The Psychological Society of Ireland

What The Psychological Society of Ireland does

The Psychological Society of Ireland (PSI) is the learned and professional body for psychology in the Republic of Ireland, founded in 1970 with 17 members and now representing approximately 5,700 members across Student, Graduate, Associate, Chartered, Associate Fellow, and Fellow tiers. PSI accredits undergraduate, conversion, and postgraduate psychology courses across Irish higher education institutions, maintains the public-facing "Find a Psychologist" directory of Chartered Members, and operates the Society's Code of Professional Ethics as its standards framework. The organisation holds statutory recognition as the primary professional liaison with CORU, Ireland's Health and Social Care Regulator, during the ongoing regulation of the psychology profession.

The Society is structured as a Company Limited by Guarantee and registered charity (RCN: 20016524), governed by an elected Council and an Executive Director and operated by a ~12-person staff team headquartered at Digital Office Centre Camden, Dublin 8 (with a newly purchased property at the Old Distillery Building, Dublin 7 added in August 2025). Its technology stack is a web-based platform supporting online membership applications and renewals, annual and event registration, CPD recording and tracking, course accreditation workflows, and the public Chartered Psychologist directory. Content is distributed through The Irish Psychologist magazine, podcasts, YouTube, blog, social media, and email newsletters. Revenue is generated through tiered recurring membership subscriptions (€18-€330 annually), annual conference delegate fees and sponsorships, website job advertising (€60/week), general advertising in magazine and ezines, and course accreditation fees paid by higher education institutions.

The community is organised through 12 subject-matter Divisions and 14+ Special Interest Groups spanning Clinical, Counselling, Educational, Forensic, Health, Neuropsychology, Psychotherapy, Work & Organisational, and Sports Psychology, plus an Early Graduate Group and Mentoring Programme. Strategic functions include advocacy and policy engagement with the Oireachtas, government departments, and CORU; provision of crisis resources (COVID-19, conflict-related); and delivery of CPD-earning workshops, supervision training, and public lectures. Key partnerships include a Memorandum of Cooperation with the British Psychological Society for reciprocal accredited-degree recognition and ongoing coordination with the Department of Health Validation Unit for overseas-qualified psychologists.

Name

The Psychological Society of Ireland

Legal name

The Psychological Society of Ireland

Website

https://psychologicalsociety.ie

Company type

Private

Founded year

1970

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Psychological Society of Ireland is the learned and professional body for psychology in the Republic of Ireland, founded in 1970 and representing approximately 5,700 members. It delivers tiered membership, course accreditation, professional development events, advocacy, and a public Chartered Psychologist directory.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Association Services

NAICS

Professional Organizations (81392)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Youth Mental Health, Counseling & Wellbeing (Education-Linked) Nonprofits (BPAGADAK)

Keywords

• Professional psychology society
• Chartered psychologist accreditation
• Psychology continuing education
• Psychologist directory services
• Psychology course accreditation

Headquarters

HQ city

Dublin

HQ country

Ireland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Fees: Annual subscription fees from multiple membership tiers including Student, Graduate, Chartered, Associate, Fellow, and Associate Fellow memberships. Fees range from €18 (student) to €330 (chartered) annually. Additional revenue from reduced rates, application processing fees, and corporate membership.
2. Annual Conference: Revenue from delegate registration fees for the PSI Annual Conference. Early bird rates range from €75 (student) to €394 (non-member) for full conference. One-day rates also available. Additional revenue from sponsorships and exhibitors.
3. Job Advertising: Fee-based job advertising service for employers seeking psychology professionals. Fee is €60 per week to advertise on the website.
4. Advertising: Advertising opportunities on the PSI website and in The Irish Psychologist magazine for external organizations.
5. Course Accreditation: Institutions pay fees for PSI to accredit their undergraduate and postgraduate psychology courses through documentation review and on-site visits.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

The Psychological Society of Ireland (PSI) is the longest-established learned and professional body for psychology in Ireland, offering tiered individual memberships (Student, Graduate, Chartered, Affiliate), public-facing services such as the 'Find a Psychologist' directory, an annual conference hosted in Dublin, accreditation and listings for higher education psychology programmes, and member-only resources including the Irish Psychologist magazine, podcasts, blog, and continuing professional development tracking.

