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Integrated Learning
Join a program that offers integrated training in contemporary clinical science and clinical assessment and intervention. You’ll learn from leaders in the field—professionals pursuing a broad range of dynamic research projects.
Advance Your Education in Clinical Psychology
Our top Master of Arts program is designed for applicants looking to strengthen their academic background prior to applying to doctoral programs across the country.
Clinical Training
Our clinical training has an ongoing psychodynamic tradition with increasing opportunities for supervision and didactic work in Cognitive-Behavioral, Interpersonal, Family Therapy, and other modalities. Our doctoral students are prepared for careers in clinical settings, hospitals, private practice, teaching, and research.
Welcome to the Clinical Psychology program
The Clinical Psychology Program provides rigorous training in both contemporary clinical science and clinical assessment and intervention. Our students develop hands-on research and clinical experience through the several labs at Teachers College — which examine risk and resilience in veterans; clinical intervention in diverse sociocultural and geographic contexts; psychotherapy methods; suicidality; and more — and at placements at other leading mental health facilities in New York City. Nationally known as the premier program for Clinical Psychology, our M.A. program is suited for applicants interested in strengthening their academic background in psychopathology, treatment, theory, and research methods prior to pursuing highly competitive doctoral programs.
Our Degrees
Master of Arts in Psychology in Education
Our Master of Arts degree is formally titled “Psychology in Education” for historical reasons, but is today well-known as a premier M.A. program for students interested in the field of Clinical Psychology.
Doctoral Program
The Ph.D. program in Clinical Psychology provides rigorous training in both clinical science and clinical assessment and intervention. Research includes studies of risk and resilience; adjustment across diverse sociodemographic contexts; religious and spiritual development; emotional regulation; emotion and coping with trauma; suicidality; and psychotherapy process and outcomes.
Graduate Studies in Spirituality Mind Body
The Spirituality Mind Body (SMB) Area of Focus Graduate Studies at Teachers College, Columbia University is the first Ivy League graduate program dedicated to merging spirituality and evidence-based research within the context of clinical psychology.
Sexuality, Women, and Gender Advanced Certificate
Join educators, researchers, practitioners, and activists dedicated to enhancing the well-being of LGBTQ individuals and women.
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Admissions Information
Application Requirements
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Master of Arts
- Advanced Certificate
- Sexuality, Women and Gender in Psychology and Education [Program is not accepting applications for the 2025 cycle.]