The American Board and Academy of Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic Psychology (ABAPPP) is a member Specialty Board of the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP). The examination in Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic (PA/PD) Psychology is intended to certify that the successful Candidate for Board Certification has completed the educational, training, and experience requirements of the Specialty, including a performance examination designed to assess the competencies required to provide quality services in the Specialty.
A primary responsibility of the ABAPPP is to establish a Board Certification process that recognizes, certifies, and promotes Specialty-level standing in the field of PA/PD Psychology and Subspecialty-level standing in Psychoanalysis. Specialty-level standing indicates competence beyond that which is certified by jurisdictional licensure, but within the reach of most practitioners of professional psychology contingent on specialized education, training, and practice. Specialty-level board certification in PA/PD Psychology is a prerequisite for Subspecialty-level certification in Psychoanalysis, which requires additional education, training, and practice experience.
ABAPPP supports equality, inclusion, and diversity, encompassing age, disability status, economic circumstances, ethnicity, genders, race, religion, gender identity, and sexual orientation. We believe that diversity of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives helps to generate better ideas to solve the complex problems of an increasingly diverse world. We actively recruit diverse board members to ensure that different perspectives are considered at the decision-making level. We also have a committee to help us think in a more focused way about how we advance diversity and inclusion across the work we do. Diversity awareness and practice is integrated throughout our written and oral exam processes. ABAPPP promotes board certification in under-represented populations through our commitment to nominating individuals for relevant awards/grants.
Diversity Scholarship
For 2024 there will be five $500 scholarships towards examination costs.
The details are coming.
