professions. He is a regular lecturer at Harvard University and has presented his views as guest faculty of several renowned academic medical institutions and universities around the world.
Brian Justice, DC is a Medical Director at Excellus BlueCross BlueShield since 2012 after being recruited to develop and implement a comprehensive spine program focusing on early contact practitioners. The Spine Health Program is based on a program Dr. Justice co-developed in what is now the Beth-Israel Hospital / Harvard healthcare system in 2009. Aspects of this nationally recognized Spine Health Program have been vetted and shared at multiple universities (Stanford, UCSF, Duke, U. of Pittsburgh…), professional societies, and outcomes published in peer-reviewed journals. Multiple BCBS plans are now implementing this program. Prior to assuming his present position, Dr. Justice graduated Summa Cum Laude from The State University of New York at Brockport, he then attended graduate school at National Chiropractic College in Chicago, IL. Dr. Justice spent 28 years in a spine-focused chiropractic practice in various settings, including a doctor-owned group, hospital-based, and in industry. He has served on many communities and national boards and committees, including professional associations, NCQA and CMS. He has published and presented nationally on spine care, quality improvement, pathway development, wellness/wellbeing and optimal interdisciplinary spine care.
Donald Murphy is a chiropractor by background and a Primary Spine Practitioner by practice, with over 30 years of clinical experience. Dr. Murphy has implemented and overseen an integrated, interdisciplinary spine care pathway that focuses on primary spine care, including for two programs in Rhode Island. Dr. Murphy is Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Physical Therapy at the University of Pittsburgh, and Adjunct Associate Professor, New York Chiropractic College. He lectures throughout the world on various topics related to primary spine care. Dr. Murphy has nearly 100 peer-reviewed journal publications and book chapters. His two-volume book, Clinical Reasoning in Spine Pain Vols I and II, is the required text for Primary Spine Practitioner training.
Dustin Nabhan is a healthcare executive and Doctor of Chiropractic with specialty certifications in sports medicine, strength and conditioning and musculoskeletal ultrasonography. He currently serves as the Vice President of Health & Performance for Canyon Ranch, where he leads the health, human performance, nutrition, mental health, and spiritual wellness teams. Before Canyon Ranch, Dr. Nabhan worked for 12 years with the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee, most recently as the Vice President, Sports Medicine, Research & Innovation, where his primary duties included direction of patient care at Olympic Training Centers and oversight of research and injury prevention programs. Dr. Nabhan is an active clinician-researcher and a Senior Associate Editor for the British Journal of Sports Medicine and a reviewer for several sports medicine journals.