Licensed Psychologist

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Licensed Psychologist Marriage Family Therapist

• Education, Training, and
• Scope of Practice
• Gina M. Pallotta, Ph.D.
• Kurt Baker, Ph.D.

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Education

• Psychologist
• Doctorate degree (Ph.D. or Psy.D.) in
  psychology, educational psychology or counseling
  psychology
• Marriage Family Therapist
• Masters degree (M.A. or M.S.) in psychology,
  counseling, or marital and family therapy

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Degree Focus

• Ph.D. Psychologist
• Research degree with an emphasis on research
  skills in combination with clinical practice
• Psy.D. Psychologist
• Professional degree in psychology with an
  emphasis on
• clinical practice
• Marriage Family Therapist
• Masters degree with a focus on psychotherapeutic
  techniques
• with individuals, couples and groups

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Training

• Psychologist
• 1 year full-time predoctoral internship
• Minimum of 3,000 supervised hours
• Marriage and Family Therapist
• 2 semesters of pre-degree practicum
• Minimum of 3,000 supervised hours

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Scope of Practice MFT

• Marriage and Family Therapists
• Business and Professions Code 498002
• The practice of marriage, family and child
  counseling shall mean
• that service performed with individuals, couples,
  or groups wherein
• interpersonal relationships are examined for the
  purpose of
• achieving more adequate, satisfying, and
  productive marriage and
• family adjustments. This practice includes
  relationship and
• premarriage counseling. The applications of
  marriage, family, and
• child counseling principles and methods includes
  but is not limited
• to, the use of applied psychotherapeutic
  techniques, to enable
• individuals to mature and grow within marriage
  and the family, and
• the provision of explanations and interpretations
  of the
• psychosexual and psychosocial aspects of
  relationships.

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Scope of Practice Psychologist

• Psychologists
• Business and Professions Code 2903
• The practice of psychology is defined as
  rendering or offering to render for a
• fee to individuals, groups, organizations or the
  public any psychological service
• involving the application of psychological
  principles, methods, and procedures
• of understanding, predicting, and influencing
  behavior, such as the principles
• pertaining to learning, perception, motivation,
  emotions, and interpersonal
• relationships and the methods and procedures of
  interviewing, counseling,
• psychotherapy, behavior modification, and
  hypnosis and of constructing,
• administering, and interpreting tests of mental
  abilities, aptitudes, interests,
• aptitudes, personality characteristics, emotions,
  and motivations.
• The application of such principles and methods
  includes, but is not restricted to
• diagnosis, prevention, treatment, and
  amelioration of psychological problems
• and emotional and mental disorders of individuals
  and groups.

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Helpful Links

• California Board of Behavioral Sciences
• www.bbs.ca.gov
• California Board of Psychology
• www.psychboard.ca.gov
• California Association of Marriage Family
  Therapist
• www.camft.org