Texas Psychological Association (TPA)

The Texas Psychological Foundation (TPF) is a non-profit organization that operates as the foundation entity of the Texas Psychological Association. Established exclusively for charitable, educational, and scientific purposes, TPF plays a critical role in supporting the psychology community in Texas. TPF provides financial assistance to students, psychologists, and researchers who are engaged in projects that promote the field of psychology and stimulate public interest and knowledge.

Mission:
The purpose of TPA is to support psychologists’ professional interests, promote and protect the science and practice of psychology, and advocate for the health and well-being of all people, including individuals from diverse and marginalized backgrounds. Purpose:
To advance psychology as a science, profession and as a means of promoting human welfare by the encouragement of psychology in all its branches in the broadest and most liberal manner; by the promotion of research in psychology and the improvement of research methods and conditions; by the improvement of the qualifications and usefulness of psychologists through high standards of professional ethics, conduct, education, training and achievement; by the increase and diffusion of psychological knowledge through meetings, professional contacts, reports, papers, discussions and publications; thereby to advance scientific interest and inquiry, and to foster the application of psychology in the promotion of the public welfare.