Clinical Psychology

For more information on licensing requirements, including contact information for every state and territory licensing board, please see the Association of State Boards of Professional Psychology (ASBPP) webpage [link]. All states require the completion of supervised predoctoral practicum hours and a predoctoral internship. These aspects are also required for the doctoral degree in clinical psychology at East Tennessee State University. In addition to education requirements for the doctoral degree, however, many jurisdictions require post-doctoral professional experience. These requirements are beyond the curricular requirements described below.

Note that in some jurisdictions, in addition to being licensed as psychologist, an individual can obtain prescribing privileges. East Tennessee State University’s program does NOT fulfill requirements for licensure as prescribing psychologists in those states and jurisdictions that allow for it. Typically, additional coursework in pharmacology is needed in addition to the doctoral degree. Please see the ASBPP website for information about other U.S. territories and Canadian provinces.

Below, an asterisk (*) indicates that earning a doctoral degree from a program accredited by the American Psychological Association (APA) satisfies educational requirements for licensure. East Tennessee State University is currently and has been continuously accredited by APA since 2012.

	ETSU Program Satisfies Curricular Requirements?
State	Yes	No	Unable to Determine	State Professional Association or License Authority and Notes
Alabama	X*			Link
Alaska	X*			Link
American Samoa			X	Link
Arizona	X*			Link
Arkansas	X*			Link
California		X		Link Although a doctoral degree from an accredited program like ETSU is needed, additional coursework or experience, potentially beyond what is included in ETSU’s training curriculum (at least 10 contact hours) in the following areas are also required: Suicide Risk Assessment and Intervention, Human Sexuality, Child Abuse Assessment and Reporting, Detection and Treatment of Alcohol and Other Chemical Substance Dependence, Spousal or Partner Abuse, Aging and Long-Term Care
Colorado	X*			Link
Connecticut	X*			Link
District of Columbia	X*
Delaware	X*			Link
Florida	X*			Link
Georgia	X			Link
Guam			X	Link
Hawaii	X*			Link
Idaho	X*			Link
Illinois	X*			Link
Indiana	X*			Link
Iowa	X*			Link
Kansas	X*			Link
Kentucky	X			Link Although a doctoral degree from an accredited program like ETSU is needed, additional coursework which is available though not required by ETSU’s program is needed. This includes separate three-credit courses in social and cognitive-affective bases of behavior, though the state board does allow one upper-division undergraduate course to be counted in order to fulfill this requirement.
Louisiana		X		Link Although a doctoral degree from an accredited program like ETSU is needed, additional coursework which is available though not required by ETSU’s program is needed. This includes separate three-credit courses in social and cognitive-affective bases of behavior.
Maine	X*			Link
Maryland	X*			Link
Massachusetts	X*			Link
Michigan		X		Link Although a doctoral degree from an accredited program like ETSU is needed, additional pre-licensure training in identifying victims of human trafficking that meets standards of Administrative Rule 338.2525 (as of 4/1/22) is required
Minnesota	X*			Link
Mississippi	X*			Link
Missouri	X*			Link
Montana	X*			Link
Nebraska	X*			Link
Nevada	X*			Link
New Hampshire	X*			Link
New Jersey	X			Link
New Mexico	X*			Link
New York		X		Link Although a doctoral degree from an accredited program like ETSU is needed, additional coursework which is available though not required by ETSU’s program is needed. This includes separate three-credit courses in social and cognitive-affective bases of behavior.
North Carolina	X*			Link
North Dakota	X*			Link
Northern Mariana Islands	X			Link
Ohio	X*			Link
Oklahoma	X*			Link
Oregon	X*			Link
Pennsylvania	X*			Link
Puerto Rico			X	Link
Rhode Island	X*			Link
South Carolina	X*			Link
South Dakota	X*			Link
Tennessee	X*			Link
Texas	X			Link
Utah	X*			Link
Vermont	X*			Link
Virgin Islands		X		Link Although a doctoral degree from an accredited program like ETSU is needed, additional coursework which is available though not required by ETSU’s program is needed. This includes separate three-credit courses in social and cognitive-affective bases of behavior.
Virginia	X*			Link
Washington	X*			Link
West Virginia	X			Link
Wisconsin	X			Link
Wyoming	X*			Link