Welcome to the PhD Program in Counseling Psychology at Howard University!
The PhD program in Counseling Psychology at the Howard University School of Education (HUSOE) is designed to educate and train counseling psychologists using a scientist-practitioner philosophy and to encourage students to identify and use culturally relevant prevention and intervention strategies that focus on the optimum strengths of each client.
Faculty research interests include (but are not limited to): mental health disparities, cross-cultural resilience factors in the process of recovery from traumatic injury; counseling and therapy with youth; multicultural counseling; intersections of identity from a racial, gender and sexual orientation perspective; co-occurring disorders; psychometric assessment; and criminal and police psychology. Our students actively conduct and present research with faculty members at conferences such as the American Psychological Association, the Association of Black Psychologists (ABPsi) and the Annual Winter Roundtable at Teachers College-Columbia University. Alumni of our program serve as chief psychologists in hospitals, juvenile detention centers and federal prisons; directors of counseling centers; college and university professors and research fellows; counseling staff in K-12 school districts; and therapists in private practice.
The Doctoral Program (PhD) in Counseling Psychology has been accredited by the Commission on Accreditation (CoA) of the American Psychological Association since 2006, and is currently "Accredited, on probation." Questions, public comments or concerns related to the program's accredited status should be directed to the Commission on Accreditation:
American Psychological Association
Office of Program Consultation & Accreditation
750 First Street NE
Washington, DC 20002-4242
Phone: (202) 336-5979; Fax: (202) 336-5978
Email: apaaccred@apa.org; Website: http://www.apa.org/ed/accreditation
We welcome your interest in and inquiries about our program!
Sincerely,
Kamilah
Kamilah Woodson, PhD
kwoodson@howard.edu
Director of Clinical Training
Howard University School of Education
Department of Human Development and Psychoeducational Studies
2441 4th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20059
202.865.0111