About Membership of PSI

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Student Subscribership

Student Subscription is available only to registered students on approved third-level Degree or Diploma courses in Psychology.

Student Subscribership is available only to people who are not eligible for Graduate Membership i.e. you cannot be a Student Subscriber if you possess an honours degree or equivalent in Psychology from a recognised institution. Student Subscription of the Society does not automatically confer eligibility for Graduate Membership of that Society.

The following categories of membership are available in PSI:

Graduate Membership

The minimum qualification for Graduate Membership is a second class honours degree (or equivalent) recognised by the Council in which psychology is a main subject; or a post-graduate award in psychology recognised by the Council; or such equivalent qualification(s) as the Council may from time to time determine.

Registered Membership

With effect from 1st June 2009, an entrant to the register must be a Graduate Member of the Society, and must hold

(i) an accredited postgraduate professional qualification in psychology or equivalent and four years experience inclusive of any time spent undertaking the postgraduate qualification;

or

(ii) a research doctoral degree in psychology in which the thesis was clearly on a psychological topic and both a research supervisor and an examiner were identifiable as psychologists.

Those whose names are included on the Register shall use the designation Registered Psychologist of the Psychological Society of Ireland, or use after their name the abbreviation Reg. Psychol., Ps.S.I. in any appropriate professional context including personal notices or advertisements.

Associate Fellowship

Associate Fellowship is not a category of membership, but rather may be cited as a professional qualification while the Associate Fellow is a member of the Society. The prescribed abbreviations to indicate Associate Fellowship are A.F.Ps.S.I.

An applicant for Associate Fellowship must be a Graduate Member of the Society and shall in addition satisfy the Council that he/she is professionally competent and has at least four years relevant wholetime experience, or an equivalent period part-time, in work in the area of psychology.

Fellowship

If a member has been an Associate Fellow for at least three consecutive years, he/she may be eligible for Fellowship of PSI.

An applicant/nominee for Fellowship shall in addition satisfy the Council that he/she has:

At least ten years professional experience in psychology, and either (a) has made a substantial contribution to the Society (b) he/she possesses superior knowledge and skills, or (c) he/she has made an important contribution to the advancement of psychological knowledge, or (d) he/she has made an important contribution to the advancement of the practice of psychology.

Nominations for Fellowship may be made to Council, where two Fellows are of the opinion that another Associate Fellow fulfills the conditions set out as above.

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Divisions and Special Interest Groups

Application forms for the Divisions and Special Interests Groups can be found the relevant web page. Please see www.psihq.ie/members_DivSigList.asp for further information.

All membership applications received by the Society must be considered firstly by the Membership, Qualification, Registration Committee (MQRC) and then by the Council of the Society.

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