Psychologist
Psychologist
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Job Description
Psychologists study the behaviour and mental processes in humans. They provide services to clients who deal with mental health issues and life issues such as bereavement, relationship difficulties, domestic violence, and sexual abuse. They also provide counselling for mental health issues such as eating disorders, post-traumatic stress disorders, and psychosis in order to help the clients rehabilitate and reach a healthy behaviour..
Top 13 specific things you need to know
As a Psychologist, you will need to master following:
- client-centred counselling
- conduct psychological assessement
- ensure safety of healthcare users
- identify mental health issues
- manage intellectual property rights
- monitor therapeutic progress
- operate open source software
- prescribe medication
- psychological interventions
- refer healthcare users
- respond to healthcare users' extreme emotions
- use clinical assessment techniques
- work with patterns of psychological behaviour
Top 44 general things you need to know
More generally, a psychologist is also versed in:
- apply for research funding
- apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities
- behavioural disorders
- communicate with a non-scientific audience
- comply with legislation related to health care
- conduct research across disciplines
- consultation
- counsel clients
- counselling methods
- demonstrate disciplinary expertise
- develop professional network with researchers and scientists
- disseminate results to the scientific community
- draft scientific or academic papers and technical documentation
- evaluate research activities
- follow clinical guidelines
- health care occupation-specific ethics
- increase the impact of science on policy and society
- interact professionally in research and professional environments
- interact with healthcare users
- interpret psychological tests
- listen actively
- manage findable accessible interoperable and reusable data
- manage open publications
- manage personal professional development
- manage research data
- mentor individuals
- perform project management
- perform scientific research
- promote inclusion in research
- promote open innovation in research
- promote the participation of citizens in scientific and research activities
- promote the transfer of knowledge
- psychological counselling methods
- psychological diagnostics
- psychology
- publish academic research
- speak different languages
- synthesise information
- test for behavioural patterns
- test for emotional patterns
- think abstractly
- think analytically
- work in a multicultural environment in health care
- write scientific publications
Other things it helps to know to be an excellent psychologist
It also helps to know the following:
- apply caseload management
- apply systemic therapy
- assess healthcare users' risk for harm
- clinical psychological treatment
- clinical reports
- diagnose mental disorders
- promote mental health
- psychiatric diagnostics
- support patients to understand their conditions
- work on the effects of abuse
- work with healthcare users' social network
- apply blended learning
- crisis intervention
- empathise with the healthcare user
- ensure proper appointment administration
- first aid
- neurology
- personal reflection techniques based on feedback
- provide health education
- psychiatric disorders
- psychiatry
- teach in academic or vocational contexts
Top employers for this job
Psychologist (0-2 Yrs Exp.)
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Prereqs Technology Pvt.Ltd
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California
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$250 - $800 / month
- Keywords :
- Ui designer,
- developer