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- Application Information
- Certification Benefits
Differentiation from other providers
- Especially in forensic or medical settings
- “Street cred” in certain settings, e.g., hospitals, courts
- Marketing your services
Access
- Mobility for licensure
- Specialty listservs provide easy access to leaders in the field and a practice community to rely on for best practices and relevant research.
- Source of referrals from specialty listservs
- Many Specialty Boards have associated Academies that provided education and advocacy.
Enhance your employment situation
- Pay increases in some settings (e.g., DoD and VA)
- Required by some employers (e.g., Mayo Clinic)
Ethics
- Free ethics consultation
- Free Ethics CE upon attestation (pending)
Service opportunities
- Opportunity to serve on boards and committees, and to work on important initiatives in the field of psychology with like-minded colleagues
- After obtaining your ABPP
- After serving as an oral examiner for your Specialty Board’s oral exams
- After serving as a practice sample reviewer for your Specialty Board
- Free webinars from The Trust for Board Certified Psychologists