Become a Psychologist

Founded in 1891, Seattle Pacific University has a long and distinguished history in Christian higher education. Its comprehensive academic program serves more than 4, 100 undergraduate and graduate students. Located just minutes from downtown Seattle, SPU seeks to be a premier Christian University fully committed to engaging the culture and changing the world by graduating people of competence and character, becoming people of wisdom, and modeling grace-filled community. Seattle Pacific University seeks applicants committed to its Christian mission. The University is committed to building an excellent and diverse teaching faculty.

About the School of Psychology, Family, and Community: The School of Psychology, Family, and Community (SPFC) includes the departments of undergraduate Psychology, Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Marriage and Family Therapy, and Clinical Psychology. Our baccalaureate, master's, and doctoral programs are designed to meet the specific standards of our professional guilds; and they incorporate biopsychosocial and spiritual perspectives into teaching, research, and service. SPFC’s twenty-six core faculty members and four staff serve approximately 400 full time undergraduate and graduate students with comprehensive academic curricula, internship opportunities throughout the region, and numerous lab and field-based research programs. All faculty members are committed teachers and mentors, who seek students who are excited to learn, prepared to work hard, and who intend to make a difference in the world.

The Department of Clinical Psychology: The department houses the Ph.D. program in clinical psychology, which received initial accreditation from the APA Commission on Accreditation in 2006 and was renewed for a full seven years of accreditation in 2013. The department currently enrolls 75 doctoral students and includes a core of six full time faculty members whose expertise includes: addictive behaviors, child and adolescent development and psychopathology, anxiety disorders, autism spectrum disorders...