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FORMAL QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS - GERMANY
The title. Access to psychological professional practice is
reserved to persons who have obtained a university degree as
"Diplom-Psychologe". A Diplom-Psychologe is entitled to render
services in any area of professional psychology.
The law. The title "Diplom-Psychologe", being a degree
exclusively granted by requisite university training, is
protected by the general German penal code (Strafgesetzbuch
§ 132 a 1). Further protection of the title is given by
the law against unfair competition (1987) which prohibits the
use of potentially misleading professional terms such as
"Practicing Psychologist" or "Parapsychologist". The title
'Psychologist' is protected by a case decision of the Federal
Court of Germany (1985).
Further specialist education and any specialist titles. Any
German or EU-based person presenting him/herself as
"Psychological Psychotherapist/Psychotherapist for Children and
Youth" needs to be certified according to a new law (1 January
1999) after three years of additional full time (five years
part-time) practical and theoretical training which is
concluded by a state examination. Condition to enter the
requisite training is a degree as diploma-psychologist or an
equivalent foreign degree. Training programs are offered by
universities or officially recognised training
institutions.
The German Psychological Association (DGPs) and the
Professional Union of German Psychologists (BDP) have since
1999 also established the opportunity for diplomated
Psychologists to become certified as "Work, Industrial and
Organisational Psychologist" after at least two years of
practice. The additional training is conducted part time and
covers 120 hours (à 45 minutes) work in a professional
team of 4 - 8 psychologists, the carry out of three practical
projects with report, and 240 hours of participation of special
training courses (20 % of which may be recognised from one's
university studies and 10 % from participation in professional
congresses). Universities and the German Academy of
Psychologists offer such training opportunities the quality of
which is supervised by regional committees composed of
experienced practitioners, members of the Academy and the
universities. Certification is granted after successful
conclusion of the training.
Research. There exists no special post-diploma research
oriented educational program for psychology. Research careers
are opened by completion of a doctoral thesis which on average
will take 3 - 4 years under the guidance of a professor or a
doctoral committee.
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