Bachelor’s
Bachelor's completion programs in day and evening/online formats around the Bay Area.
Master’s
Online and on-campus evening programs enable students to become licensed mental health professionals (MFT or LPCC) with emphases in: Marriage, Family, and Child or Clinical Mental Health counseling, go on to further study at the doctoral level or work on career advancement opportunities.
Ph.D.
Generalist training with a balance of clinical work and research. Offering the following areas of emphasis: Child & Family, Diversity & Community Mental Health, Forensic Psychology, LGBTQ Psychology, Meditation & Psychology, Neuropsychology, and Trauma.
Psy.D.
The PGSP-Stanford Psy.D. Consortium is a clinical psychology doctoral training program jointly run by Palo Alto University (PAU) and the Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Department at the Stanford University School of Medicine.
Build Your Career in the Best of Both Worlds
The convenience of online and the benefit of face-to-face interaction.
Attend classes online and in a hybrid programs format.
Achievements
This month, PAU received the 2017 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education. As a recipient of the annual HEED Award — a national honor recognizing U.S. colleges and universities that demonstrate an outstanding commitment to diversity and inclusion — PAU will be featured, along with 79 other recipients, in the November 2017 issue of INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine.
To learn more: insightintodiversity.com.
Faculty Insights
Joyce Chu Ph.D. is the Co-Director of the Center for Excellence in Diversity. She also co-leads the Multicultural Suicide Research Center and the Ethnic Minority Mental Health Research Group at PAU, where her work is focused around depression and suicide in ethnic minority adult and geriatric populations.
Gronowski Center
The Gronowski Center is a psychology training clinic dedicated to providing compassionate counseling and psychotherapy services to adults, older adults, couples, adolescents, children, and families in Santa Clara County and San Mateo County.
Founded in 1975 as the Pacific Graduate School of Psychology, Palo Alto University is dedicated to improving lives through education and research anchored in psychology, clinical training and practice in a diversity of cultures, and service to communities around the world.
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1791 Arastradero Road
Palo Alto, CA 94304
Phone: (800) 818-6136 Fax: (650) 433-3888
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