Clinical Psychology

What is Clinical Psychology?

Clinical Psychologists aim to reduce psychological distress and to enhance and promote psychological well being. They work with people with mental or physical health problems throughout the lifespan.

What qualifications in Clinical Psychology does the Society offer?

The Society offers a Statement of Equivalence in Clinical Psychology. This exists to enable people who have trained overseas, or in another area of applied psychology, to qualify as a Clinical Psychologist in the UK without having to undertake a complete clinical psychology training course. See the Downloads page for a copy of the regulations.

Please note: the Statement of Equivalence in Clinical Psychology will close to new enrolments on the 30th November 2009

Who is the qualification for?

The Statement of Equivalence in Clinical Psychology is undertaken by those psychologists who have the Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership (GBC) and hold a qualification which partially fulfils the qualification requirements for the Chartered Membership. Such psychologists may be seeking lateral transfer from another branch of applied psychology, may hold a research degree in a clinical subject or may possess a qualification in clinical psychology obtained overseas.

Candidates for the Statement of Equivalence will usually be working in a clinical setting.

Successful completion of the Statement of Equivalence in Clinical Psychology leads to eligiblity to apply to the Health Professions Council (HPC) for Registration.

Viva (Oral Assessment Interview) Dates

Please note that revised Viva dates are now in operation. Please see the Downloads page for full details.

Contact Details

Downloads

Click here to download useful documents for the Statement of Equivalence in Clinical Psychology.

Links

Division of Clinical Psychology
Areas of Psychology - Clinical

IMPORTANT: The information on this page may change when statutory regulation for practitioner psychologists is introduced (1 July 2009). Please note that while most of the general information is likely to apply post statutory regulation, the continued validity of specific information cannot be guaranteed. In particular, visitors to our webpages should note that changes to the terminology used in the Society’s membership structure (e.g. Chartered Membership, instead of registration as a Chartered Psychologist; Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership, instead of Graduate Basis for Registration) remain subject to formal ratification and may therefore change. Visitors should also note that whilst the specific information on these pages is accurate at the time of writing, the validity of information contained within any linked documents cannot be guaranteed.