Boulder Conference (1949)

Abstract

Abstract Attempts to organize professional psychology began in the early twentieth century and came to fruition with the convening of the Boulder Conference on Graduate Education in Clinical Psychology in 1949. The conference answered the long‐standing call for a standardized training model for professional psychology. Many forces influenced the decision to hold the Boulder Conference, most notably the needs for a mental health workforce made evident by the events of World War II . The scientist–practitioner model is arguably the most influential result of the Boulder Conference. More than 60 years later, this model remains the dominant form of training in professional psychology.