Vision

The American Psychological Association aspires to create a strong, diverse, and unified psychology that enhances knowledge and improves the human condition.

Goals

1. 1.Utilize psychological science to make a positive impact on critical societal issues. This includes increasing access to care and reducing health disparities through a population health approach, promoting psychology's application to improve institutions and communities, advancing evidence-informed policy, and establishing psychology as a key contributor to technology development and human rights.
2. 2.Elevate the public's understanding, appreciation, and use of psychology. This includes expanding perceptions of the field beyond therapy, supporting educational systems that foster lifelong application of psychology, making psychological science accessible to the public and decision makers, and promoting psychology's unique contributions to health and human wellbeing.
3. 3.Prepare the field for current and future challenges while strengthening APA's role as a leading voice for psychology. This includes growing and diversifying the next generation of psychologists, advancing research and practice standards, expanding APA's publishing and educational resources, and applying an ethical framework to guide the discipline and the profession.