Teaching, Training, and Administration in Graduate Psychology Programs

David L. Downing, PsyD, ABPP, is professor of clinical psychology at the University of Indianapolis, School of Psychological Sciences. He maintains an independent practice while also representing the Division of Psychoanalysis on the APA Council of Representatives.Marc Lubin, PhD, ABAP, is professor at the American School of Professional Psychology at Argosy University, Southern California where he directed the clinical psychology program for many years. He currently teaches full time and also maintains an independent practice. Jed Yalof, PsyD, is professor and chair of the Department of Graduate Psychology and Counseling at Immaculata University, and coordinator of the PsyD program in clinical psychology. He is also a licensed psychologist and was the 2005 recipient of the University’s Lindback Distinguished Teaching Award.

This book utilizes psychoanalytic theory to conceptualize challenges faced in the teaching and training of doctoral psychology students and the dilemmas faced in the administration of such a program. The use of psychoanalytic theory to discuss larger institutional dynamics and societal dynamics is highly original and very valuable. The authors provide a textured understanding of the kinds of decisions contemporary professors and administrators face. The book provides faculty and administrators with a rich framework from which to conceptualize decisions, actions, acting out, dilemmas, etc.