These scholars and practitioners bring to the classroom a wealth of training and experience, including ministries that extend beyond the seminary. The research foci of our faculty vary widely, covering such topics as Alzheimer's disease, religious faith and coping, chronic alcohol use, qualitative outcome assessment of treatment services, resilience in at- risk adolescents, personal life and relationships of the psychotherapist, shame and guilt in psychology and religion, marital and family therapy, and mental health issues of pastors. The Curriculum Using the practitioner-evaluator model, the Doctor of Psychology in Clinical Psychology trains professionals to provide clinical services, and to implement and evaluate innovative treatment programs. This program is normally accomplished in five years and requires the completion of at least 258 units. In the Psy.
Fuller places a high emphasis on field training.
Eight local community programs are operated by Fuller's Psychological Center and students gain supervised training in these programs and through a variety of placements in the Greater Los Angeles area. The Clinical Psychology curriculum follows the guidelines set by the Committee on Accreditation of the American Psychological Association, through which the Doctor of Psychology in Clinical Psychology degree is approved. Nearly 600 of these are doctoral graduates. As practitioners, researchers, and educators, Fuller graduates are working globally to expand the understanding of emotional and spiritual functioning of persons, both as individuals and in relationships. The combined quantitative and verbal sections of the GRE should reflect a minimum score of 1100 in order to be competitive.