Department Overview

The University of Wisconsin – Madison Department of Counseling Psychology is an APA accredited and internationally renowned training program for counselors and counseling psychologists.  The department offers Master of Science (MS) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degrees to a carefully selected group of students each year.  Graduates of both programs have gone on to highly divergent careers which include academic instruction, research, clinical practice as well as consulting and industry positions.

Both academic programs offered by the department strive to integrate into each and every course aspects of multiculturalism and diversity.  The faculty and graduate students of the department are committed continual self-reflection with respect to how their individual attitudes, beliefs and cultural-influences affect their work with clients or patients.  Courses in the department frequently make space for review and analysis of the perspectives of other cultures and how those perspectives are generated from particular worldviews.  In 2005, the department was awarded the Suinn Minority Achievement Award by the American Psychological Association for its demonstrated excellence in the recruitment, retention and graduation of ethnic minority students and in 2006 won the “Department of the Year” award from the American Psychological Association of Graduate Students (APAGS) in recognition of its commitment toward graduate students, superior attention to student needs and excellent student-faculty relations. 

The department continually strives to deliver its broad expertise and ongoing research findings to individuals around the world through its continually evolving network of outreach activities and partnerships.  Faculty and students frequently support and organize social justice conferences and strive to promote equality in all facets of society.  In 2007, the department opened an independent counseling psychology training clinic that provides low-cost and multilingual services to individuals in need while using state-of-the-art digital recording equipment to train future psychotherapy providers.  In 2010, the department will accept its position in a newly remodeled Education Building that will provide additional resources for outreach, research and instruction.

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