Suggestions for the Training of Clinical Psychologists

An approach to the training of doctoral students in clinical psychology is outlined. The paper focuses upon the construction of a bridge between the nomothetic orientation of most academic programs and the idiographic orientation of clinicians. A number of specific suggestions are made regarding: (1) the standards by which clinical dissertations are evaluated, and (2) the development of special seminars in a study of a single person (multi-trait, multi-occasion, mono-person), in naturalistic observation, and in translation of basic science concepts and data into clinical tools.