Michigan School of Professional Psychology

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Welcome to the Michigan School of Professional Psychology (MiSPP). Here you will discover a climate of learning conducive to inquiry and discovery, which encourages experiential learning, substantive interaction with faculty, and significant collaboration among peers. At the Michigan School, cultivating the potential of every student is a priority. We emphasize professional competence and believe personal growth is essential in the evolution from novice to practitioner.
The Michigan School of Professional Psychology (MiSPP), an independent not-for-profit graduate school, provides an educational climate that inspires students to live up to their potential, professionally and personally. The Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology is offered with both day and evening courses, with full and part-time enrollment options. The Doctor of Clinical Psychology degree is a full-time, minimum four-year, post-masters program.
The institution has been a leader in clinical, experiential, self-directed education for over 30 years. Its curriculum emphasizes personal growth, authenticity, and creativity as integral parts of the educational process. The Michigan School of Professional Psychology (MiSPP) is a unique learning community inspiring growth and excellence.
In support of this purpose, the mission of MiSPP is to create an atmosphere characterized by inquiry, discovery, and creativity. Dynamic relationships and intense academic rigor foster psychologists and psychotherapists' development, making significant contributions to their communities and the mental health profession by delivering expert clinical services with integrity and respect for diverse populations. Certificate offerings and non-credit courses allow learners to broaden their expertise in psychological areas of study. External involvement is critical to the achievement of the institutional purpose. To this end, MiSPP actively supports outreach, education, and service opportunities that generate healthy environments and relationships.
MiSPP's faculty has a diverse range of clinical experience in many disciplines. These disciplines include health psychology, clinical psychology, multi-cultural psychology, education, philosophy, and research.
A partnership exists between students and faculty to pursue a common goal: advance professional development and increase personal growth. In this endeavor, students and faculty co-create the optimal learning environment.
MA students enter the program with academic preparation in psychology – many also have related work experience. PsyD students enter the program with a graduate degree and have a study background in psychology or related field. MiSPP graduate students seek to become practicing clinicians committed to the humanistic principles and values of psychology.
Accommodations and services are available to all students who meet the criteria requirements of the Americans with Disability Act (ADA). Notifying MiSPP of a disability is optional and confidential. Students must provide medical or other diagnostic documentation that confirms a recognized impairment and recommendations for the specific accommodations needed.
Why should you choose MiSPP for your graduate education? Because there is no other place like it. When you walk through our doors, you step into an environment rich in human interaction, and collaboration, while focusing on realizing one's full potential. At MiSPP, each individual's uniqueness is valued students learn to accept and prize others and more fully understand the human experience.
Students experience personal growth in a rigorous academic and clinical environment that results from self-study, self-acceptance, and self-confidence. Our cohort model acts as a laboratory for the study of the relationship. Students are allowed to discover their inner resources as a means of becoming effective change instruments for others.
As an MPP student, you will be trained in establishing life-changing therapeutic relationships, which lies at the core of humanistic psychology. You will learn how to communicate, confront when necessary, manage conflict, and sit with others' emotional distress. You will find yourself among faculty members who model excellence in all aspects of the psychology profession, including academics, clinical competency, and scholarly research.
We hope you will join us at MiSPP, where you will experience a unique educational experience while developing the inner strength, fortitude, and confidence to make a difference in others' lives. As a graduate student, you will benefit from individualized attention and experiential learning afforded by the MiSPP educational environment. Faculty support academic freedom of inquiry and freedom in research, principles that are essential to the purpose of higher education, and fundamental to the advancement of knowledge and truth. The responsibility for the integrity of the academic programs lies with the faculty who continually assess and enhance content and requirements to meet the needs of today's clinicians.
MiSPP employs the practitioner-scholar training model, which generates an exchange between the clinical work and scholarship, with each perspective informing and balancing the other. This model incorporates reflective skills, critical thinking, disciplined inquiry, and multiple ways of knowing in practice while stressing the critical role of theory and research in informing practice.
MiSPP strives to create a culturally diverse academic community made up of goal-oriented students with strong interpersonal skills. Individuals with proven academic success, a commitment to professional and personal growth, and desire a career as a practicing clinician are encouraged to apply. MiSPP graduate students represent diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds, varied academic and work histories, and have diverse professional interests.

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