068-5 Wyo. Code R. §§ 5-4 - Experience Requirement

The applicant must have completed 3,000 hours of supervised professional experience related to the practice of psychology, in no less than two (2) years. 1,500 hours of supervised professional experience is equal to one (1) year. The supervised professional experience shall include a pre-doctoral internship program which, at the time the applicant participated, was accredited by the APA Commission on Accreditation, or was a member of the Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers (APPIC) or documented equivalent experience. Additional supervised professional experience may be accumulated from the following:

(a) Pre-internship. Pre-internship training can include up to one year (1,500 hours) of supervised professional experience in practicum, clerkship, or other training activities required in the doctoral degree program. Pre-internship training is an organized, sequential series of supervised professional experiences of increasing complexity, serving to prepare the student for internship and partially meeting requirements for licensure. Training experiences shall follow appropriate academic preparation and shall be overseen by the graduate training program. Such training shall be an extension of the student's academic coursework and not the provision of services that are not within the scope of the education received:

(i) Before beginning a pre-internship training experience, the student, the doctoral program, and the pre-internship program must agree on and document the goals for the training experience, the student's expectations for the training experience, the nature of the preinternship experience, and how the training experience will be evaluated.

(ii) At least sixty percent (60%) of the pre-internship experience must be direct client contact providing assessment and intervention services.

(iii) The pre-internship experience must be supervised by the person(s) responsible for the assigned casework.

(A) At least seventy-five percent (75%) of the supervision must be by a licensed psychologist.

(B) Up to twenty-five percent (25%) of the supervision may be completed by the following:

(I) A psychiatrist(s) with at least three (3) years experience beyond residency;

(II) A licensed mental health counselor(s) with at least three (3) years post-license experience;

(III) A licensed marriage and family therapist(s) with at least five (5) years post-license experience;

(IV) A licensed clinical social worker(s) with at least three (3) years post-license experience.

(b) Post-Doctoral. If two (2) years of supervised professional experience has not been completed by the end of the doctoral degree program, then up to 1,500 hours of supervised post-doctoral experience can be used to satisfy the total requirement. This experience can be satisfied by completion of:

(i) A post-doctoral training program which, at the time the applicant participated, was accredited by the APA Commission on Accreditation, or was a member of the Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers (APPIC); or

(ii) Post-doctoral supervised professional experience that meets the following criteria:

(A) Question of timing of submission.

(B) The title "Psychological Resident" may be used only in conjunction with activities and services that are part of supervised training in order to fulfill the experience requirements for licensure.

(C) The term "Psychologist" may not be used by psychological residents and their names may not appear in advertising.

(D) With the approval of the supervisor, Psychological Residents may send announcements of their supervised practice, may have business cards, and may bill directly. However, the supervisory relationship must be indicated and the supervisor's name, address and telephone number must appear on all of these documents.

(E) All applicants shall submit a completed Supervision Verification Form as provided by the Board, signed by the supervisor(s) and sent directly to the Board which attests to the nature and quality of the supervisee's post-doctoral supervised professional experience and the satisfactory completion of that supervised professional experience by the supervisee.

(iii) Any individual who obtains the post-doctoral supervised professional experience outside the State of Wyoming must demonstrate that the post-doctoral supervised professional experience was substantially equivalent to the post-doctoral supervised professional experience required in the State of Wyoming.

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068-5 Wyo. Code R. §§ 5-4

Amended, Eff. 5/13/2021. Amended, Eff. 1/30/2023.