Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 3, Number 4, 1 ʻApelila 1986 — Clinical Psychology Minorities Sought [ARTICLE]

Clinical Psychology Minorities Sought

Native Hawaiians, other Pacific islanders, Filipinos and Southeast Asians are among the minority groups being sought by the Department of Psychology at the University of Hawaii for its Heahh Careers Opportunity Program (HCOP-Psych).

The program is dedicated to recruiting and providing enrichment services to minorities pursuing a career in elinieal psychology. Through the training of culturally sensitive minority professionals, HCOP-Psych seeks to enhanee the elinieal services offered to minority populations. Undergraduate students are helped by the program to prepare for graduate school. It also offers graduate students valuable support and training experiences. HCOP-Psych will provide:

• Assistance in seeking financial aid. • lndividualized guidance. • Supervised research training. • Peer tutoring. • Support groups. • Lectures to enhanee cultural and professional

awareness. • Contact with field-based psychologists. • lnformation on selected mainland graduate programs. The program is concerned with all minority groups but its primary focus is on those mentioned above. Full particulars may be obtained by calling HCOP-Psych at UH, 948-6806, or you may write to the Department of Psychology, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822.