Ohio Board of Psychology

About this board

Ohio psychologists hold doctoral degrees and complete supervised experience plus national examination before licensure. The title "psychologist" is legally protected — using it without a license is itself a violation — so verification is the definitive answer to whether someone may offer psychological services in Ohio.

Psychologists’ work often intersects with the courts: custody evaluations, competency assessments, and expert testimony. Attorneys on both sides of a case routinely verify the evaluating psychologist’s license and check for disciplinary history, since credibility of the evaluation depends on the evaluator’s standing. Ohio’s participation in PSYPACT also allows qualifying psychologists from other states to practice telepsychology with Ohio clients under compact authority.

Psychology Board by the numbers

These figures are ours, not the board's — we computed them from the full State of Ohio licence file so you can see this board in context rather than one record at a time. Data as of September 2026.

Only 69.3% of the 12,673 licences this board has on record are currently active — the other 30.7% belong to people who retired, moved, changed careers, or simply let a credential lapse. That gap is the single best reason to verify a licence rather than assume a name in a database means somebody may practise today.

Most common licence types

When a licence from this board is not active, the most common reason recorded is expired (2,618 records), followed by retired (752). Our status dictionary explains what each label actually means.

2.42% of this board's licences carry a recorded board action (307 of 12,673), against about 1.6% across all Ohio professions. A board action covers everything from an administrative consent agreement to revocation, and it is cumulative over a licence's whole life — see how we measured that before reading much into it.

Computed by OhioLicenseCheck from the State of Ohio eLicense dataset (issued licences only; application records excluded). Refreshed daily.

Who verifies these licenses?

• •Attorneys vetting expert witnesses and evaluators
• •Hospitals and behavioral-health agencies credentialing psychologists
• •School districts confirming school-psychologist credentials
• •Clients confirming a therapist advertising as a psychologist actually holds the license

Verification tips

• The title matters: counselors and social workers are licensed by a different board — "psychologist" specifically requires this Board’s license.
• For telepsychology from out of state, check PSYPACT authority if no Ohio license appears.
• School psychologists may hold Board licensure, education-sector credentials, or both depending on their practice setting.

Renewals and expiration

Psychologist licenses renew on a two-year cycle with mandatory continuing education. Because many psychologists maintain small independent practices, renewal is self-managed — an automated expiry alert quietly prevents the awkward discovery of a lapsed license mid-case.

Frequently asked questions