Jul 01, 2025  
2024-2025 Student Handbook 
    
2024-2025 Student Handbook

Doctor of Philosophy in Clinical Psychology (PhD) Student Handbook


Accredited by the American Psychological Association
Last Revised: July 2024

Message from the Dean 

 

Our PhD Psychology Program started in 2008.  Having all the requirements to apply for the American Psychological Association (APA) accreditation, the first accreditation was obtained by completing the first 5 years of the Program, in 2013. 

Since that moment, with every additional visit of reaccreditation, the Ph.D. Program has been granted with it, recognizing the program’s success in implementing its Scientist/Practitioner model.  Currently, as the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences (SBBS), at our Ponce Health Sciences University (PHSU), the Ph.D. received reaccreditation in 2018, which was granted for 10 years. 

We are very excited to receive you all to this new academic year full of challenges and opportunities.  Please feel free to review each section of this Handbook, in order to learn about the curriculum, our faculty, institutional and Program policies, as well as other valuable information which would guide you through this process.  If you have any questions, feel free to contact us and clarify any doubt.  Enjoy this academic career and get the most out of the experience. 

Welcome! 

Yaritza M. López Robledo, Ph.D. 
Dean SBBS 

Training Model  

PhD Program Information

Elective Tracks  

Cross Registration  

Comprehensive Examination and Clinical Practice Examination  

Evaluation and Feedback  

Grievance procedure  

Program Faculty and Staff (PhD)