Antioch University New England is renowned for its community of active, engaged, and socially conscious faculty and students. Our academic community emphasizes a social vision of clinical psychology committed to diversity and social justice, and responsive to the needs of the region and larger society. You’ll be part of a small cohort of classmates in an environment that fosters collaboration.

The Department of Clinical Psychology operates unique centers that benefit our students:

The Psychological Services Center (PSC) is a community psychological clinic staffed by doctoral students. With excellent faculty supervision, students offer individual, couple, family, and group counseling, testing and assessment, and other services to serve area residents.

The Center for Diversity and Social Justice (DSJ) commits to taking action to advocate with individuals who identify with marginalized identities, integrate social justice, and facilitate dialogues across difference on the AUNE campus, locally, regionally, and nationally.

The Antioch Society for Psychoanalytic Psychology, established over 30 years ago, hosts open meetings for the PsyD community with an interest in psychoanalytic theory, research, integration, education, advocacy, social action, and practice. Members include students, faculty, alumni, staff, and supervisors.

Program Length

The PsyD Program in Clinical Psychology is a five-year, full-time program that includes four years of coursework plus the completion of a year-long internship (which may be done half-time over two years). Full-time study is defined as the completion of, on average, 30 credits within a calendar year for a total of 120-128 credits over the four years.

In addition to 28 to 30 semester hours of classes taken on Mondays, Tuesdays, and during the week at practicum placements, students take, on average, two weekend courses or Supervised Independent Studies over each program year for an additional two credits a year.

AUNE PsyD Application requirements, program info, and handbooks can be found here

The PsyD Psychology program at Antioch University Seattle offers doctoral education and training in clinical psychology to prepare students for the practice of professional and health service psychology. We offer opportunities for students to develop their clinical, applied research, and assessment skills with an emphasis on multicultural competency and social justice concepts and placements.

The AUS PsyD program incorporates a competency-based system to measure student achievement of our program’s goals and objectives. Competencies are woven into all aspects of student assessment. The core competencies reflect psychologists’ multiple roles and Antioch’s broader mission by including advocacy for social change.

Practicum, pre-internship, and clinical internship placements may include working in the AUS Community Counseling and Psychology Clinic and/or a variety of community engagements. Supervision and mentoring are provided by qualified professionals. These practical training experiences culminate in the clinical internship, which is a required full-time year or half-time two-year placement for advanced training in a particular setting in professional psychology. National and local clinical internship placements are available. AUS participates in the Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Center’s (APPIC) internship match program and students are required to apply for APPIC member internships.

Program Length

The AUS PsyD program is designed to be completed in five years on a full-time year-round basis, including coursework, clinical training, and dissertation. Students past 7 years must petition to continue in the program on an annual basis with the maximum time to complete the program within 10 years in extraordinary circumstances. Our time-to-completion rates can be found in our outcome data updated annually.

PsyD Mentorship Program

Coordinated by the Antioch University PsyD Student Council, the PsyD Mentorship Program provides a unique opportunity for first-year students to meet and cultivate meaningful relationships with PsyD upperclassmen that promote community, connectedness, and collaboration. The program offers new students’ opportunities to develop personal and professional contacts, gain access to information and resources, and gain valuable insights and advice from experienced students. It also offers mentors an opportunity to give back and make a difference in the personal and professional development of incoming PsyD students.

AUS PsyD Application requirements, program info, and handbooks can be found here