American Board of Professional Psychology

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The American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP) is the primary organization for specialty board certification in psychology.

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The mistakes that professionals can make in working with an Hispanic family or Hispanic client, well, they're varied, they are as varied as Hispanics are varied. And Hispanics are very varied ethnically, in education, in culture, in country of origin, even in language within Spanish and outside of Spanish. In my part of the country we have a lot of Mexicans from the area of Oaxaca, whose frst language is Mixteco, which is an indigenous language. And so you see an Hispanic name and you hear they're from Mexico, and you think it's gonna be Spanish, and it turns out not Spanish. There are of course lots of different forms of Spanish, and I fnd that although I do reasonably well with Mexican Spanish, I have a harder time with Puerto Rican and Cuban Spanish. So there's variability in language. And assuming that everybody's the same in that regard isn't going to work. In addition to the great cultural variability that there is across Latin America, we probably have a greater variability of levels of education than we have within the United States. Most of the time with people in the US who grew up here, we can count on them having primary and often some high school education, often much more than that. There are large numbers of people who come to the US from countries in Latin America who have no education, and of those who have no education some are illiterate, some are quite literate because they've learned by other means, and you can't assume that because they haven't been to school that they're illiterate. So there's a whole lot of variability that we need to fnd out who do we have, and not stereotype. That's one starting place. And then how acculturated they are to here, how they viewed their relationship to majority culture, and so on. And then there are other things that have to do with interpersonal style. And if you get in there and say hello how are you, let's get right to work, that's not gonna work. You need to spend some time working on the relationship, and establishing some kind of sense of connection before you're ready to move ahead and work. And I think that may even be more true when you're working across culture than when you are within culture. So you can have that camaraderie and that connection a lot faster if you can recognize and give those signals that you're from a common background. I fall somewhere in between often, because in speaking Spanish, I put a lot of people who speak Spanish more at ease, sometimes even if they're better at English than Spanish and we just drop a few words in Spanish here and there, and make a few references, and there's kind of a little bit of settling in. But of course I'm not Hispanic in origin, and Spanish is my second language and that they can sense that, so it'll take me longer than perhaps than someone else. You have to spend some time establishing that credibility, and you don't know when you arrive what's going to establish that credibility. Sometimes it's the diplomas on the wall, what we call the "ego wall", you know, all the diplomas, sometimes that does it. Sometimes it's how warm and friendly you are, sometimes it's whether you have some knowledge or background in understanding their culture. Sometimes it's just whether you're open to fnding that out, and that you can convey that openness. I work with a lot of different cultures, and I know some reasonably well, others I don't know very well at all. And when I'm with someone that I don't know they're culture very well, which may include some Latinos, depending on where they're from, I'll say that up front, and I'll say you know, I don't know that much about where you're from, please help me out here. I'll try to do my best to understand. And if you fnd that I'm missing something, please let me know. And that may help or it may not, depending on who it is. But certainly spending that time to make sure that you have a foundation from which you can work is very important. We as North Americans tend to work with the individual, so much so that our funding for rehabilitation and healthcare services are very individually oriented as well. But if we're going to be effective, we have to work with the person's context and with family members. And sometimes that takes fguring out which ones, and how to get in touch with them, and how to make that work. That might mean going out as I said before, it might mean making some phone calls, inviting people in. There are a variety of ways. And you may not even know at the frst, it's not necessarily the formal closest relative. And it may be extended family that are most important. You need to kind of hear out and wait until you fgure out who are the people that are important here, who hold infuence, who are they gonna believe, who are they gonna trust. You may or may not be able to work directly with that person, that person might be a few thousand miles away. But you may have to call them up or say well you know, what would Tiatita say about that? Can you call her and ask her what she thinks. And so you need to just try to fgure it out.

Mission statement

"The mission of the American Board of Professional Psychology is to increase consumer protection through the examination and certification of psychologists who demonstrate competence in approved specialty areas in professional psychology."^[1]

History

1947–1999

The American Board of Professional Psychology was founded and incorporated in 1947, as the American Board of Examiners in Professional Psychology (ABEPP). When established, ABEPP replaced a committee that was formed by the American Psychological Association (APA) to explore the development of a credentialing body for individual psychologists. According to Bent, Goldberg & Packard,^[2] APA had come to realize that a membership organization, such as itself, could not advocate for its members at the same time that it performed certification functions designed to protect the public. Determining that a distinction should be made between basic and advanced levels of competence, ABEPP focused its attention to the latter and identified three fields of certification – Clinical Psychology; Personnel-Industrial (later becoming Industrial Psychology, and then Industrial/Organizational Psychology); and Personnel-Educational (later becoming Counseling and Guidance, and then Counseling Psychology). In order to recognize those psychologists already working in applied and practice areas, persons deemed to have sufficient experience and training (and awarded Bachelor of Arts degrees prior to December 31, 1935) were allowed to be "grandfathered" without examination. Those requiring examination were administered both written and oral components.

