Graduate Programs in Psychology

Research and Training

Clinic Advancement, Research, and Training—Clinic Advancement, Research, and Training (CART) aims to facilitate the provision of high quality assessment and therapy services to members of the local community.

MFT Practicum—The MFT Clinical Training Department serves all students and recent graduates of GSEP's Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology with an emphasis in Marriage and Family Therapy Program.

Multicultural Research and Training Lab (MRTL)—MRTL was organized by a cohort of Psychology faculty members at GSEP to provide Psy.D. students engaged in multicultural research a space to discuss and receive feedback on their clinical dissertations topics. In addition to offering dissertation support, MRTL provides students the opportunity to discuss their views on how effectively the Psy.D. program contributes to their multicultural competence, and the ways in which GSEP can offer a more welcoming experience for students from diverse backgrounds.

Culture and Trauma Research Lab—The Culture and Trauma Research Lab meets weekly to conduct qualitative and quantitative research on the cultural context of interpersonal trauma recovery. Projects, including critical analyses of literature, focus on partner abuse, sexual assault, human trafficking, genocide, and the societal trauma of racism. Current populations of interest are American Indian, African American, Latina, Asian American, Jewish American, Liberian, and South African.  The lab has also examined the role of religion and spirituality in the trauma recovery process.

Pepperdine Resource, Youth Diversion, and Education (PRYDE)—PRYDE is a prevention, intervention, and counseling program for at-risk youth and their families in Orange County, staffed by graduate and post-graduate interns from GSEP.

Pepperdine Applied Research Center (PARC)—PARC is dedicated to helping bridge the gap between psychotherapy practice and research.

• Presentations and Publications
• Positive Psychology Research Center
  • Couples, Family and Children Research
  • Forensic Psychology Research Center
  • History of PARC