Offering Campus

Illinois School of Professional Psychology at Argosy University, Chicago

Application and Admission Process

The director/coordinator of the certificate program will coordinate all admissions with the assistance of the Clinical Psychology Admissions Committee.

Program Overview

The Graduate Certificate in Client-Centered and Experiential Psychotherapies is designed to provide specialized training and a community of support for post-master’s and doctoral clinicians who want to develop themselves as client-centered or experiential psychotherapists.

Considerations

• Graduates will be prepared to work effectively in client-centered and/or experiential frameworks. Students will be encouraged to clarify and develop their own more specific orientation within the range of person-centered psychotherapies.
• Graduates will have training and experiences that encourage development of the relational qualities central to person-centered work: empathic understanding, personal authenticity and non-judgmental prizing.
• Training in the concentration will emphasize development of the ability to maintain client-centered relationship conditions with persons coming from a broad range of life experiences—including diversity of culture, race, gender, religion, sexual orientation and levels of psychological functioning.