About the Clinical Psychology Center
The Clinical Psychology Center is the training clinic for the Clinical Psychology Graduate Program of the Department of Psychology at the University of Pittsburgh. The Clinical Psychology Program has been accredited by the American Psychological Association to train doctoral-level clinical psychologists since 1948. Since 2013 it has also been accredited by the Psychological Clinical Science Accreditation System (PCSAS). Evaluation and treatment services in the Clinical Psychology Center are provided by advanced graduate students, who are supervised closely by licensed faculty psychologists and other mental health clinicians from the community.
The Clinical Psychology Center, the training clinic for the University of Pittsburgh’s Clinical Psychology program, provides a range of outpatient psychological services to the local Pittsburgh community. Doctoral students in our program provide time-limited, evidence-based assessment and therapy services under the direction of a licensed psychologist or mental health professional. Our clinic utilizes a reduced fee, pay-for-service model (using a sliding fee scale based on client income), and does not accept commercial insurance or Medicare/Medicaid.
Our clinic serves children, adolescents and adults. Our services tend to be skills-based and time-limited, and we actively track client’s progress to ensure that they are making meaningful treatment gains. Treatment is provided in the context of a warm, supportive and empowering therapeutic relationship, that recognizes and celebrates diverse client identities and provides personalized, client-centered care.
Our Mission Statement
The Clinical Psychology Center at the University of Pittsburgh is a clinic staffed by doctoral graduate student trainees in the Clinical Psychology PhD Program who are supervised by licensed psychologists and mental health professionals. We serve both children and adults in our local community. Our treatment approaches empower individuals and their support networks to be active participants in their care, helping them to achieve their personal and interpersonal goals. We offer evidence-based psychotherapy across multiple theoretical orientations (e.g., cognitive behavior therapy, interpersonal therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy) for a wide range of concerns (e.g., depression, anxiety, ADHD, relationship concerns) across the lifespan. The Clinical Psychology Center also offers comprehensive psychological and cognitive assessments. We rely on evidence-based treatments and assessments in our clinic and personalize our care to each individual.
The Clinical Psychology Center strives to create a safe, inclusive, and affirming environment that values the contribution of diverse perspectives from individuals with various identities, attitudes, and beliefs. We acknowledge the impact of privilege, marginalization, and discrimination on the stress, coping, and adjustment of the individuals we treat, and aim to foster an environment that respects all persons’ unique experiences.
We believe that mental healthcare should not be contingent on economic resources and strive to reduce barriers to care access. As such, our clinic follows a sliding-scale for fees based on income.
Acknowledgment Regarding Psychology, Historical Racism, and Discrimination
The Clinical Psychology Center (CPC) is dedicated to the alleviation of human suffering and the promotion of holistic well-being within an environment that is safe, inclusive and supportive to all individuals from diverse backgrounds and experiences (including, but not limited to, race, ethnicity, age, country of origin, immigration status, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, ability status, and socioeconomic/financial status). We disavow racism and all forms of identity-based discrimination. Our clinic is committed to being a safe, inclusive and affirming place where individuals can fully address their emotional and behavioral health needs without fear of stigma or discrimination. We are also committed to our ongoing professional development related to inclusive practices of our faculty, staff and trainees.
In order to fully meet these goals, it is also important to acknowledge the past. Specifically, we acknowledge larger historical and systemic contexts that have contributed to prejudice and injustice that have negatively impacted broad communities and individuals. We acknowledge our country’s history of colonization and discrimination, including the displacement of native peoples, enslavement of Africans/African-Americans, and discrimination against other groups. We further acknowledge the role that Psychology, as a field, has at times played in its past to contributing to racial stereotypes and other discrimination; see the statement by American Psychological Association.
Acknowledgements of Land and Labor
We respectfully acknowledge that the University of Pittsburgh and the Clinical Psychology Center occupy the traditional, ancestral lands of the Adena culture, Hopewell culture, Osage Nation, and Monongahela peoples (later joined by refugees of other tribes, including the Delaware, Shawnee, and Haudenosaunee), who were forcibly removed from their homelands by colonizers. Knowing and acknowledging the Native inhabitants of this land is a way of honoring and expressing gratitude to them. We pay our respects to their Elders and their past, present, and future people, communities, and cultures.
We also acknowledge the lives and work of the peoples, primarily of African descent, who were enslaved by five of the University of Pittsburgh’s original trustees and we call on those in the University community to honor any whose involuntary labor contributed to the University’s history.
Pronunciation Guide:
- Adena: \ ə-ˈdē-nə \
- Hopewell
- Osage: \ ō-ˈsāj \ Or \ ˈō-ˌsāj \
- Monongahela: \ mə-ˌnän-gə-ˈhē-lə \ Or \ mə-ˌnän-gə-ˈhā-lə \
- Shawnee: \ shȯ-ˈnē \ Or \ shä-ˈnē \
- Haudenosaunee: \ hō-dē-nō-shō-nē \
- Delaware: \ ˈde-lə-ˌwer \
- Lenape: \ ˈle-nə-pē \ Or \ lə-ˈnä-pē \
The above is based on our own research and we recognize that it may not be historically complete.
