PHILADELPHIA, PA – Matthew Carlson, Psy.D, a 2009 graduate of the School of Graduate Studies has earned the distinction of diplomate status (ABPP) in the field of clinical psychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology. The American Board of Professional Psychology is the primary organization for specialty board certification in psychology.
While at doctoral student at Chestnut Hill in the clinical psychology program, Carlson co-presented the workshop, “Using Personality Tests to Answer Challenging Referral Questions” along with Dr. Joseph Micucci, Ph.D., ABPP, professor of psychology, and classmates Larry Tonetti, Beth Rhoads, and Jennifer Del Russo at the Pennsylvania Psychological Association Annual Convention. Carlson wrote his doctoral dissertation on “A Qualitative Investigation of the Resolution of Adolescent Problem Behavior: The Perspectives of Emerging Adults.”
After graduating from the doctoral program, Carlson completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Intermediate Unit 20 in Easton, Pa. and earned certification in school psychology, receiving his license in 2011. He previously was a clinical psychologist and faculty member in the Counseling and Psychiatric Services Department at the University of Georgia in Athens, Ga., and is currently working as a psychologist in Parkland School District in Allentown.
The American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP) serves the public need by providing oversight certifying psychologists competent to deliver high quality services in various specialty areas of psychology. Board certification (awarding of a diploma in a specialty) assures the public that specialists designated by the ABPP have successfully completed the educational, training, and experience requirements of the specialty, including an examination designed to assess the competencies required to provide quality services in that specialty.
The American Board of Professional Psychology was incorporated in 1947 with the support of the American Psychological Association. The ABPP is a unitary governing body of separately incorporated specialty examining boards which assures the establishment, implementation, and maintenance of specialty standards and examinations by its member boards.
