The Clinical Area offers opportunities to engage in clinically-relevant research in psychotherapy process and outcomes, neuropsychology, health psychology and personality.
The Clinical Area prides itself on excellence in research—with over $4 million currently held in external research funding.
The Clinical Area values the development of clinical skills by offering a variety of theoretical and technical approaches to psychological treatment and assessment and training through our in-house Psychology Training Clinic, and external practica and internships. Students who are interested in specialized training in clinical neuropsychology can apply to the Clinical Neuropsychology stream after being admitted to the Clinical Area.
All faculty, adjunct faculty, and applied practicum supervisors serving as supervisors in clinical practicum and internship training, are members of the College of Psychologists of Ontario. Prior to completion of this Area's PhD, students are required to demonstrate:
- Competence in research into clinically relevant problems. In addition to course requirements, this Area relies heavily on an apprenticeship system. Each student works closely with his or her supervisor and psychologists practicing in a wide range of internship settings for an interactive enhancement of both the academic and practical aspects of the student's educational experience.
- Competence with a reasonable sample of cognitive, personality, behavioural, neuropsychological, and psychometric techniques of assessment.
- Competence with a reasonable sample of cognitive, behavioural, experiential, interpersonal, and psychodynamic systems of psychotherapy.
Students who are interested in specialized training in clinical neuropsychology can apply to the Clinical Neuropsychology stream after being admitted to the Clinical area.
For more information about the Clinical Psychology graduate training, please contact the Director of Clinical Training: Dr. Joel Goldberg clindir@yorku.ca
The Graduate Program in Clinical Psychology is accredited by the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA). The date of the last re-accreditation by CPA was in 2022 for a period of 7 years.
Contact Information for the CPA Accreditation Office:
Dr. Stewart Madon
Registrar, Accreditation Panel
Canadian Psychological Association, Accreditation Office
141 Laurier Ave. W., Suite 702
Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5J3
Tel: 1-888-472-0657 (ext. 328 for administrative assistant)
Email: accreditation@cpa.ca
Website: Canadian Psychological Association
Additional Program Information
Faculty Member
- Boritz, Tali
- Fitzpatrick, Skye
- Goldberg, Joel
- Katz, Joel D
- Keough, Matthew T
- Mills, Jennifer S
- Mongrain, Myriam
- Rosenbaum, R Shayna
- Turner, Gary R
- Wardell, Jeffrey
Faculty Member
- Angus, Lynne
- Boritz, Tali
- Eastwood, John D
- Fergus, Karen D
- Fitzpatrick, Skye
- Gicas, Kristina
- Goldberg, Joel
- Katz, Joel D
- Keough, Matthew T.
- Mills, Jennifer S
- Mongrain, Myriam
- Pos, Alberta E
- Rich, Jill Bee
- Rosenbaum, R. Shayna
- Turner, Gary R
- Wardell, Jeffrey
- Westra, Henny Alice
First row left to right: Dr. Joel Goldberg,Dr, Jeffrey Wardell,Dr. Jill Rich,Dr. Karen Fergus. Second row: Dr. John Eastwood,Dr. Shayna Rosenbaum, Dr. Jennifer S Mills, Dr. Henny Westra, Third row; Dr. Matthew Keough, Dr. Myriam Mongrain, Dr, Joel Katz, Dr. Alberta Pos, Fourth row; Dr. Skye Fitzpatrick, Dr. Kristina Gicas. (Photo of Dr. Gary Turner is unavailable)
Award for Outstanding Doctoral Research in Clinical Health Psychology:
- Brittany Rosenbloom
Graduate Student Award in Clinical Neuropsychology:
- Iris Yusupov
- Bri Darboh
Norman Endler Research Fellowship:
- Julia Halilova
Student Excellence Award:
- Sara Pishdadian
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The Graduate Program in Psychology at York is an exciting environment to pursue innovative, socially engaging, career-ready education. Contact our Graduate Program Assistant to learn more.