The Professional School of Psychology (PSP) is a graduate school

Graduate school

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 of clinical and organizational psychology headquartered in Sacramento

Sacramento

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, California

California

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, USA. http://www.psychology.edu It has its roots in Huckleberry

Huckleberry

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 House, San Francisco, 1979. http://www.huckleberryyouth.org/aboutus.html

Approved by the State of California to grant master's and doctorate

Doctorate

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 degrees in psychology

Psychology

Psychology is the study of the mind and behavior. Its immediate goal is to understand individuals and groups by both establishing general principles and researching specific cases. For many, the ultimate goal of psychology is to benefit society...

, PSP specializes in clinical and organizational psychology. California state approval has been granted under California Education Code 94310.2. The program also is designed to fulfill the requirements of California Business and Professions Code, Section 4980.40 (a) though (d), and 4980.41 (a) through (d). However, applicants should be aware that units earned for courses taken at PSP may not be acceptable for transfer credit

Transfer credit

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 at other graduate schools.

PSP is moving to a distributed learning

Distributed learning

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 model.

Notable faculty and graduates of PSP include:

Twylla R W Abrahamson

William H Bergquist, president

John Preston (clinical psychopharmacology

Psychopharmacology

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) http://www.psyd-fx.com/

Marcia Schiller

The school is located at 3550 Watt Avenue, Suite 140 Sacramento, CA 95821 USA