Step 4: Undergo clinical training
Before you can apply for a licence to practise as a psychologist, you must do a clinical training, an internship for psychologists (PTP). During your PTP you are employed as a psychologist intern with a private or governmental employer. If the activities is a private en-terprise, it must be approved for clinical work experience as a psychologist internship by us.
Socialstyrelsens föreskrifter om praktisk tjänstgöring för psykologer
A minimum of one year full-time
During your psychologist internship, you must work for a minimum of one year. If you want, you can do your psychologist internship part-time, however the time in total is to be equivalent to one year full-time (for example, two years at 50 % of full-time). If you do your psychologist internship in more than one workplace, you will need to work a minimum of four months in the same location to be able to be given credit for this time and include it in the calculations.
Both individual-oriented and other psychologist work
You are to work with both individual-oriented and other psychologist activities. A minimum of one-half of your internship/clinical training must include individual-oriented psychological work: psychological investigation and assessment, along with treatment and counselling. A minimum of one-quarter must include other work as a psychologist, such as work with organisational change, counselling, consultation, method development and evaluation, or academic supervision and teaching.
Tutorial sessions with the internship supervisor of at least one hour per week
You must to receive tutorial sessions for a minimum of one hour per week. Your internship supervisor must have been a licensed psychologist for a minimum of three years.
Follow these steps
- You will need to find, using your own efforts, a workplace where you can do your psychologist internship.
- When you have finished your psychologist internship, your internship supervisor must fill in a certificate concerning the psychologist internship (in Swedish), which in the next step you will send in with your application for a licence to practise. In the introduction of the form, there is in-depth information for both interns and employers. This information should be read by both you as an intern and your employer before agreeing on clinical training.
The psychologist internship certificate must state:
- concrete examples of how you have worked with investigation, assessment, treatment and counselling, which shows what role(s) you have had and what treatment methods you have utilised
- concrete examples of other work as a psychologist
- how often you have received medical tutorials
- how your internship supervisor has participated and has had knowledge of into your daily work in order be able to assess your suitability as a psychologist.
Frequently asked questions
Do you have questions about how to apply?
Telephone: 075-247 30 00
Telephone hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9–11
E-mail: fragoromansokan@socialstyrelsen.se
Do you have questions about your current application?
If you have submitted an application and have questions about your application, you can contact us. Always state your case number (diary number). During the summer, we have lower staffing, which results in longer response times to incoming questions.
Telephone: 075-247 30 00
Telephone hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9–11
E-mail: socialstyrelsen@socialstyrelsen.se