Our goal: The title of psychologist
The title of psychologist is a protected title, its existence is the result of a long struggle by psychology professionals to ensure the quality of training and the criteria of legitimacy necessary to practice clinical psychology, particularly in institutions.
The ESPÉ is fundamentally committed to continuing this collective commitment of psychologists to promote an ethical framework, a protected title of psychologist and the guarantees of quality teaching for a care profession with such a determining human impact. The ESPÉ is also aware that it is essential to fight against the “misuses” of psychology and that the title is one of the cornerstones of this approach.
Access to the title of psychologist is the priority of the ESPÉ. In order to obtain this recognition, its programs are based on the university’s bachelor’s and master’s skills matrices. The lessons constitute a solid, structured and demanding corpus which meets official requirements. Likewise, its teaching staff is composed exclusively of psychologists who are experts in their field or university teachers.
The path to recognition
As this is a new school, the path to state recognition will take time. Indeed, it is necessary to monitor the employability of two cohorts of graduates one year after their studies to apply for recognized school status.
Next will come the request for recognition of “Master’s grade” which will allow ESPÉ graduates to access the protected title of psychologist (with retroactive effect for graduates from previous years). Access to this title will then be recognition of the excellence of the training and will allow graduates to work in the public service (hospital, school) where the title is required.
Before obtaining this access to the title of psychologist, the specializations offered by ESPÉ adapted to the private sector as well as the emphasis placed on practice will allow maximum employability of our graduates. Recognition of the quality of our programs must first be based on this criterion of professionalization, the only one that justifies embarking on a long and demanding academic career.