PsyD Program in Los Angeles
Deepen Your Knowledge. Enhance your career. Transform lives.
“The objective of my professors is ... ‘I'm trying to figure out what I can do to help you succeed.’ That's all they've done for the past year and a half, and it has been invaluable.”
“The objective of my professors is ... ‘I'm trying to figure out what I can do to help you succeed.’ That's all they've done for the past year and a half, and it has been invaluable.”
Get to know the Reiss-Davis Graduate School
Program Overview
The Reiss-Davis Graduate School offers a doctoral program grounded in a contemporary, psychodynamic and developmental perspective. This unique approach expands the skillset of mental health professionals who seek a deeper understanding of techniques and concepts that transform and heal.
- A Staff with Rich, Clinical Experience
- An Intimate Learning Environment
- A Rigorous yet Attainable PsyD program
- Multiple Options for Licensure
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What Distinguishes our PsyD Program
A Truly Unique PsyD
Combines a psychodynamic and neurobiological approach
Seminar-style Classes
Encourages collaboration, interaction, and absorption that ensures a better experience than traditional lecture-based courses
Convenient Los Angeles Location
On one of LA County's premier mental health agencies, a uniquely immersive environment
Quality Instructors and Mentors
Clinical leaders in their own rights, our faculty guides students throughout their education and into their advancing careers
Learning Management System
Academic contact through our LMS system keeps students connected with each other and faculty for a sense of community and better understanding and retention of monthly coursework
Manageable
You commit to a one-weekend per month residential class schedule. From there, our hybrid program options keep you connected and learning throughout the rest of the month
Our Mission
To be the psychodynamically-oriented graduate program of choice for working interdisciplinary clinical professionals who seek deeper knowledge to assist clients across the lifespan to achieve happier, more balanced lives.
Our Core Values
Inclusion
Inviting diverse talent, abilities, skills, and biographies.
Excellence
Promoting continuous personal and professional growth united with accountability and creativity.
Integrity
Encouraging all to act authentically, with truth, honesty, professionalism, a clear sense of self, and transparency.
Compassion
Valuing the treatment of all people with empathy, care, justice, and respect.
Community
Supporting individual and group well-being by cultivating a sense of belonging, reciprocity, and interaction.
Enroll for Fall, 2023
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.
Approved by the Department of Education as an eligible institution to participate in Federal Student Aid through the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).
To learn more about available options to help you invest in your future, connect with us:
RDGS has been approved as an eligible institution to participate in the Federal Student Loans and Financial Aid Programs.
http://www.reissdavis.org/fairness.html
Please note that the RDGS PsyD degree program does not lead to licensure as a psychologist, although it meets the Board of Psychology’s necessary academic requirements for a doctoral program. If an RDGS graduate desires to pursue licensure as a psychologist upon receiving the RDGS PsyD degree, they must follow the steps outlined in the most recent regulations and requirements set forth by the California Board of Psychology. Please note that graduates must be licensed with the Board of Psychology in order to use the title of psychologist in California. For more information, visit http://psychology.ca.gov.
Enrollment Timeline
Open Houses and Virtual Admissions Meetings
Ongoing
Applications for Admission and Financial Aid
Rolling through July 14, 2023
Fall 2023 Prep
Orientation August 5, 2023
Begin your Doctoral Journey
August 14, 2023
Join Us for an Event
We host many on and off-campus events to help educate, inform, and enrich our students and community.
Scroll through the gallery below for a list of upcoming events, including Open Houses, Saturdays at the Center Continuing Education Lectures, our annual Reiss-Greenberg Chair and Conference and more.
Reiss-Davis Graduate School – Zoom Virtual Introduction Meeting . January 21
Saturday, January 21 from 10am-11am
Reiss-Davis Graduate School – Zoom Virtual Introduction Meeting . February 1
Wednesday, January 4 from 10am-11am
Reiss-Davis Graduate School – Zoom Virtual Introduction Meeting . February 15
Wednesday, February 15 from 12pm
What Students and Graduates Are Saying*
100%
Report gaining good understanding of classical psychological and object relations theory through the program
95%
Report studying at RDGS has influenced my desire to grow professionally
100%
Report that the program improved my critical thinking skills (questioning, interpreting, and applying information)
95%
RDGS offers the dissertation writing support I need to be successful
*Reiss-Davis 2019 Academic Year Survey of Current and Past Students
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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Reiss-Davis Offers More than an Outstanding PsyD Program
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. More information to come.
Saturdays 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.
Reiss-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.