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Coursework

Students must complete a minimum of 5.5 FCEs as follows:

• 2.5 FCEs in Counselling and Psychotherapy:
  • APD3215H Advanced Psychotherapy Seminar;
  • APD3217Y⁺ Advanced Practicum in Clinical and Counselling Psychology (Credit/No Credit; 600-hour practicum); and APD3268Y Internship in Clinical and Counselling Psychology (1,600-hour internship — arrangements must be made in consultation with the Director of Clinical Training). PhD students will attend a minimum of six colloquium presentations during their program, which partially fulfills the course requirements for APD3268Y.
• 1.0 FCE in Psychology Measurement/Assessment and Diagnosis:
  • APD3225H Assessment and Diagnosis of Personality and Psychopathology.
  • APD3260H Psychodiagnostic Systems.
• 0.5 FCE in Supervision and Consultation:
  • APD3261H⁺ Clinical Supervision and Consultation Practicum.
• 1.0 FCE in Advanced Research Methods:
  • APD3202H A Foundation of Program Evaluation in Social Sciences (RM).
  • An advanced-level statistics course (in consultation with supervisors). Courses can be drawn from those offered at OISE or other Faculties with the permission of the instructor.
• 0.5 FCE in History and Systems Psychology:
  • APD3204H Contemporary History and Systems in Human Development and Applied Psychology.

Comprehensive Examination

In addition to normal course requirements, students will complete two comprehensive components. First, a manuscript for publication and presentation at a peer review conference, normally in Year 1 of the program. Second, students will be examined systematically in general psychology and in professional psychology. The examination will normally be taken at the end of Year 2 of full-time study.

Doctoral Dissertation: 

All students must develop, complete, and defend in a Doctoral Final Oral Examination a doctoral dissertation supervised by a full-time member of the Counselling and Clinical Psychology faculty. The content of such dissertation research may address theoretical issues applicable to clinical and counselling concerns and practice, relate to the development of programs in a variety of educational or applied settings, or in some other way contribute to the development and practice of clinical and counselling psychology.

Students must register continuously and pay the full-time fee until all degree requirements have been fulfilled.

Students cannot transfer between the full-time and flexible-time PhD options.

Collaborative Specializations provide students with a the opportunity to explore a novel interdisciplinary area or special development that crosses a number of disciplines. 

Collaborative specializations are available with the PhD in Counselling and Clinical Psychology (Clinical and Counselling Psychology field) in the following areas:

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  • Develops and integrates graduate training in the multidisciplinary field of addictions, an area that includes the use and abuse of alcohol, tobacco, and psychoactive substances, as well as gambling and other addictive behaviours
• • Prepares students for specialization in the field of aging and/or the field of palliative and supportive care, with an emphasis on viewing aging and palliative issues within the perspective of the life course
• • Focuses on working with community members and groups to effect positive change in the social, economic, organizational, or physical structures of a community
• • For students to engage in questions of gender, ethnicity, race, Aboriginal status, (dis)ability, and class to highlight the importance of exploring their interaction with sexual differences.
• • Provides a rich interdisciplinary environment in which students can grapple with how gender and sexuality are tangled with questions of race, citizenship, embodiment, colonialism, violence, and other pressing concerns.

Students whose plans include preparation for professional practice in psychology should note that graduation from a doctoral program or from any graduate program in psychology does not, in itself, qualify a person to practice as a psychologist.

The regulates professional practice in Ontario and examines candidates for registration as psychologists. Students are encouraged to review the requirements for registration early in their program and to save all course outlines so that they may submit them to CPBAO as part of their application for registration.

For more information on the registration process, please consult the website at .

The program is accredited by the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) as a combined Clinical/Counselling Psychology program. 

CPA Public Disclosure Table

Initial Accreditation:  2006-2007.  Next site visit: 2027.

Canadian Psychological Association
141 Laurier Avenue West, Suite 702
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1P 5J3
accreditationoffice@cpa.ca
613-237-2144 x 328
1-888-472-0657 x 328

Letters of Reference

References must address sensitivity to others, awareness of own impact on others, empathy and capacity to provide support to others, ability to exercise appropriate judgement, appropriateness of interpersonal behaviour, ethically appropriate behaviour, applicant's suitability for clinical training. Please also comment, where possible, on the applicant’s oral and written expression skills, particularly in the context of academic writing, their statistical and research design knowledge, experience with quantitative and/or qualitative research paradigms, conscientiousness, ability to work independently, personal initiative, and their ability to complete projects or tasks with minimal supervision.

Tips for Your Application

Applicants to the PhD-CCP program follow the standard application procedures outlined above via the  Below are a few tips for your application process:

• At the time of application, students will be required to identify a preference for a specific research area as well as for a potential supervisor with whom they would work if admitted to the program.
• Applicants to the flexible-time PhD option are accepted under the same admission requirements as applicants to the full-time PhD option. However, in addition, applicants to the flexible-time PhD should demonstrate that they are active professionals engaged in activities relevant to their proposed program of study
• Please Note: Although students in the University of Toronto MA in CCP are given priority over other applicants when applying to the Ph.D., continuation from the MA to the Ph.D. is not automatic. Demonstration of a high level of competence and commitment is required.

Program Chair: Dr. Jeffrey Ansloos

Program Faculty: Dr. Jeffrey Ansloos; Dr. Abby Goldstein; Dr. Charles Chen; Dr. Roy Moodley; Dr. Judy Silver; Dr. Jeanne Watson, Dr. Ellen Gutowski; Dr. Natalie Vilhena

Questions? Please email us at oise.aphd@utoronto.ca

Program Coordinator:
Caren Li
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