Facilities
Department of Psychology
The Department of Psychology is located in Audubon Hall, a modernized three-story plus basement building on campus. The departmental office and faculty offices are located on the second floor. Classrooms and seminar rooms are located on the first and second floors. Graduate offices are located on the third and first floors as well as the basement. The building also houses a Graduate Student computer lab, the Psi Chi office, and the Laurence Siegel Room, where graduate student proposals and defenses take place. Laboratory research space for testing both individuals and groups is available in Audubon Hall as well as other facilities described below.
Psychological Services Center
The Psychological Services Center (PSC), an on-campus unit of the LSU Department of Psychology, offers diagnostic and outpatient therapeutic psychological services for adults, adolescents, and children in surrounding communities while providing hands-on graduate student training and conducting research in clinical and school Psychology. The center is open to anyone in the area, and fees for services are based on a sliding scale considering patients' income and ability to pay.
The PSC is equipped to treat a wide variety of psychological and emotional disorders, such as depression, anxiety, eating disorders and substance abuse. Our services include psychological testing and cognitive-behavioral individual and group therapy for adults, adolescents and children. Clients are seen by Clinical Psychology doctoral students who are directly supervised by LSU Psychology Department faculty, who are licensed clinical and school psychologists. State-of-the-art training equipment is available at the PSC including audio/visual observation and recording in each of the therapy and testing rooms.
Child Services
The Child Services division of the PSC offers a variety of testing and treatment services for children between the ages of 2 and 17. We offer comprehensive psychoeducational testing for children, including intelligence testing, achievement testing, testing for learning disorders, and gifted testing. We also offer evaluations for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), children and adolescents with behavior problems, and Autism Spectrum Disorder, among several others.
Our treatment services include cognitive-behavioral and behavioral therapy for many childhood disorders like ADHD, anxiety, depression and autism. We also offer services for children needing social skills training, and services for parents including parent-child interaction therapy, parent-adolescent communication training, and parent skills training for children with behavior problems. These services are supervised by faculty specializing in child clinical and school Psychology.
Adult Services
Clients are scheduled for an intake evaluation session when they call the PSC. We offer the appropriate treatment services based on this initial information and the symptoms clients are presently experiencing. We offer assessment and treatment services for a range of psychological and emotional disorders, such as depression, anxiety, eating disorders and substance abuse. Treatment/therapy is offered in individual and group format.
Therapy Groups:
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Smoking Cessation
- Parenting Skills
- Study Skills Training
- Stress Management, Time Management, & Problem-solving
- Substance Use Disorders/Risky Substance Use
- Students in Recovery/Relapse Prevention
Adult Psychoeducational & Neuropsychological Services
Psychoeducational Services are available for the purpose of determining the presence of an attention, learning or psychological disorder. Neuropsychological evaluations are composed of comprehensive evaluations that address the following areas: intelligence, academic performance, memory, attention and concentration and psychological functioning. Additional tests are administered if deemed necessary. Reports include recommendations to improve overall functioning as well as academic accommodations if appropriate. Testing is available to adults and children.
Helpful Links
LSU Department of Psychology
Graduate Coordinator email: [email protected]
Psychological Services Center
Telephone: 225-578-1494
Graduate School
Telephone: 225-578-2311
Registrar’s Office
Telephone: 225-578-1686
School of Education
Telephone: 225-578-2043
Social Work
Telephone: 225-578-5875
Student Aid and Scholarships
Telephone: 225-578-3103
The Department of Psychology is currently revising the application materials for the fall application cycle. Please check back after August 15th for updated information.
Applications will be accepted for Fall 2019 admissions until the deadline of December 1st, 2018.