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All about Formapsy

Psychologists who are members of the FSP are required to complete continuing education courses. Formapsy collates suitable continuing education courses. You can also document the continuing education units you have completed in your personal dossier and apply for a continuing education certificate. The platform is also open to non-members. All of the above also applies to non-members.
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Formapsy for Psychologists

Formapsy: a Calendar of Current Continuing Education Offers

Formapsy is a calendar of available continuing education units. Formapsy collates suitable continuing education courses.

The calendar is free to access for everyone.

Formapsy: a Logbook for your continuing education

You can document the continuing education courses you have completed in your personal dossier. The logbook allows you to view at a glance the status of all continuing education units completed in the past three years.

Formapsy: a Certification Tool

You can also request a personal continuing education certificate to confirm to your clients, patients, employer, prospective employers or the canton (if you work in psychotherapy) that you have met the requirement for continuing education.

Costs of Applying for a Certificate
An application for a certificate comprising only continuing education offers that are listed by the FSP costs CHF 80 for FSP members. An application for a certificate including continuing education offers not listed in the online calendar costs CHF 200. Non-members pay a fee per application of CHF 500 for the former and CHF 620 for the latter.

What Does the Continuing Education Obligation Entail?

It consists of 120 hours of continuing education courses for psychologists and 240 hours for psychologists with an FSP specialist qualification, federal qualification or additional qualification. The continuous education courses can be spread over three years. At least two types of training must be pursued to a similar extent.

  • Courses, seminars, workshops
  • Congresses, symposia, information days
  • Intervision
  • Teaching assignments
  • Publications
  • Studies of specialist literature
  • Supervision
  • Personal therapy experience
  • Working with a professional association

Of the continuous education units’ hours to be completed over three years, at least two thirds must be backed up by supporting documents. The remaining hours of continuous education must also be outlined in detail.

Request for Release/Reduction

Depending on certain criteria, it may be possible to be fully or partially exempted from the continuing education obligation. 

For Continuing Education Providers

Formapsy: A Storefront for Your Postgraduate or Continuing Education
Do you offer postgraduate or continuing education courses or other activities such as congresses, symposia, workshops, etc., that could be recognized as compulsory continuing education for psychologists? If so, you can advertise these in our online calendar.

Publish your offers on our site and find your audience!

Only offerings with a scientific basis will be published. The FSP decides which offerings to select; service providers do not have a right to see their offers published.

Advertising Conditions and Publication Window
Advertisements are published as soon as possible after they are entered into the system. Once validated by the FSP, they remain visible online until the date of the event.

Cost of an online advertisement: CHF 175.

You will receive the invoice directly from our advertising agency, Stämpfli AG (+41 31 300 63 73 or per mail).
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Any Questions?

If you have any questions about Formapsy, you will find the contact details on this page.

For continuing education providers:
If you have any questions about invoices, please contact Stämpfli AG directly: +41 31 300 63 73 or per mail.

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