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The American Academy of Behavioral Psychology
The AABP is affiliated with the American Board of Behavioral Psychology, the American Board of Professional Psychology, and the Council of Academies. The AABP embraces the scientist-practitioner model, which simply is the practice of psychology that incorporates research findings into psychotherapy. The AABP has vested interest in scientifically supported interventions.
Association for Behavior Analysis
The International Association for Cognitive Psychotherapy
The International Association for Cognitive Psychotherapy (IACP) is a professional, scientific, interdisciplinary organization whose mission is to facilitate the utilization and growth of cognitive psychotherapy as a professional activity and scientific discipline. In addition, the Association serves as a resource and information center for matters related to cognitive psychotherapy.
Society for Gestalt Theory and its Applications: Gestalt Theoretical Psychotherapy
This website explains Gestalt psychology and theory has neglected the task of applying Gestalt theory in the field of Psychotherapy. It explains basic and important correspondencies of Gestalt therapy and Gestalt theory which are useful and inspiring.
American Counseling Association
The American Counseling Association is a not-for-profit, professional and educational organization that is dedicated to the growth and enhancement of the counseling profession. The ACA is the world's largest association exclusively representing professional counselors in various practice settings.
American Mental Health Counselors Association
The American Mental Health Counselors Association is the only organization working exclusively for the mental health counseling profession. The AMCA’s mission is to enhance the profession of mental health counseling through licensing, advocacy, education and professional development
The American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry
The AAPDD is a national professional organization of medical psychoanalysts and dynamically oriented psychiatrists. Fellows of the Academy are graduate psychoanalysts. The AAPDD provides an open forum for psychoanalysts to discuss relevant and responsible views of human behavior and to exchange ideas with psychiatric colleagues and other social and behavioral scientists.
British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies
The British Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP) is an interest group for people involved in the practice and theory cognitive and behavior therapy. The BABCP promotes the development of the theory and practice of Behavioral and Cognitive Psychotherapies in all applicable settings in accordance with the Guidelines for Good Practice of Behavioral and Cognitive Psychotherapy.
The European Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies
The European Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapy (EABCT) is organization that brings together a large number of individual associations from over 20 European countries. This website provides information on the individual member associations of EABCT and the activities that support them - our constitution, board of directors, congress and newsletter.
Licensing, Board Certification, and Internship Related Sites
Association for Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers
APPIC facilitates the achievement and maintenance of high quality training in professional psychology. APPIC also facilitates the exchange of information among institutions and agencies offering doctoral internship and/or postdoctoral training in professional psychology.
Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards
ASPPB is the association of psychology licensing boards in the United States and Canada. ASPPB creates the Examination for Professional Practice in Psychology (EPPP), which is used by licensing boards to assess candidates for licensure and certification. ASPPB also offers mobility programs to assist in licensure of psychologists already licensed in another state, province, or territory, and also publishes materials for training programs and for students preparing to enter the profession
Addresses and telephone numbers of boards and agencies for statutory licensure
This list is courtesy of ASPPB’s website. The state boards should be contacted for answers regarding the state licensing examination, regulations governing the practice of psychology (e.g., definitions of scope of practice, supervision requirements, continuing education requirements), and reciprocity.
The American Board of Professional Psychology
The ABPP oversees the certifying of psychologists in various specialty areas of psychology. Board certification (awarding of a Diploma in a specialty) assures the public that specialists designated by the ABPP have successfully completed the educational, training, and experience requirements of the specialty, including an examination designed to assess the competencies required to provide quality services in that specialty.
American Counseling Association State Licensure Chart
ACA has compiled a listing by state of the contact, name of the regulatory board, its address, telephone number and fax number (if available), plus a summary from the statutes of the education, experience and examination requirements for credentialed counselors.
Student Links
A Student's Guide to Accreditation
A Students Guide to Accreditation for Counselors
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Scholarship Resource Network Express
Searchable database consisting mainly of private organizations.
Focus is on undergraduates, but has information for graduate students as well. Offers general information and links to other organizations with search engines.
National Institute of Mental Health
Look under "funding opportunities"- "research training"- "extramural"- "NRSA"- "F31" for individual training fellowships.