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Earn your doctorate without giving up your life – even if you live outside of Anchorage – through weekend intensives and blended class formats.
The practical, skills-based focus makes classroom learning immediately relevant and applicable for master’s level professionals already working in the field.
Qualified candidates may earn prerequisites needed for admission through APU during their first year of the program.
The Doctor of Psychology (Psy.D.) in Counseling Psychology at Alaska Pacific University is designed to meet the needs of master’s level working professionals seeking the degree requirements to work as a licensed psychologist in the state of Alaska. The Psy.D. at APU is a strengths-based program that emphasizes training in, and application of, practical skills and working within a developmental perspective across the full range of psychological functioning. Face-to-face weekend intensives are blended seamlessly with technology-assisted learning that follows APU’s emphasis on active, self-directed learning and pursuit of individual interests and goals that is supported by faculty and a peer cohort.
I really like that we were able to focus on our own interest areas. One of the things that really interested me and kept me engaged throughout the program were the diverse interests of the other professionals in the program. -Anna Sappah, PsyD, 2016
It’s amazing to have this program here in Alaska. It was perfect for me. It worked with my schedule. I didn’t have to do it online and it allowed me to make my own program in the areas I was interested in. -Laurel Searcy, PsyD, 2015
Counseling Psychology or Human Services Sophomore or higher, undergraduate or graduate, financial need
Chenega Corporation shareholders, including their spouses and descendants
4101 University Drive • Anchorage, Alaska 99508
