Psychologist
- Exam
- Third-party exam
- Education
- Degree
- Experience
- Experience
- Background check
- None
Practice of psychology: means offering to render or rendering to individuals, corporations, institutions, governmental agencies, or the public for remuneration any service involving the following: (I) the application of established principles of learning, motivation, perception, thinking, and emotional relationships to problems of personality evaluation, group relations, and behavior adjustment. The application of said principles includes, but is not restricted to, counseling and the use of psychological methods with persons or groups with adjustment problems in the areas of work, family, school, and personal relationships; measuring and testing of personality, intelligence, aptitudes, and emotions and offering services as a psychological consultant.
Requirements reported by the state
- Licence type
- Stand-alone license
- Exam
- Third-party exam required
- Education
- Degree required
- Continuing education
- Continuing education required
- Certification
- No mention of certification
- Experience
- Experience
- Background check
- No criminal record requirements
Issuing body
- Department
- Department of State
- Division
- Bureau of Professional & Occupational Affairs
- Board
- Psychology Board
- Address
- P.O. Box 2649 Harrisburg, PA 17105
- Phone
- (717) 783-7155
- Agency website
- https://www.dos.pa.gov/ProfessionalLicensing/BoardsCommissions/Psychology/Pages/default.aspx
- Last updated
- March 11, 2021
Occupations (O*NET)
- Psychologist 19-3032.00
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- Psychologist 19-3034.00
- Psychologist 19-3039.00
- Psychologist 19-3099.00
Source and verification
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