The following specific training objectives are expected of each Lehigh CP graduate. Students normally complete a self-assessment based upon these objectives prior to undertaking coursework, following each academic year, and periodically following graduation.

CULTURAL DIVERSITY

• Students will be aware of and responsive to the issues affecting the practice of CP with diverse racial, ethnic, and cultural groups.
  
  
• Students will be aware of the issues of gender and sexual and their effects on the practice of counseling psychology.
  
  
• Students will demonstrate the integration of the awareness of diversity in their professional practice.

PSYCHOLOGICAL INTERVENTION AND PRACTICE

• Students will achieve professional-level knowledge and skills in the theory, process, and practice of therapeutic personal and career counseling.
• Students will achieve professional-level skills in group counseling theory, process, and intervention.
• Students will achieve professional-level skills and knowledge in consultation, prevention, and supervision theory process and intervention.
• Students will understand the issues and concerns in the early detection and prevention of psychological problems in at-risk populations, and the social, cultural and familial influences on the development of psychological disorders.
• Students will understand the importance of incorporating a multicultural perspective in the selection and application of psychological interventions.
  

ASSESSMENT

• Students willunderstand and be proficient in basic strategies for the assessment and treatment of psychological disorders.
• Students will be knowledgeable about issues unique to the administration, scoring and interpretation of psychological tests for culturally diverse populations.
• Students will will be knowledgeable about the administration, scoring, and interpretation of individual, group methods of personality assessment.
• Students will demonstrate proficiency in the administration, scoring, and interpretation of individual, and group tests of adult intellectual functioning.
• Students will demonstrate proficiency in the ethical and legal use of psychological tests.
• Students will demonstrate professional-level proficiency in the conceptualization of individual, group, and consultation cases using psychological theory and research as the basis.
• Students will demonstrate effective skills in psychological report writing and case presentation using multiple measurement domains.

ETHICAL, LEGAL PROFESSIONAL AND SOCIAL ISSUES AND STANDARDS

• Students will be knowledgeable about the ethical standards of the American Psychological Association and the American Counseling Association.
• Students will be familiar with legal issues and court precedents affecting professional practice as a counseling psychologist.
• Students will be aware of the major professional issues and development concerns facing counseling psychologists.
• Students will be aware of the diverse roles, settings, and possibilities for employment as a counseling psychologist.

RESEARCH AND STATISTICS

• Students will demonstrate a working knowledge of parametric statistical procedures, including multivariate analysis.
• Students will acquire a working knowledge of research design.
  
• Students will demonstrate their understanding of research design and statistical analysis by conducting a research project in consultation with a faculty member.
• Students will demonstrate effective research skills through the designing and implementation of a doctoral dissertation.
• Students will demonstrate effective communication of research through the writing and submission of a study for publication in a refereed professional journal.