Product overview

The Psychological Society of Ireland (PSI) is a professional membership organization rather than a technology product company. PSI operates as a learned and professional body offering a suite of membership-based services including multi-tier membership programmes (Student through Fellow), a public Chartered Psychologist Online Directory for finding verified psychologists, annual and ongoing professional development events/conferences, psychology course accreditation services, professional learning resources with CPD tracking, The Irish Psychologist magazine, podcast series, blog content, advocacy/policy engagement, and crisis resources. The organization does not offer a unified software platform but rather delivers its services through a combination of its website (directory, events, membership management), in-person programming (conferences, workshops), publications (magazine, podcasts), and advocacy activities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Student Membership

Quantifiable outcome

• Chartered members must renew annually, adhere to Code of Ethics, and engage in annual CPD to maintain fitness to practice

Named customers1 record

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Trinity College DublinminorOthers · 22 July 2026Host venue for the International Neuropsychological Society Mid-Year Meeting (Neuropsychology Without Limits: Expanding Horizons) from 22-24 July 2026.
• Department of Health Validation UnitcoreOthersPSI coordinates with the Department of Health Validation Unit for psychologists with overseas qualifications who wish to work in Ireland's Public Health Service. Those with pending validation should await results before applying for Chartered Membership.
• British Psychological Society (BPS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMemorandum of Cooperation enables those with BPS-accredited undergraduate or conversion degrees (2:2 honours or above) to be eligible for PSI Graduate Membership. Submit transcripts from BPS course; no GMA form required.
• CORUcoreOthersPSI is the primary liaison with CORU, Ireland's Health and Social Care Regulator, throughout the current regulatory process for psychologists. PSI advocates for the definition and protection of 'psychologist' designation to protect the public.
• Bar of IrelandminorOthersPSI provides services including advertising opportunities for the Bar of Ireland.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Irish Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy: Ireland's largest professional body for counsellors and psychotherapists. Closest domestic analogue to PSI's role: accredits courses, maintains a public therapist directory, and engages in national advocacy, though for an adjacent discipline.
• Hong Kong Psychological Society: The professional body for psychologists in Hong Kong. Mirrors PSI in operating as a chartered-membership society, accrediting programmes, and representing the profession in a single national/regional market.
• Singapore Psychological Society: The national professional society for psychology in Singapore. Comparable membership-society model focused on a single national jurisdiction outside Ireland.
• Psychological Society of South Africa: National professional society for psychology in South Africa. Comparable structure (membership tiers, accreditation, advocacy) and serves a single national market, but in a different geography than PSI.

Broad incumbents

• American Psychological Association: The largest and most established psychology professional body globally. Operates an overlapping mandate (accreditation, advocacy, publications, member benefits) at significantly greater scale and scope than PSI.

Direct peers

• Canadian Psychological Association: Canada's national professional association for psychologists. Similar role to PSI in accrediting programmes, representing the profession, and providing member services and advocacy within a single national jurisdiction.
• British Psychological Society: The UK chartered professional body for psychologists and a direct counterpart to PSI. BPS shares structural similarities (chartered membership, accreditation, divisions) and has a formal Memorandum of Cooperation with PSI for mutual recognition of accredited courses.
• Australian Psychological Society: Australia's national professional association for psychologists. Comparable to PSI in operating model (multi-tier membership, Find a Psychologist directory, accreditation of courses, advocacy, annual conference) and in serving a single national market of comparable scale.

Others

• Association for Psychological Science: US-based international organisation dedicated to advancing scientific psychology. Related ecosystem player (conferences, publications, advocacy for the science of psychology) but not a direct professional-licensure peer to PSI.
• Royal Irish Academy: Ireland's national learned body for the sciences and humanities. Thematically adjacent as an Irish learned society with a Council, membership tiers, and policy influence, though broader in scope than PSI.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/psychsocirl/featured
• Xx.com/PsychSocIreland
• Facebookfacebook.com/PsychSocIreland
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/the-psychological-society-of-ireland

Compliance2 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

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