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Introduction to Clinical Psychology. Michael Alessandri, Lynda A. Heiden & Melisa Dunbar-Welter. 239 Accesses. Abstract. Clinical psychology has grown tremendously since 1896, the year Lightner Witmer founded the world’s first psychological clinic at the University of Pennsylvania (Reisman, 1976).
This reprinted article originally appeared in The Psychological Clinic, 1907, I. Witmer 's original article describes the development of the psychological clinic at the University of Pennsylvania and explains the function of the clinic in providing conjoint physical and mental examinations. This article illustrates the operation of the clinic using case examples of children, psychology in ...
History of psychology at Penn. College Hall was the site of the Department from the beginning until 1966. Psychology has been at the University of Pennsylvania since 1887. From the start it has emphasized both scientific rigor and practical application, not always at the same time. The first professor, James McKeen Cattell, was an advocate of ...
Abstract. To be memorable, a history such as this might best be organized under a small number of headings. Accordingly, this chapter is structured around the work of seven pioneers who arguably had the greatest influence on the development of the field.
Program Philosophy. The clinical training program, nested in the Psychology Department, is a clinical science program intended to provide preparation for research/academic careers in Clinical Psychology. Clinical training (in assessment, diagnosis, and psychotherapy) is seen as an integral part of the education of highly qualified, creative ...
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY Lightner Witmer (1907) First published in Psychological Clinic, 1, 1-9. During the last ten years the laboratory of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania has conducted, under my direction, what I have called "a psychological clinic".
2.1. The Beginnings: 1896–1917. Most historians of clinical psychology trace its founding in the United States to Lightner Witmer, who established the first psychological clinic in 1896 at the University of Pennsylvania. The clinic treated children with learning problems and disruptive classroom behavior.
