Clinical psychologists play essential roles in caring for patients with emotional, behavioral, family and medical disorders.  Their research stimulates innovation in evidence-based health care, and they develop therapies addressing the challenges of specific populations including young people, ethnic minorities, the aging, and hospital and community mental health center patients.  Many rewarding and satisfying career opportunities are available in this challenging and growing field. 

Seattle Pacific University's APA-Approved Clinical Psychology doctoral program distinguishes itself by emphasizing both scientific research and clinical practice in the context of a Christian university.  In this way, it equips students to achieve excellence in academic and clinical work while preparing for a career as a clinical psychologist.

The doctoral faculty - scholars and licensed clinicians - value both learning and faith.  Many continue to serve patients and clients professionally, modeling the discipline of careful objective study along with the devotion of compassionate service.  The faculty's theoretical orientations include expertise in cognitive behavior, psychodynamic, interpersonal, family systems, and humanistic approaches.  They are explicitly committed to integrating across psychotherapeutic orientations.