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While telepsychology has been present for over a decade, the COVID-19 pandemic led to increased utilization of telepsychology without formal training for psychologists or advanced-level trainees. The American Psychological Association (APA) has provided guidelines for telepsychology use, but there is no formal training model or competency framework specifically for telepsychology. The authors suggest three possibilities for standardizing competencies in a developmental framework. These include integrating telepsychology into the current profession-wide competencies (PWCs), creating separate PWCs for in-person and telepsychology to assess trainee skill development specific to the mode of service delivery, or adding a new tenth PWC for telepsychology. An expert panel or task force may be best equipped to develop training standards for telepsychology to guide curricula for training and assessment of telepsychology competency for both trainees and licensed psychologists.