Letters of Welcome

Dear Prospective Student:

I would like to introduce our graduate programs in counseling and counseling psychology at Oklahoma State University. Our master's and doctoral programs offer a variety of counseling training opportunities and research experiences. I hope our programs can provide the graduate training you are looking for.

I think you will find that our program provides excellent training for becoming a counselor (master's level) or psychologist (Ph.D.) in a variety of settings (e.g., university counseling centers, community mental health centers, hospitals, private practice, and academia). We strongly believe in matching training experiences to the interests and skills of our students. We offer a number of different practica settings for students to gain counseling experiences with clients. In addition, our faculty and students are involved in a variety of research teams that form based on mutual interests between faculty and students. At Oklahoma State University, we work hard to ensure that students' learning experiences combine both the support and challenge that they need to grow and learn.

Our doctoral program in Counseling Psychology is accredited by the American Psychological Association. The masters program in Counseling (Specialization:Community Counseling and School Counseling) is accredited by Counseling and Counseling Related Educational Programs (CACREP). Financial assistance is available for most prospective students in our doctoral program. We are able to provide out-of-state tuition waivers and graduate assistantships to many of our doctoral students, as well as in-state tuition wavers for some.

Students can enter our doctoral program with either a bachelor's degree or a master's degree. We typically admit three doctoral students a year who have bachelor's degrees and 7 students a year who have master's degree. Bachelor's track students can complete the doctoral program in 5 years (4 years of coursework and 1 year of internship). They will need to start coursework in the summer session. Master's track students can complete the doctoral program in 4 years (3 years of coursework and 1 year of internship). Most of our students admitted to the master's program finish in 2 years.

We have been involved with two important programs: the American Indians into Psychology (AIIP) program and the Preparing Future Faculty (PFF) program. The AIIP program is paid by a grant from Indian Health Services to train American Indian/Native American people to become doctoral level psychologists. You can apply for participation in the AIIP summer mentorship program at OSU to find out whether or not you are interested in psychology as a graduate career. The PFF program is a geared toward preparing graduate students for a career in academia. Students must apply to this special program to be accepted. Typically, one doctoral student in Counseling Psychology is admitted each year to PFF. PFF students attend monthly seminars and receive mentorship by OSU faculty as well as faculty from partnering institutions across the state of Oklahoma.

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any further questions or comments about our programs. If you'd like to speak to current students in our program, I would be very happy to arrange that for you. Just let me know at carrie.winterowd@okstate.edu.

Whatever you decide for your career, I wish you the best of luck!

Sincerely,
Carrie Winterowd, Ph.D.
Training Director
Counseling Psychology program

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