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PsySSA is the only representative professional body of psychologists nationally. It gives psychology an active voice by lobbying and negotiating on behalf of the profession on issues of importance to us. PsySSA is officially recognised as the negotiator with the Council for Medical Schemes, Compensation Commissioner, Public Service Commission, other Government Departments, Business, as well as the Professional Board for Psychology. For instance, it is through the activities of PsySSA that, psychologists received an unprecedented significant tariffs increase over the years from R161.00 in 1996 to R 417.70 (Excluding VAT) in 2007.
Further benefits include the following:
A regular Newsletter, PsyTalk.
Subscription to the quarterly South African Journal of Psychology worth R1700 free.
Reduced fees to workshops and PsySSA activities.
Reduced fees to the Annual National Psychology Congress.
Free Ethics Committee advice and resolution of issues for members.
Free e-mail addresses for members.
The most cost-effective Professional Indemnity Insurance designed exclusively for
our profession.
Regular referrals through the PsySSA Directory of Psychologists in Private Practice.
Networking activities throughout the country.
New work opportunities nationally and abroad.
PsySSA enjoys a relationship with the International Union of Psychological Science (IUPsyS) and is a member of the International Test Commission (ITC). PsySSA has very good working relations with various other international and national psychology bodies, and signed Memoranda of Understanding with the American Psychological Association (APA), the British Psychology Society (BPS), the Norwegian Psychological Association (NPA), the Australian Psychological Society (APS), Zimbabwean Psychological Association (ZPA), the Jordanian Psychological Association (JPA), the Union of Psychologists’ Associations of Czech Republic (UPA), the Psychological Association of Nambia (PAN), the Psychological Society of Ireland (PSI), the National Academy of Psychology-India (NaoP), the Swedish Psychological Association (SPA) and the Chinese Psychological Society (CPS).
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