title: Unified professional psychology: implications for the Combined-Integrated model of doctoral training.
abstract: The authors outline a new identity for the professional psychologist termed Unified Professional Psychology (UPP). UPP combines recent movements toward a unified psychological science, an independent professional psychology, and Combined-Integrated (C-I) doctoral training programs in psychology. The value in the synthesis of these ideas is that they (a) provide a comprehensive system of thought that defines the science and practice of psychology in a commensurable manner, (b) offer a clear identity for the professional psychologist, and (c) set the stage for a training model that develops competencies that will prepare graduates to serve as leaders and advocates in a wide array of health settings. Issues pertaining to why a new view is needed and how UPP specifies the science-practice relationship are addressed in detail.
authors.affiliation: Department of Graduate Psychology, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA 22807, USA. henriqgx@jmu.edu
authors.forename: Gregg R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Henriques
authors.forename: Robert J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Sternberg
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D004500:Education, Graduate; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007587:Job Description; D017145:Models, Educational; D011361:Professional Competence; D011584:Psychology / Q000193:education*