Alexceia Jackson

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Clinical Psychology
My future career that I ould like to pursue is clinical psychology! "ou #ay onder
hat clinical psychology is! Psychology is the study of the hu#an #ind and its
functions! Clinical #eans the o$ser%ations and treat#ents of patients!
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&o put it together
in one lu#p su# it is the assess#ent and treat#ent of #ental illness! I ill discuss the
folloing' duties( responsi$ilities( )ualifications( entry le%el( *o$ outlook( and salary!
&o practice in psychology you need a certificate or a license! +icensing las %ary fro#
state to state! Most clinical psychologists need a doctorate( internship( 1,2 experience
and pass the -xa#ination for Professional Practice in Psychology!
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If you ha%e a
#aster.s degree in psychology( you can ork as an industrial,organi/ational
psychologist! It has $een said that entry into psychology progra#s are co#petiti%e! 0or
training it ould $e re)uired of you to do a pre doctoral or postdoctoral super%ised
experience! &o actually put your psychology to use ould ha%e to do fi%e to se%en years
in graduate school!
&he duties of a clinical psychologist are to asses( diagnose( and treat #ental( e#otional
and $eha%ioral disorders! &hey are trained to use a %ariety of approaches to help
indi%iduals! Psychologists also gi%e diagnostic tests for fa#ily or group psychotherapy!
&hese are not the only things that a psychologist needs!
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&hey need to $e a$le of analy/e
infor#ation and a conclusion! Psychologist has to ha%e co##unications skills(
o$ser%ational( people skills( pro$le# sol%ing skills! &hey also need the a$ility to oral
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A typical day for a
clinical psychologist ould $e assessing patients! &hey run different test on their patients
and the psychologist re%ies the tests! Psychologists then co#e up ith a plan to help
their patients!
&he annual inco#e is di%ided into 3' for industrial,organi/ational psychologist 567(337(
for clinical counseling and school psychologist 588( 617( and for psychologist other
569(977! &he ork schedule for a psychologist %aries! 1o#e ork e%ening and night
shifts: others #ay ork on a dayti#e schedule! Psychologists that ha%e their on pri%ate
practice can arrange their ork ti#e! &he *o$ fro# 2717,2727 is supposed to gro 22
percent! &here is a greater de#and for school( hospital( and #ental health psychologist!
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&he $enefits for clinical psychology are $eing to see your patients o%erco#e their
pro$le#s! Also the di%ersity of your patients and their different $ackgrounds are a plus!
&he donside of clinical psychology is that you are at risk of getting assaulted $y your
patients! <hen orking cra/y hours ith patients on a day in and day out $asis(
psychologist can get $urn out or exhausted fro# the *o$ and need to take a serious $reak!
A lot of psychologists are isolated or not %ery social $ecause of confidentiality ith
patients and this can lead to e#otional strain!
I like clinical psychology honestly $ecause I feel as though I. a# helping people #ake
a difference for the#sel%es! I.# *ust an all around good listener( ith great ad%ice!
=othing ould $ring a s#ile to #y face( $y helping so#eone o%erco#e their struggle!
As #y last state#ent( psychology doesn.t see# $oring: there ill $e a ne challenge
e%eryday for #e and that.s hat I.# looking for in a *o$!
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