• Source: Illinois Psychological Association

      • The Illinois Psychological Association (IPA) is the largest professional association of psychologists in Illinois, with approximately 1,200 licensed, non-licensed, associate, organizational, and student members.
      IPA's mission statement: The purpose of the IPA shall be to advance psychology as a science and a profession and as a means of promoting human welfare by the encouragement of psychology in all its branches; by the continual improvement of the qualifications of psychologists through high standards of ethics, conduct, education and achievement; by expanding roles and opportunities for psychologists to serve the public within the field’s emerging scope of scholarship and expertise; and by the increase and dissemination of psychological knowledge through meetings, professional contacts, reports, papers, discussion, publications, electronic media, and current methods of communication.
      IPA has 10 Sections – interest groups for various specialties and subspecialties of psychology or topical areas. It is also one of the largest state psychological associations in the United States and is affiliated with the American Psychological Association. The organization has its headquarters in downtown Chicago, Illinois. The IPA hosts an annual convention in the fall. IPA also publishes a quarterly newsletter, the Illinois Psychologist.


      Prescribing Psychologists in Illinois


      In 2014, under the leadership of President Beth Rom-Rymer and IPA's Legislative Committee, Illinois was the third state to pass legislation enabling clinical psychologists to prescribe psychotropic medication with additional education and training, also known as the Prescriptive authority for psychologists movement (RxP). Illinois' RxP law requires that, in order to become a prescribing psychologist, one must complete undergraduate biomedical coursework (medical terminology, biology, chemistry, microbiology, anatomy & physiology), obtain a master's degree in clinical psychopharmacology, pass a national examination (Psychopharmacology Examination for Psychologists; PEP), and complete a prescribing psychology residency. The residency must include nine medical rotations (family medicine, internal medicine, psychiatry, pediatrics, geriatrics, obstetrics/gynecology, surgery, emergency medicine, elective) that span no fewer than 14 months and no more than 28 months. One must also engage in these rotations for at least 20 hours per week. After one is licensed as a prescribing psychologist, there are several restrictions. For example, a prescribing psychologist in Illinois must have a collaborating physician that reviews their orders at least monthly. Additionally, they may not be delegated the authority to prescribe Schedule II controlled substances, may not treat pregnant patients, those with serious medical conditions, or individuals under 17 years or above 65 years old. They may also not prescribe controlled substances to be delivered by injection or any Schedule III benzodiazepines. As of 2024, there is legislation in the Illinois General Assembly that, if passed, would remove the restrictions based on age and the restriction on Schedule II controlled substances. It would also ensure that prescribing psychologists are recognized and reimbursed by Illinois Medicaid.
      As of January 2024, there are 20 licensed prescribing psychologists in Illinois, with approximately 50 more in the training pipeline.


      Profile




      = Governance

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      IPA is a non-profit corporation in the State of Illinois. IPA's bylaws describe structural components that provide for checks and balances to ensure a democratic process. The organizational entities include:

      IPA President: The IPA's president is elected by the membership and serves a three-year term as part of the presidential trio (e.g., President-Elect, President, Past President). The president chairs the Council of Representatives and Executive Committee. During their term in office, the president performs such duties as prescribed in the bylaws.
      IPA Executive Committee: The Executive Committee (EC) is composed of the officers of the Association (President, President-Elect, Past President, Secretary, Treasurer) and the IPA Representative to the APA Council of Representatives. The EC handles the day-to-day business of the organization and is empowered to act on behalf of the Association between IPA Council of Representative meetings. The EC meets monthly.
      IPA Council of Representatives: The Council has sole authority to set policy and make decisions regarding IPA's assets. It is composed of 24 elected members: the officers, representatives from various regions across the state (e.g., North, Metropolitan, North Central, South Central, South), as well as section chairs of the association. The Council of Representatives meets quarterly.
      IPA Committee Structure: Members of committees conduct much of the Association's work on a volunteer basis. They carry out a wide variety of tasks suggested by their names.


      = Council of Representatives Structure

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      IPA has 10 Sections that represent specialties or subspecialties in psychology or topical areas. IPA also has seven Regional Representatives that represent all geographic regions of Illinois. Each Section Chair and Region Representative is a voting member of the IPA Council of Representatives. Each Section Chair and Region Representative serves a renewable, two-year term.


      IPA Sections


      Academic
      Behavioral Medicine & Neuropsychology
      Clinical Practice
      Early Career Psychologists
      Ethnic Minority Affairs
      Graduate Students
      Organizational & Business Consulting
      Sexual Orientation & Gender Diversity
      Social Responsibility
      Women's Issues


      Regions


      North
      Metropolitan
      North Central
      South Central
      South


      Press Releases


      Endorsement of Statement on Gun Reform
      In June 2022, under the leadership of President Dr. Abigail Brown, the IPA Council of Representatives endorsed the American Psychological Association's call for gun reform in the wake of the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas in May 2022.
      Endorsement of Statement on Restricting Access to Abortion
      In May 2022, under the leadership of President Dr. Abigail Brown, the IPA Council of Representatives endorsed the American Psychological Association's statement on the likely mental health harms associated with denying access to abortion in light of the possibility of the overturning of Roe v. Wade by the United States Supreme Court.


