Established in 1962, The Trust is an independent business trust and leading provider of insurance and risk management programs for psychologists and psychology students nationwide. The National Register endorses The Trust as its preferred provider of professional and student liability insurance as well as other financial security products.
National Register members can save up to 25% when they switch to The Trust. This includes a 10% discount for switching your professional liability policy from another insurance carrier, plus a 15% discount when you combine 6 CE credits from any of The Trust’s FREE live or on-demand Virtual Webinar Series offerings (simply submit your certificates when you apply). Student liability policies are only $35/year. Learn more here.
The National Register has partnered with The Trust to provide risk management resources to educators and licensed psychologists—including specific resources for doctoral students and early career psychologists. Our partnership also provides psychologists with an ongoing series of risk management webinars featuring members of the Trust Risk Management Team. Access our collection of resources and archived webinars below.
Students and Early Career Psychologists
Risk Management Training Curriculum: The Trust’s Risk Management Training Curriculum is a 2-part series that consists of 12 modules and contains an added series on diversity, equity, inclusion, and clinician self-care. It is designed specifically for students and early career psychologists to enhance and build on what you’re learning in the classroom. Click the link above to complete your enrollment form and get started.
These archived webinars are available for viewing through the links below (Note: You cannot earn continuing education for viewing these videos. Archived webinars for continuing education are available on CE.NationalRegister.org). The National Register also has ongoing clinical webinars that cover clinical and ethical topics.
Boundary and multiple relationship dilemmas continue to be among the more frequent issues psychologists confront in their professional work. Drs. Taube and Younggren address common quandaries, as well as those emerging due to COVID and its aftermath. Topics include shifting professional roles, boundary challenges in remote care, personal/professional boundaries, differentiating clinical from forensic practice, and more.
Daniel O. Taube earned his JD/PhD from Villanova University and Hahnemann University (1985 and 1987, respectively), as a member of the Joint Psychology and Law Graduate Program. He is Professor Emeritus at the California School of Professional Psychology, Alliant International University, San Francisco and is currently a member of The American Insurance Trust’s Risk Management team. He consults nationally with a wide range of practitioners regarding standards of practice, ethical concerns, and risk management. His areas of professional focus include ethical and legal issues in professional practice, child protection and addictions.
A Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) and a Distinguished Member of the National Academies of Practice (NAP), Jeffrey N. Younggren, PhD, is a clinical and forensic psychologist who lives in New Mexico. He was a clinical professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, School of Medicine and currently is a clinical professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of New Mexico. Dr. Younggren served as President of APA Division 42 (Psychologists in Independent Practice). He has served on numerous boards and committees, including the Ethics Committees of the California Psychological Association (CPA) and the APA, the APA Committee on Accreditation, and the APA/APLS Committee that drafted the Specialty Guidelines for Forensic Psychology. Dr. Younggren consults to various licensing boards on ethics and standards of care, and qualifies as an expert in criminal, civil and administrative proceedings. He continues to serve as a Risk Management consultant to The Trust and its policyholders.