The Path to Licensure for Academic Psychologists: How Tough Is the Road?

Authors

David DiLillo, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Sarah DeGue, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lee M. Cohen, Texas Tech UniversityFollow
Robert D. Morgan, Texas Tech University

Date of this Version

October 2006

Comments

Published in Professional Psychology: Research and Practice Vol. 37 (2006), No.5, pp. 567–586. http://www.apa.org/journals/pro/ Copyright © 2006 by the American Psychological Association. Used by permission. “This article may not exactly replicate the final version published in the APA journal. It is not the copy of record.”

Abstract

What obstacles are faced by academic psychologists seeking professional licensure? Data presented here from all U.S. jurisdictions suggests that licensure requirements vary greatly across states and in some areas may be quite diffi cult to fulfill within the context of an academic position. Results of a survey of training directors of clinical and counseling doctoral programs accredited by the American Psychological Association indicated that, although licensure is expected of most faculty, a number of challenges may impede this goal. Programmatic efforts to facilitate licensure of new faculty, as well as implications of our findings, possible remedies, and recommendations to new faculty, are presented.