Retain your ABPP certification
- Attestation fees fund the activities and expenses required to run and maintain the ABPP organization that keep the ABPP certification relevant and valued.
Ethics
- Free ethics consultation
- Free Ethics CE upon attestation (pending)
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 provide 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)
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
ABPP certification is an active credential that requires annual renewal, an associated attestation, and a fee (currently $210 per year for active, $260 for multi-boarded, and $50 for retired). In order to remain active/retired and to use the ABPP credential, one must pay all required annual fees assessed by the American Board of Professional Psychology, Inc.
Each year, a specialist must agree to advise the BOT within 30 days of the occurrence of the following events: one’s psychology license in any jurisdiction is revoked, suspended, restricted, subject to material conditions, or voluntarily relinquished; or a governmental body, the American Psychological Association, the Canadian Psychological Association or any affiliated state, provincial, or territorial association, determines that the specialist has committed professional misconduct, or violated material rules of such body. This reporting obligation exists regardless of the pending outcome of any appeal or other proceedings related to the triggering event.
If the matter reported is relatively minor, ABPP will simply note the specialist’s cooperation in the reporting process. However, if that matter is major, it will be reviewed by the Ethics Committee of the American Board of Professional Psychology.
Each specialist must attest to the following:
I actively maintain my practice of professional psychology in my specialty and hold valid statutory recognition in the jurisdiction(s) of my practice or
I no longer derive income from working as a psychologist (I may or may not retain a license). I am electing to maintain my ABPP Certification in Retired Status and
I have not received any professional misconduct or ethical violation judgments against me by the APA, CPA or any affiliated state, provincial or territorial psychological association that have not been previously disclosed to ABPP.
