Specality title
The following specialist titles belong to the specializations of applied psychology. Working in these specialist areas requires recognized further and advanced training as well as professional experience. The Continuing Education and Quality Commission awards the corresponding specialist titles to SBAP members after careful quality control.
Please submit the application including documents electronically as a scan to info@sbap.ch!
Deadlines for submission of speciality title applications:
- February 16, 2025
- May 25, 2025
- August 10, 2025
- October 26, 2025
Applicants with old-law diplomas (IAP or HAP) must enclose the confirmation of subsequent acquisition of the UAS title (NTE) from the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI) in addition to the final diploma.
Industrial and organizational psychology is concerned with the interaction between the individual and the organization. The focus is on the optimization of work organization and work processes in terms of operational goals and while preserving the integrity of the individuals - through the development of individual, team and leadership competencies.
Specialist Psychologist SBAP in Industrial and Organizational Psychology is a quality label and protected by law. The commission verifies the requirements for obtaining the specialist title.
Counseling psychology is concerned with providing assistance through psychological counseling in the context of low-threshold psychological support. The focus is placed on prevention and maintaining health. If an individual notices hurdles, difficulties or problem situations in daily life, psychological counseling is helpful at best. In the best case, this prevents a more profound illness in the long term.
Specialist Psychologist SBAP in Counseling Psychology is a quality label and protected by law. The commission verifies the requirements for obtaining the specialist title.
Guidelines incl. implementing provisions
On the one hand, vocational, study and career counseling is dedicated to providing support and counseling in connection with career-related issues.
Specialist Psychologist SBAP in Vocational, Academic and Career Counseling is a quality label and protected by law. The commission checks the requirements for obtaining the specialist title.
Coaching is a form of consulting that has as its goal the successful accomplishment of tasks and challenges. At the beginning of every coaching assignment there is a clearly defined assignment. During the coaching itself, the coachee, with the support of the coach, should enable himself to achieve the pre-agreed goal. During this process, the coachee's personality, attitude, role and function as well as their further development are taken into account in equal parts.
Specialist title Specialist Psychologist SBAP in Coaching AD(H)S and ASD is a quality label and protected by law. The commission checks the requirements for obtaining the specialist title.
The main interests of gerontopsychology are psychological changes and development in old age, focusing on the description and study of physical, social, psychological, and historical-cultural aspects of old age and aging.
Specialist Psychologist SBAP in Gerontopsychology is a quality label and protected by law. The commission verifies the requirements for obtaining the specialist title.
This title is assigned to educational and school psychology. It focuses on the psychosocial and intellectual development of children, adolescents and young adults. Questions of individual and institutional conditions as well as the promotion of the intellectual, social and psychological development of adolescents are core interests.
Specialist Psychologist SBAP in Child and Adolescent Psychology is a quality label and protected by law. The commission verifies the requirements for obtaining the specialist title.
Guidelines incl. implementing provisions
Application child and adolescent psychology
The legal requirements can be found here:
Psychology Profession Act
Psychology Profession Ordinance
Neuropsychology deals with the interaction of the central nervous system and human behavior and experience. The focus is on the neurobiological basis of mental processes (e.g. perception, consciousness, emotion) and their significance for behavior; the findings of their investigation are used for diagnostic procedures.
Psychotherapist SBAP. specializing in neuropsychology is a quality label and protected by law. The commission checks the requirements for obtaining the specialist title.
Clinical psychology is concerned with the psychological, social, and biological bases of mental disorders, as well as their diagnosis and treatment. The main interest is the prediction of mental suffering and its alleviation, as well as the promotion of mental health and personal adjustment.
Specialist Psychologist SBAP in Clinical Psychology is a quality label and protected by law. The commission verifies the requirements for obtaining the specialist title.
Guidelines incl. implementing provisions
Clinical psychology application
The legal requirements can be found here:
Psychology Profession Act
Psychology Profession Ordinance
On the one hand, career and rehabilitation psychology is dedicated to support and counseling in connection with questions of professional career; on the other hand, it offers assistance to those affected by health problems with the goal of health, psychological, social re-stabilization and professional re-integration.
Specialist Psychologist SBAP in Career and Rehabilitation Psychology is a quality label and protected by law. The commission verifies the requirements for obtaining the specialist title.
Emergency psychology is, on the one hand, the psychological immediate help after psychologically stressful events with the aim of supporting the affected person in coping with the experience and counteracting the development of post-traumatic illnesses; on the other hand, emergency psychology is dedicated to the training of persons who are exposed to high psychological stress in their profession. The SBAP trains NNPN certified emergency psychologists.
SBAP has a contractual collaboration with CareLink. SBAP emergency psychologists work successfully for SUVA, Helsana, SBB, banks and the SDC. SBAP emergency psychologists meet the high standards of a protected professional title. They are trained in emergency psychology and/or psychotraumatology.
Specialist Psychologist SBAP in Emergency Psychology is a quality label and protected by law. The commission verifies the requirements for obtaining the specialist title.
List of NNPN Certified Supervisors who are also SBAP members:
- Barbara Fehlbaum
- Katja Iseli
- Regula Lanz
- Petra Strickner
Guidelines incl. implementing provisions
Emergency psychology application
Clinical psychology is concerned with the psychological, social, and biological bases of mental disorders, as well as their diagnosis and treatment. The main interest is the prediction of mental suffering and its alleviation, as well as the promotion of mental health and personal adjustment.
Psychotherapist SBAP is a quality label and protected by law. The commission verifies the requirements for obtaining the specialist titles.
Guidelines incl. implementing provisions
Information sheet for the entry PsyReg
Leaflet for tarifsuisse and disability insurance registration
The legal requirements can be found here:
Psychology Profession Act
Psychology Profession Ordinance
Neuropsychology deals with the interaction of the central nervous system and human behavior and experience. The focus is on the neurobiological basis of mental processes (e.g. perception, consciousness, emotion) and their significance for behavior; the findings of their investigation are used for diagnostic procedures.
Psychotherapist SBAP, specializing in neuropsychology is a quality label and protected by law. The commission checks the requirements for obtaining the specialist title.
Handwriting psychology, also known as graphology, deals with the analysis of handwriting in the context of personality diagnostics, e.g. in vocational and career counseling. As a tool, handwriting psychology enables a multidimensional view of a person and his or her situation, complementary to other diagnostic procedures.
Specialist Psychologist SBAP in Writing Psychology is a quality label and protected by law. The commission verifies the requirements for obtaining the specialist title.
Sport psychology is concerned with the psychological aspects of sporting activity, performance, and physical activity in general. Two main interests are pursued: the support of professional or competitive athletes in the use of psychological principles for the purpose of optimizing performance, and the study of the influence of sport or physical activity on the psychological development, health and well-being of the individual.
Specialist Psychologist SBAP in Sport Psychology is a quality label and protected by law. The commission verifies the requirements for obtaining the specialist title.
Traffic psychology focuses on the behavior of people in traffic. Findings from this field are relevant for assessing the aptitude of car drivers and the driving ability of professional drivers, for accident research, road safety, and for research and consulting regarding mobility, traffic planning, and vehicle design.
Specialist Psychologist SBAP in Traffic Psychology is a quality label and protected by law. The commission verifies the requirements for obtaining the specialist title.
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