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Why is IPAC Necessary?

The main objectives of IPAC are;

• It guarantees the level of psychology education, professional and material competence and ethical stance that institutions providing psychology education are responsible for towards their students.
• It facilitates the mobility of psychologists and their individual and professional solidarity across borders.
• It provides psychologists with the opportunity to develop their professional education anywhere in the world.
• It ensures international solidarity of individuals studying psychology. IPAC supports bringing psychology training to international standards.

IPAC Certificate and Accreditation Certificate

IPAC certificate is given to psychology professionals and accreditation certificate is given to institutions that provide online or formal psychology education.

IPAC–Basic Certificate and Accreditation

Since psychological science and education include very different and differentiated specializations and theories, and psychologists practice their profession in very different contexts, the IPAC - Basic level certificate and accreditation document specifies the standards required for psychologists to practice their profession independently at a basic level. This standard generally corresponds to a master's level education. At this level, the specific practice contexts in which psychologists practice their profession are taken into account and it is evaluated whether they are competent in professional practice in this context.

IPAC Expert Psychologist Certificate

This certificate has been developed to demonstrate advanced competence and expertise in areas that require more expertise, such as psychotherapy, organizational psychology, and educational psychology. Psychologists can qualify as experts after completing additional specialized training and supervised specialist practice upon undergraduate education. The areas of expertise currently identified by IPAC are as follows.

• Psychotherapy
• Business and Organizational Psychology
• Family counselling