Psy.D. In Group Psychotherapy
A Tutorial Doctoral Program
Senior Tutor: Haim Weinberg, Ph.D.
Outline
A Tutorial Doctoral Program General Description
General Description
The Professional School of Psychology is offering a unique Psy.D. degreee program in group-psychotherapy. This program gives its students a sound basis in the exciting field of working with groups. It is aimed for mental health professionals who want to become therapists, focusing both on theory and practice.
During this program you will learn which imporant events to observe in the group, become able to analyze group processes, make the best interventions as the group therapist, become confident about your group leader's skills and be able to facilitate the growth of your group members.
This doctoral program is suitable for students anywhere around the world, as it is based on personal tutorial format and distant learning, combined with periodic face-to-face meetings with the tutor and the students' group.
A Personal Letter from the Senior Tutor Haim Weinberg
As the senior tutor of this program, I personally invite you to join this exciting program and will do my best to tailor it according to your personal needs and interests. Please read my personal invitation by clicking here. If you have any questions, call me at 916-212-6424 or write to me at: haimw@group-psychotherapy.com
Program Components
The group psychotherapy program builds on four important components:
1. Theory: You will learn theories of small groups and get to know important concepts related to groups.
2. Skills: You will aquire a "tool kit for the group leader", and how to apply the theories into group work.
3. Experience: Here you are going to experience the group process.
4. Supervision: Here you will become a group leader yourself.
The Tutorial Format
The Group Psychotherapy Doctoral program makes extensive use of a tutorial format.
This format includes three distinctive elements. First, tutorials concern a specific body of published works. The tutor and student together explore the meaning and implications of the written text.
Second, the tutorial process involves the active engagement of both tutor and student in the learning process. During your learning journey you will be closely accompanied by your personal tutor, through frequent meetings, phone calls and Internet connections. In addition, the Group Psychotherapy program, group meetings and interactions with other students will be part of the learning process.
Third, the tutorial is inherently student-centered, in that it is tailored aroudn the needs, interests and logistical challenges (time, space) of the student.
The Professional School of Psychology
The Professional School of Psychology is a private enterprise with a public mission. This graduate school has developed its unique character and structure through a commitment to creating a quality education that is accessible and affordable to learners who wish to access several, interrelated sources of human wisdom in a systematic manner. Furthermore, in the continued maturation of this institution it will make efforts to develop new and innovative models of high quality educational services within a proprietary structure in order that all members of the PSP community may prosper and learn.
Desired Educational Outcomes
Twelve outcomes are fundamental to the Group Psychotherapy doctoral program of The Professional School of Psychology. Click here to learn more.
Program Schedule
The group-psychotherapy program blends tutorials with classroom instruction, phone and Internet connection with face-to-face meetings. Accordingly, in addition to the virtual contacts the program comprises three venues: near home of the senior tutor, near the home of one of the participating students, and at a conference, convention, or a therapy group. To read about the frequency, dates and details of these interactions click here.
Tuition
Tuition for the group-psychotherapy program can be paid by monthly, quarterly or full payment. For details and numbers click here.
Admissions Procedures
Visit the PSP website (www.psp.edu), fill out and send to PSP a Short-Form Application, and write to the Senior Tutor of this doctoral program, Haim Weinberg at haimw@group-psychotherapy.com to schedule a preliminary telephone interview.
At the conclusion of the interview, if the prospective student is believed to be able to meet The Professional School of Psychology’s entrance requirements, he or she is given an application package. When the application materials have been received, they are reviewed by the PSP Admissions Committee and informed of the outcome of this review within one week.
Admissions Standards
For admission to the PSP doctoral program, prospective students must:
- Hold a master’s degree in psychology or a related field, such as social work, counseling, public administration or business.
- The grades earned in previous graduate work should provide evidence of the applicant's ability to successfully perform graduate work at the doctoral level.
- Demonstrate a commitment to the field of leadership studies.
- Provide an autobiographical statement.
- Provide two letters of reference.
- Give evidence of possessing the requisite maturity and sensitivity to perform well in the role of human service provider.
Required Courses
Personality Theory
Behavioral Medicine & Health Psychology
Behavioral Neurobiology
Neuropsychological Assessment
Social Bases of Behavior
Cognitive Bases of Behavior
Supervised Internship
Advanced Psychopathology
Clinical Psychopharmacology
Advanced Psychotherapy Course Sequence
Psychodiagnostic Assessment Sequence
Clinical Case Conference
The Nature of Functioning of Psychological Inquiry
Senior Tutor: Haim Weinberg, Ph.D.
Haim Weinberg is a clinical psychologist, group analyst ( Israel) and Certified Group Psychotherapist (USA), now living in the United States. For the past 25 years he has worked as a clinical psychologist, providing individual, couple, family, and group psychotherapy, as well as supervising interns and junior psychologists. He is the past-president of the Israeli Association of Group Psychotherapy. A faculty member of the group facilitators training program in Tel-Aviv University, ex-director of the group leaders training program in Bet Berl College, teaches in the Integrative Psychotherapy program, Buber Center, Department of Psychology and School of Social Work, Hebrew University, Jerusalem. He is a member of the Board of the International Association of Group Psychotherapy (IAGP), and a member of The American Group Psychotherapy Association (AGPA) and the Group Analytic Society (GAS).
A more detailed CV of Haim Weinberg can be viewed by clicking here.
