Professional title for a Practicing Psychologist: Clinical psychologist, Counseling Psychologist, Counselor, Psychotherapist.

Criteria, Regulations and Procedures to obtain a License: A license is only offered for a clinical psychologist for which one needs to obtain an MPhil degree in clinical psychology from an institute approved by the Rehabilitation Council of India. Online, face to face and teletherapy are the modalities of practice in India.

Any Supplemental Resources regarding procedures for Licensure: —

Reciprocity of Licenses: No, anyone who has a PhD or PsyD from anywhere outside India doesn’t qualify for the RCI license. Rehabilitation council of India and a newly approved bill
National Allied Healthcare Professionals Bill will have a provision of licensing non-Clinical Psychology specializations.

Temporary/Short-Term Licenses (which are often needed for psychologists doing humanitarian work in foreign countries): Unknown

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