Northamerican Association of Masters in Psychology (NAMP)

Overview:

Profession(s): Psychology
Member Type(s): Masters in Psychology
Scope: National - United States
Formed: 1993
Members: 3,000
Address: PO Box 721270, Norman, Oklahoma, 73070, USA
Phone: 800-919-9330
Email: namp@att.net
Website: www.eNAMP.org

Description:

Northamerican Association of Masters in Psychology is a nonprofit organization founded in 1993 by Dr. Logan Wright to promote advocacy, affiliation, identity, and communication for psychologists in training or trained at the Masters level in the professional, academic, governmental and consumer communities.

Mission/Aims:

NAMP Recognizes the Masters Degree in Psychology as the educational standard of competence for the independent practice of psychology with all rights and privileges included in the title psychologist.

The purpose of the Northamerican Association of Masters in Psychology (NAMP) shall be:

To promote and provide professional identity for masters level psychologists.

To advocate for uniform ethical standards of training and practice for masters in psychology.

To encourage legislative recognition of competent masters psychologists to increase high quality, affordable psychological services.

To promote relevant education and effective prevention programs.

To use science to guide our organization’s positions on appropriate clinical practice.

Principal Activities:

NAMP is the first and only national psychology organization offering membership for individuals with Master's degrees in psychology.

NAMP is intended for individuals training or trained in Master's degree programs.

NAMP communicates with other Master's degreed Psychologists across the nation. Each state can develop its own NAMP chapter and many already have. Communications among state chapters allows for building professional relationships in addition to keeping the flow of information and ideas going.

Member Benefits:

The Master’s Advocate newsletter keeps members up to date on professional and credentialing issues and is published four times a year.

The Journal of Psychological Practice provides members information on empirically based, state-of-the-art treatments for psychological problems and is published twice each year.

Members can keep abreast of action and changes in other states through our interactive website, along with exchanging ideas on the forum.

Members may serve the organization on a national or statewide basis.

Training/Licensing/Certification:

The Professional Psychologist Certification Board (PPCB), a division of Northamerican Association of Masters in Psychology (NAMP), offers a certification for Masters and Doctoral degreed psychologists. For detailed information and to order an application packet, please visit our web site. The Nationally Certified Psychologist (NCP) credential is open to psychologists with a minimum of a Master’s degree who work in a clinical, applied, and/or academic setting.

Verification Criteria:

Certification