Insider''s Guide to Graduate Programs in Clinical and Counseling Psychology: 2020/2021 Edition

About John C. NorcrossJohn NorcrossMichael A. SayetteMichael Sayette

Michael A. Sayette PhD is Professor of Psychology at the University of Pittsburgh with a secondary appointment as Professor of Psychiatry at the Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He also is on the faculty of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute and the Center for the Neural Bases of Cognition a joint program of the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University. Dr. Sayette has published primarily in the area of substance abuse with a focus on the development of psychological theories of alcohol and tobacco use. Dr. Sayette is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) and the Association for Psychological Science. He is a recipient of the Provost's Award for Excellence in Mentoring at the University of Pittsburgh as well as the Toy Caldwell-Colbert Award for Distinguished Educator in Clinical Psychology from the Society of Clinical Psychology and the Distinguished Scientific Contributions Award from the Society for Addiction Psychology. Dr. Sayette is Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Psychology at the University of Pittsburgh and has directed graduate admissions for the clinical psychology program. He has presented seminars on applying to graduate school at several universities in North America and Europe. John C. Norcross PhD ABPP is Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of Scranton Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry at the State University of New York Upstate Medical University and a board-certified clinical psychologist. Past president of the Division of Clinical Psychology and Division of Psychotherapy of the American Psychological Association (APA) he has served on the APA's governing Council of Representatives and the Board of Educational Affairs. With more than 400 scholarly publications Dr. Norcross is a recipient of the Distinguished Career Contribution to Education and Training Award from the APA and the Pennsylvania Professor of the Year Award from the Carnegie Foundation and is a Distinguished Practitioner of the National Academies of Practice. Dr. Norcross has conducted workshops and research on graduate study in psychology for many years.