Clinical Associate in Psychology (CAP)

Clinical Associates in Psychology (CAPs) work in England under the supervision of a Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) registered practitioner psychologist to deliver evidence-based psychological assessments, formulations, interventions and research.

CAPs work in various settings including in the community, in hospitals or inpatient services, and in secure and specialist mental health settings and they support people across the lifespan from different backgrounds, cultures and beliefs, who have long-standing and complex difficulties. They're trained to work with specific populations and they provide a more circumscribed range of activities than HCPC registered practitioner psychologists.