PsySSA Membership Benefits

We are in constant communication with the Commissioner, Public Service Commission, other Government Departments, Business, as well as the Professional Board for Psychology. It is through the activities of PsySSA that, psychologists received an unprecedented significant tariff increase over the years. PsySSA spearheaded the ministerial investigation into the HPCSA regarding the frequent administrative hassles encountered when dealing with the HPCSA, the consistent misinformation on the HPCSA’s official website and psychologist’s high annual registration fees. PsySSA has been in discussion with several medical aids about the failure to reimburse certain categories of psychologists for services rendered and for practitioners to receive reimbursements for all Tele-Mental Health related work during the COVID National Lockdown period..

Further benefits include the following:

• • Free access to the South African Journal of Psychology (SAJP), the major scientific psychology journal in Africa
  • Free access to the African Journal of Psychological Assessment – AJOPA
  • American Psychological Association (APA) member rates for APA convention registration, APA databases, and APA books and journals
  • Free online access to a number of Psychology journals published by SAGE
  PsySSA is currently in negotiating the possibility of bringing two other journals under the ambit of PsySSA for its members
  • Free access to PsySSA’s online MyCPD platform where members can earn their CPD Points from the comfort of their home
  • Free access to all PsySSA CPD Accredited Webinars
  • Reduced fees for workshops and PsySSA activities, all of which are CPD-accredited
  • Reduced fees for the Annual National Psychology Congress, the flagship for psychology as a science and profession in South Africa
  • Free Ethics Committee advice and Free Ethics Committee consultation regarding ethical issues encountered in practise
  • The most cost-effective Professional Indemnity Insurance available on the market, designed exclusively for psychology professionals at a discounted price through FNB/ iTOO
  • Free listing and regular referrals through the PsySSA Directory of Psychology Professionals in Private Practice
  • Networking activities throughout the country and internationally
  • Negotiating for better work conditions and fees for psychology professionals
  PsySSA enjoys a relationship with the International Union of Psychological Science (IUPsyS) and is a member of the International Test Commission (ITC). Similarly, we also have good working relations with various other international and national Psychology bodies, such as the International Association of Applied Psychology and the International Association of Cross Cultural Psychology. The Society has signed Memorandum of Understandings with 31 Associations, regularly liaising with local, national and international structures to facilitate professional development and the exchange of ideas that underpin the discipline.