The Afera Encyclopaedia: Careers edition
Forensic Psychologist
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Psychologist Specialism Routes to HCPC Registration
From a GBC degree, the specialism determines the postgraduate route — a professional doctorate for clinical/counselling/educational, or a BPS-accredited Stage-1 MSc plus Stage-2 supervised practice for forensic/health/occupational/sport — all ending in HCPC registration under the matching protected title.
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HCPC protects nine titles: two generic statutory titles (Practitioner psychologist, Registered psychologist) and the seven specialism titles registrants actually use. The two generics cannot be the sole registration title — match the specialism title, not the generic word, to the register.
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