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Student Life
Structured for Immersion and Learning
The Reiss-Davis PsyD program is structured specifically to help working professionals successfully transition back into higher-education while harmonizing graduate studies with their busy home and professional lives.
The Reiss-Davis Graduate School PsyD Program Is Unique:
- Reiss-Davis Graduate School is accredited by the WASC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC)
- Psychodynamically-oriented
- Neurobiologically and trauma-informed
- Child and adolescent focused
- A heritage: 70 years of training mental health professionals through the Reiss Davis Child Study Center
- Staffed by clinically experienced faculty
- Applicable to your daily practices immediately
- Offers Professional Development opportunities
- Conveniently located on a beautiful campus, accessible by freeway close to Cheviot Hills
For 70 years, Reiss-Davis Child Study Center has been setting new standards in training and education.
Reiss-Davis Child Study Center has a deep history of training psychologists and other mental health professionals in the field of child-adolescent mental health through its postdoctoral and postgraduate programs.
Since 2008, it expanded its educational program to offer a PsyD in Psychodynamic Child Psychology and Psychotherapy, making available to mental health providers a unique doctoral program through the Reiss-Davis Graduate School, equipping students with the necessary theory, skills, and techniques to better serve and make a significant difference in the mental health needs of children, adolescents, and their families with cultural humility and equity.
Reiss-Davis Graduate School is accredited by the WASC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC), 985 Atlantic Avenue, Suite 100, Alameda, CA 94501, 510.748.9001.
Additionally, we offer continuing education programs for professionals in the community.
The Reiss-Davis Graduate School PsyD Program Is Made for Busy Professionals Like You
One Weekend Per Month On Campus
Concentrated, residential class schedule is easier to integrate into busy schedules
Online Activities and Discussions
Help students stay engaged in the program and their studies and prepare for on-campus classes, project and exams
Flexible and Affordable Tuition
With reasonable tuition, scholarships, and FAFSA available, students can re-enter academia without breaking the bank
Collaborative Seminar-style Classes
More effectively draw students into interactive, immersive learning and encourage close bonds with fellow students and faculty
Anna Freud Research Library
The heart of campus life, our library contains a comprehensive collection of pertinent psychodynamic works, with a research librarian available to guide and assist students on their educational journey
Involved, Expert Faculty
Guide students through their coursework and dissertation and continue to advise them into their advancing careers
The RDGS by the Numbers
- 104 – Credit Hours
- 3 Years – Core Courses & 1 Year Dissertation
- 1 – Residential Weekend Per Month
- 11 – Theoretical Knowledge Courses
- 16 – Psychodynamic Clinical Skills & Application Courses
- 9 – Scholarly Research and Writing Courses
The Reiss-Davis Graduate Program is guided by a set of principles that informs our curriculum and outlook:
- We believe that the change element in child/adolescent psychotherapy is the relationship.
- We honor that therapeutic relationship, and value it as the curative factor.
- We value children and adolescents’ unconscious mind and inner life, as much as their conscious experience.
- We believe that any comprehensive change in children and adolescents’ inner world necessitates parent work.
- We appreciate and respect the importance of each young person’s unique neurobiology.
Our Campus:
A Convenient Educational Oasis
The Reiss-Davis Graduate School can be found on the beautiful Vista Del Mar campus in Los Angeles. Located just off the 10 freeway and near the 405, our campus is easy to reach, offers convenient parking and an engaging, inviting atmosphere for higher learning.
A Full Suite of Programs for Every Stage of Your Career
Reiss-Greenberg Chair and Award Conference
A full day continuing education presentation and award recognizing professionals for their pioneering contributions to the field of child and adolescent mental health. Hosted at the Skirball Cultural Center on May 22.
Learn MoreSaturdays at the Center Continuing Education Lecture Series
A series of thoughtful, stimulating continuing education presentations highlighting augmented methods and techniques for working with children, adolescents, and their parents.
Learn MoreReiss-Davis Fellowship Programs
Our Clinical Fellowship and PEDS Fellowship Program provide advance Post-Doctoral/Post-Graduate training in Clinical Psychology, Clinical Social Work, and Psycho-Educational Diagnostic Testing Services.
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If you are a licensed or license eligible mental health professional, the PsyD Degree you've always aspired to is just a click or call away.
Our enrollment experts can help you work out a plan to make your doctoral dreams a reality. A quick conversation is all it takes to get started.
Call 833-RDGS-4-ME(833-734-7463)
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