Academics & Clinic
Graduate Programs
The Doctoral Programs at PAU are deeply committed to educating well rounded clinical psychologists who are capable and competent as both researchers and clinicians. Students are taught to be science minded while appreciating the larger role of psychology in alleviating suffering in the world. This balance includes learning to value evidence-based clinical models while maintaining the responsibilities psychologists have to their community, society, and profession. An outstanding faculty of clinicians and researchers provides rigorous classroom instruction, clinical supervision, and research mentoring to help students find the right balance for them.
Working within a training model best described as "practitioner-scientist," students systematically move through five years of coursework and practica to acquire Ph.D.-level competence and capability in areas of psychological theory, research, and practice.
Psychology and law students are enrolled concurrently at PAU and GGUSL, taking courses at both institutions for a total of six years, plus a one-year psychology internship.
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Offered to students in PAU’s Clinical PhD program, this program is Clinical-Forensic in nature. The program includes elective courses, as well as forensic-relevant research and practical experience.
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The PGSP-Stanford Consortium's academic program is taught by an outstanding faculty drawn from PGSP at Palo Alto University and the Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry.
Palo Alto University offers a mental health counseling master’s degree program online.
Palo Alto University offers a mental health counseling master’s degree program online.
Palo Alto University offers a mental health counseling master’s degree program online.
Master's degree program in Forensic and Correctional Mental Health Counseling (MHC)and a Certificate Program in Forensic and Correctional Psychology.
This program is designed to prepare students to serve their communities as licensed Marriage and Family Therapists and licensed Professional Clinical Counselors in the state of California.
An innovative and highly structured part-time 2-year Master of Science degree program online. This program can be taken as a terminal master's degree program, or a bridge to the Ph.D. program.
Undergraduate Programs
Palo Alto University and its partner, the De Anza - Foothill College District located in the Silicon Valley, one of the most dynamic economic areas in the country, have created an innovative Bachelor's degree completion program to facilitate the process for community college students wanting to transfer to a Bachelor's program and for individuals who already have a degree and wish to re-specialize in psychology in preparation for a new career or further study.
The Business Psychology Program - offered in cooperation with Foothill College - is an expansion of PAU's deep commitment to the integration of research, the core foundation of psychology, and professional business practices.
The PSA program is designed for students who have a passion for psychology and who would like to make a difference in their communities and in the world.
The Gronowski Center
The Gronowski Center at the Palo Alto University is a community-based psychology training clinic and treatment center dedicated to providing high quality, evidence-based, clinical services to adults, older adults, adolescents, children, and families in our community. Our clinic uses several evidence based psychological treatments including cognitive behavioral therapy, behavioral therapy, interpersonal therapy, illness management, and family psychoeducation and family management.
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Child and Family Program: Dr. Sandra Macias, Clinic Director, leads a child, adolescent, marital and family specialty clinic providing assessment, treatment for a range of problems including behavior problems, child and adolescent mood and anxiety disorders, parenting problems, couples therapy and family therapy.
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The Shyness Clinic: Dr. Nicole Shiloff directs the Shyness Clinic, a specialty program that provides evidence-based treatment for shyness and social anxiety.
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PTSD/Trauma Clinic: The Early Intervention Clinic collaborates with the Gronowski Center by providing referrals and clinician training on assisting trauma survivors.
