Psychology Graduate School

This slender work is more than just a manual of what graduate study in counseling, clinical psychology, or school psychology involves. It is written by an experienced professional and graduate school faculty member who describes the actual experience and what to expect in a casual, conversational style. Smith bases his advice on his own and other students' experiences. The book addresses a broad range of topics from programs to personal coping skills. Organized into 12 chapters, it covers the admissions process and getting started in a graduate program, dealing with faculty and fellow students, doing research, writing a dissertation and getting published, undergoing clinical training, defending a thesis, finding an internship, becoming a professional, and getting personal therapy. Each chapter ends with a tips and strategies list and further references on the topic. This work is not intended to substitute for more traditional college guides but to offer graduate psychology students and prospective students a down-to-earth take on what to expect and how to survive and thrive in graduate school and beyond. Recommended. * CHOICE *