Clinical & Counseling Psychology Doctoral Training Program

07/03/2024

Alabama Development & Behavioral Specialists is seeking mental health professionals to join their practice in Hoover, AL.

We're Here to Listen

05/02/2024

Check out all the work being done by the faculty and students of the CCP Program!

Spring 2024 Newsletter

04/15/2024

CCP alumnus and Research Assistant Professor in the College of Nursing, Dr. Candice Selwyn was a guest on the Sincerely, South podcast to talk about the HEART Project. This project is funded by a federal grant and provides advocacy and support services for victims of sexual and gender discrimination and violence on campus, as well as having helped develop a sexual assault nurse examiner program on campus.

The HEART Project (Health, Empowerment, and Recovery from Trauma) is a college campus based initiative for supporting victims of sexual assault through counseling and medical care. SANE (Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner) program advocates serve as liaisons between victims and Title IX and law enforceme...

03/25/2024

https://www.southalabama.edu/departments/publicrelations/pressreleases/032524ccpmatch.html

For the ninth consecutive year, the University of South Alabama’s clinical and counseling psychology Ph.D. program enjoyed a 100 percent match rate for students applying for their off-site clinical internships, meaning all applicants landed their first choice for clinical placement.

02/22/2024

01/23/2024

Congratulations to CCP Student Jasmin Pizer and her coauthors (many of whom are also CCP Students, Alumni, and Faculty) on the publication of their paper, Neuropsychological Function in Migraine Headaches, in the prestigious journal, Neurology.

Background and ObjectivesA sizable literature has studied neuropsychologic function in persons with migraine (PwM), but despite this, few quantitative syntheses exist. These focused on circumscribed areas of the literature. In this study, we conducted an ...

12/01/2023

Doctoral students in South’s clinical and counseling psychology Ph.D. program recently attended the 2023 Walk to End Alzheimer's event at the USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park. Organized by the Alzheimer's Association, the Walk to End Alzheimer's is the world's largest fundraiser for Alzheimer's care, support and research.

Pictured (left to right): Jasmin Pizer, Luisa Bermeo, Nanako Hawley, Katherine Hernandez, Victoria Chassin

11/29/2023

Congratulations to CCP Doctoral Student Callie Mims. Callie will spend the 2024-2025 academic year at Yale School of Medicine completing a predoctoral clinical training experience in Eating and Weight Disorders. This is a competitively selected position to work with some of the nation’s leading experts in the assessment and treatment of eating and weight-related disorders. We are very proud of Callie and excited for this great opportunity.

The goal of the child focus area of Yale POWER is to help youth and their families through research. There are several on-going projects that look at individual

11/14/2023

Psychology faculty and graduate students participated in Harry Potter Trivia last week. Gryffindor House won with 320 points, but a shout out to Hufflepuff for their terrific team spirit!

11/09/2023

Congratulations to Dr. Laura Powell and Dr. Lisa Turner on winning 2022-23 College of Arts and Sciences Excellence awards.

Dr. Laura Powell won the Excellence in Academic Advising Award. Dr. Powell is a sought after advisor in the department and has bridged the gap between advising and what to do after college with her Careers for Psychology Majors course. She has served the department as an academic coach advising hundreds of Psychology majors who were struggling with degree progress, career plans, or juggling commitments. She is currently the graduate coordinator of the Behavioral and Brain Sciences Masters in Psychology program.

Dr. Lisa Turner won the Teaching Excellence Award. Dr. Turner has developed a Research Methods course which majors and minors find not only a great learning experience but fun. She is the departmental practicum director providing students with hands on learning experiences outside the classroom. She is a sought after mentor by undergraduate and graduate students. Dr. Turner also teaches developmental psychology at the undergraduate and graduate level.

The Psychology Department is proud to have them as faculty and representing our department.

10/30/2023

Mr. Ivan Campbell represented the University of South Alabama Psychology Department and the Clinical and Counseling Psychology Doctoral Program by winning the National Academy of Neuropsychology Poster Award this fall. Mr. Campbell is a 2nd year graduate student in the Hill neuropsychology lab, and his poster is entitled,"Analysis of Frontoparietal Network White Matter Tract Connectivity and Executive Functioning and Working Memory Scores in a Diverse Sample."

10/09/2023

Exciting News!!!