In 1968, the current name – American Board of Professional Psychology – was adopted, and a fourth specialty – School Psychology – was introduced. In 1972 multimember regional boards were implemented – Northeast, Midwest, Mideast, Southeast, Intermountain West and Far West. In 1974, the ABPP Board of Trustees (BOT) authorized the establishment of the National Register of Health Service Psychologists. It was also founded by Mack R. Hicks. Throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, new specialty boards were recognized – Clinical Neuropsychology (1984), Forensic Psychology (1985), Family Psychology (1991) and Health Psychology (1991). As new specialties were introduced, each seated a trustee on the BOT. As the 1990s progressed, additional specialties were identified – Behavioral Psychology (1991), Psychoanalysis in Psychology (1996), and Rehabilitation Psychology (1997). Specialty Academies were also introduced as definitive membership organizations for specialists certified by ABPP.

2000–Present

During the early 2000s, ABPP implemented several initiatives to further its mission. The Early Entry Option was created for graduate students, interns, and residents to start the board certification process early in their careers. In 2008, ABPP began to convene an annual conference with workshops. As a means of raising funds to support education on board certification, the American Board of Professional Psychology Foundation was formed in 2010. In 2015 ABPP seated its first Early Career Psychology (ECP) trustee. Maintenance of Certification was implemented in 2015, requiring that psychologists board-certified on or after January 1, 2015 undergo a formal review, ensuring their commitment to lifelong learning. Psychologists who received their board certification prior to 2015 received the option to opt-in to maintenance of certification or to waive the requirement.

Certification Requirements

There are various requirements to obtain the ABPP certification, which are referred to as diplomas in the specialized area. The minimum requirements include:

A doctoral degree
Licensure within the psychology field
At least five years of experience

In addition to the minimum requirements, there are also additional specializations demonstrated by the candidate. The candidate must also demonstrate the following:

Specialized Training
Evidence of substantial experience
Continuing education in one of the thirteen specialty areas

A review of the candidate's work as well as an oral examination are also required to obtain ABPP certification. Some specialties require an additional written exam in addition to the oral component.^[3]

Recognized Specialties

In 2018, ABPP recognizes the following psychology specialties (year of affiliation with ABPP in parentheses):

Behavioral & Cognitive (1992)
Clinical Child & Adolescent (2003)
Clinical Health (1991)
Clinical Neuropsychology (1984)
Clinical (1947)
Counseling (1947)
Couple & Family (1990)
Forensic (1985)
Geropsychology (2014)
Group (1997)
Organizational & Business Consulting (1948)
Police and Public Safety (2011)
Psychoanalysis (1996)
Rehabilitation (1997)
School (1968)
One subspecialty is also recognized under the umbrella of Clinical Neuropsychology – Pediatric Neuropsychology.

Board of trustees

The Board of Trustees consists of:

A representative from each of the specialty boards
Members of the Executive Committee (President, President-Elect, Past-President, Treasurer and Secretary)
The Executive Officer
A Public Member
An Early Career Psychologist trustee
A trustee from the Council of Presidents of Psychology Specialty Academies (CPPSA)
The Editor of the ABPP newsletter, The Specialist, serves as an ex-officio member of the Board of Trustees.

References

^ "ABPP - About". www.abpp.org. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
^ Bent, Russell; Goldberg, Robert; Packard, Ralph (1999). "The American Board of Professional Psychology, 1947 to 1997: A Historical Perspective". Professional Psychology: Research and Practice. 30: 65–73. doi:10.1037/0735-7028.30.1.65.
^ Hecker, Jeffrey E.; Thorpe, Geoffrey L. (2005). Introduction to Clinical Psychology: Science, Practice, and Ethics. Pearson Education, Inc. pp. 33–34. ISBN 0-205-27774-8.

External links

Official website

This page was last edited on 6 November 2023, at 03:35

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