Company Profile
William James College
Company Overview
William James College is a leader in educating the next generation of mental health professionals to support the growing and diverse needs of the mental health workforce. Integrating field work with academics, the College prepares students for careers as organizational leaders and behavioral health professionals who are committed to helping the underserved, multicultural populations, children and families and veterans. William James College graduates can be found making an impact in a variety of settings, including schools, the courts, clinical care facilities, hospitals, the community and the workplace.
Academic programs include doctoral programs in Clinical Psychology, Leadership Psychology, and School Psychology. MA programs include Clinical Mental Health Counseling, Criminal Justice and Behavioral Health, Applied Behavior Analysis, and Organizational Psychology. We also offer a MA/CAGS in School Psychology and a BS Completion Program in Psychology and Human Services. In addition, we offer two graduate certificates in Executive Coaching, and School Climate and Social-Emotional Learning. In addition, we offer college-wide concentrations in Global Mental Health, Latino Mental Health, African and Caribbean Mental Health, and Military and Veterans Psychology. We are proud to offer the Black Mental Health Graduate Academy, designed to recruit, mentor, and support black students in Master's and doctoral degree programs in mental health counseling and psychology.
Our Department of Community Engagement benefits surrounding communities and provides unique onsite training opportunities for students. Programs include the following:
The Brenner Center for Psychological Assessment and Consultation
The Center of Excellence for Children, Families and the Law
The Freedman Center for Child and Family Development
William James College INTERFACE Referral Service.
PATHWAYS Program
Juvenile Court Clinic
Visit us at www.williamjames.edu for more information.
Company History
On May 7, 2015, the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology, founded in 1974, officially adopted our new name, William James College.
Since our founding, an education at MSPP/William James College has meant classroom instruction that creatively integrates psychological theory and research with critical self-knowledge and clinical illustrations offered by supervisors, colleagues and a practitioner faculty.
William James (1842-1910), the founder of American psychology is considered to be one of the most influential and innovative thinkers of the 19th century, and he was the mentor to, among others, John Dewey, the architect of experiential learning. William James championed diversity and access to education across race and gender lines; he promoted openness to wide ranging social perspectives; and he promoted a more practical application of psychology. We're proud to attach our institution to James' important legacy.