APA International Learning Partner Program

Learning partner program

Explore applications of psychology and the development of the field across the world with APA’s International Learning Partner Program (ILPP).

The ILPP offers members the unique opportunity to gain insights into psychology and mental health care across the world, and learn from international colleagues—all while taking the trip of a lifetime.

Through professional visits and meetings with leaders in the field, the ILPP facilitates the exchange of knowledge, ideas, and resources, and fosters long-term international collaborations. Past programs included visits to university, hospital, clinical, community, and governmental settings focusing on addiction and rehabilitation, trauma, education, aging, policy, immigration, refugees, and other areas of interest. Please view individual program itineraries for more information.

Initiated in 2012 with a trip to Cuba, the ILPP has since expanded to include Bangladesh, Tanzania, Kosovo, and Portugal, with future trips planned in Uzbekistan and the Philippines.

Upcoming trips

Image of Manila, Philippines

ILPP Philippines 
Program dates: September 2025 - exact dates to be announced 

Contact Tierney Collins to add your name to receive further information about this trip.

Apply for the opportunity to gain unique insights into psychology and mental health care in Manila and Cebu City, Philippines while developing meaningful professional connections with colleagues abroad.

These trips are life-changing both as a psychologist and human being. Being in a new place inspires curiosity, challenges you, and allows you to learn about unique ways to approach human health. It shifts the way you see the world and the work you do.
—Amanda Clinton, PhD, senior director of APA’s Office of International Affairs
Cox’s Bazaar, Bangladesh

Cox’s Bazaar, Bangladesh

A welcome by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies near Kutupalong Refugee Camp.
Photo credit: Raphael Gunner, PsyD

APA delegates visiting Zanzibar University.

Zanzibar

APA delegates visiting Zanzibar University.

Kutupalong Refugee Camp, Bangladesh

Kutupalong Refugee Camp, Bangladesh

A visit to the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief.
Photo credit: Raphael Gunner, PsyD

APA delegates visiting the University of Prishtina.

Prishtina, Kosovo

APA delegates visiting the University of Prishtina.

APA delegates on a traditional dhow.

Zanzibar

APA delegates on a traditional dhow.

APA delegates touring Old Havana.

Old Havana

APA delegates touring Old Havana.

Bangladesh Market

Bangladesh Market

APA travelers and Bangladeshi psychologists in a local market.
Photo credit: Raphael Gunner, PsyD

Last updated: May 2024Date created: 2018