When you get a respecialization (PhD)

Do you than official have 2 Doctoral degrees?

 

No... You have a certificate in "Respecialization in Clinical Psychology" that you present via a transcript to your State Board who then tells you if you can take your State Clinical Psych or "Psychologist" board test.

 

BlackBird you sure know a lot about this stuff. Thanks . Some of the Respecialization take almost as long as it does to get a degree. With longs programs like that I wonder why people just do not get a new degree ?

 

What happens is that a person will have already a doctorate in psychology such as a General Psych Ph.D. that is used primarily as a credential for teaching/research. That person may then decide he/she wants to do counseling but are mainly missing clinical hours and courses along with the training for psychological testing. The Respecialization Certificate is the way to go. I do agree that it takes a minimum of two more years that includes the clinical hours put in. It looks like a long haul if you already have a license on the Masters level and then you have to redo your clinical hours. I personally think that is crazy and can be another opportunity for institutions to take more money off of you. Sometimes they won't accept some of your Masters courses so they make you retake classes you've had again. It is not streamlined and is not user-friendly for existing clinicians.

 

I'd stick with U of the Rockies - Psy.D in wood fence repair