Guidelines for Education and Training at the Doctoral and Postdoctoral Levels in Consulting Psychology/ Organizational Consulting Psychology American Psychological Association Purpose of the Guidelines The purpose of these “Guidelines for Education and Tr

provide a common framework for use in the development, evaluation, and review of education and training in con-sulting psychology/organizational consulting psychology (CP/OCP). The intent of these guidelines is to improve the quality of teaching and learning in the area of the practice of CP, especially OCP, within the scientific discipline and profession of psychology. Towards these ends, this document is intended as guidance for psychologists who teach or plan curricula for teaching CP/OCP at doctoral or postdoctoral levels of professional education and training in psychology. The guidelines are structured in the form of overarching prin-ciples, general competencies, and domain-specific compe-tencies that are ideally obtained by persons receiving train-ing at the doctoral or postdoctoral level in CP/OCP (se