      = Statement Against Police Brutality

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      In June 2020, under the leadership of President Dr. Kalyani Gopal, the IPA Council of Representatives approved and released a "Statement Against Police Brutality" in light of the race-related events around the United States in the summer of 2020.


      = Statement on the Separation of Families at the Border

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      In July 2018, under the leadership of President Dr. Lynda Behrendt, the IPA Council of Representatives approved and released a "Statement Against the Separation of Families at the Border" in response to the federal government's policy to separate families who arrived at the U.S.-Mexico border.


      IPA Presidents (1949 – present)


      2024 - 2025 Sue Bae, PhD
      2023 – 2024 Colin Ennis, PsyD
      2022 – 2023 Derek C. Phillips, PsyD, MSCP, ABMP
      2021 – 2022 Abigail Brown, PsyD
      2020 – 2021 Daniel Brewer, PsyD
      2019 – 2020 Kalyani Gopal, PhD
      2018 – 2019 Lynda Behrendt, PsyD
      2017 – 2018 Laura L. Faynor-Ciha, PhD
      2016 – 2017 Joseph E. Troiani, PhD
      2015 – 2016 Karla Steingraber, PsyD
      2014 – 2015 Blaine Lesnik, PsyD
      2013 – 2014 Beth N. Rom-Rymer, PhD
      2012 – 2013 Patricia Farrell, PhD
      2011 – 2012 Beth N. Rom-Rymer, PhD
      2010 – 2011 Gregory Sarlo, PsyD
      2009 – 2010 Steven Rothke, PhD, ABPP
      2008 – 2009 Gregory Sarlo, PsyD
      2007 – 2008 Steven Rothke, PhD, ABPP
      2006 – 2007 Eleanore Ryan, PhD
      2005 – 2006 John Blattner, PhD
      2004 – 2005 Armand R. Cerbone, PhD, ABPP
      2003 – 2004 Mary E. Halpin, PhD
      2002 – 2003 Kenneth H. Kessler, PhD
      2001 – 2002 Marlin Hoover, PhD, ABPP
      2000 – 2001 Nancy Molitor, PhD
      1999 – 2000 Katherine B. Klehr, PhD
      1998 – 1999 Chris E. Stout, PsyD, MBA
      1997 – 1998 John R. Day, PhD
      1996 – 1997 Patricia A. Pimental, PsyD, ABN
      1995 – 1996 Lisa R. Grossman, JD, PhD
      1994 – 1995 Nancy A. Slagg, PhD
      1993 – 1994 Ronald H. Rozensky, PhD, ABPP
      1992 – 1993 Randy J. Georgemiller, PhD
      1991 – 1992 Donald Paull, PhD, JD, ABPP
      1990 – 1991 Terrence J. Koller, PhD, ABPP
      1989 – 1990 Bruce E. Bonecutter, PhD
      1988 – 1989 Jean J. Rossi, PhD
      1987 – 1988 Joseph S. Maciejko, PhD
      1986 – 1987 Michael Mercer, PhD
      1985 – 1986 Joseph F. Pribyl, PhD
      1984 – 1985 Edmund J. Nightingale, PhD, ABPP
      1983 – 1984 Sue E. Moriearty, PhD
      1982 – 1983 Mary Ann Poprick, PhD
      1981 – 1982 Daniel Beach, PhD
      1980 – 1981 Ian Wickram, PhD
      1979 – 1980 Mary Kay Pribyl, PhD
      1978 – 1979 Thomas Hollan, PhD
      1977 – 1978 Bruce E. Bennett, PhD
      1976 – 1977 Robert P. Barrell, PhD
      1975 – 1976 Sol Rosenberg, PhD
      1974 – 1975 Robert C. Nicolay, PhD
      1973 – 1974 Helen Sunukjian, PhD
      1972 – 1973 Virginia Harris, PhD
      1971 – 1972 Walter Friendhoff, PhD
      1970 – 1971 Alan Rosenwald, PhD
      1969 – 1970 Vin Rosenthal, PhD
      1968 – 1969 Charles Dewey, PhD
      1967 – 1968 Joseph Wepman, PhD
      1966 – 1967 Fred Spaner, PhD
      1965 – 1966 Albert Hunsicker, PhD
      1964 – 1965 Leroy Vernon, PhD
      1963 – 1964 Phillip Ash, PhD
      1962 – 1963 Robert McFarland, PhD
      1961 – 1962 A. Arthur Hartman, PhD
      1960 – 1961 Alan Rosenwald, PhD
      1959 – 1960 Ralh Heine, PhD
      1958 – 1959 George Speer, PhD
      1957 – 1958 Noble Kelley, PhD
      1956 – 1957 Leo Hellmer, PhD
      1955 – 1956 William Sloan, PhD
      1954 – 1955 Stanley Marzolf, PhD
      1953 – 1954 George Yacorzynski, PhD
      1952 – 1953 Ross Stagner, PhD
      1951 – 1952 Irwin Berg, PhD
      1950 – 1951 James Miller, PhD
      1949 – 1950 Robert Seashore, PhD


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