clinical psychologist
Clinical psychologists diagnose, rehabilitate, and support individuals affected by mental, emotional, and behavioural disorders and problems as well as mental changes and pathogenic conditions through use of cognitive tools and appropriate intervention. They use clinical psychological resources on the basis of psychological science, its findings, theories, methods, and techniques for the investigation, interpretation, and prediction of human experience and behaviour.
Also called: practitioner of clinical psychology, expert in clinical psychology, psychologist in hospital, specialist clinical psychologist, expert clinical psychologist, clinical psychology practitioner, hospital psychology practitioner, hospital psychologist
- 99
- essential skills
- 21
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
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8 rolesOccupations sharing the most essential skills with this one. The number is a count, not an opinion.
- health psychologistWhat changes?60 skills in common
- psychotherapistWhat changes?48 skills in common
- speech and language therapistWhat changes?34 skills in common
- music therapist31 skills in common
- physiotherapist31 skills in common
- orthoptist29 skills in common
- art therapist28 skills in common
- specialist chiropractor28 skills in common
Essential skills
99- accept own accountability
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- advise on healthcare users' informed consent
- apply clinical psychological treatment
- apply context specific clinical competences
- apply organisational techniques
- apply psychological intervention strategies
- assess healthcare users' risk for harm
- carry out psychiatric assessment of child
- clinical psychological treatment
- clinical reports
- comply with legislation related to health care
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
- conditions for professional practice of clinical psychology
- conduct psychological assessement
- conduct psychological research
- consultation
- contribute to continuity of health care
- counsel clients
- counselling methods
- creation of clinical psychological opinions
- crisis intervention
- deal with emergency care situations
- decide upon a psychotherapeutic approach
- develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship
- diagnose mental disorders
- diagnose psychiatric symptoms
- diagnosis of mental health issues
- drug interaction management
- educate on the prevention of illness
- emergency psychology
- empathise with the healthcare user
- employ cognitive behaviour treatment techniques
- ensure safety of healthcare users
- evaluate clinical psychological measures
- evaluation of psychological performance
- expert services in clinical psychology
- first aid
- follow clinical guidelines
- formulate a case conceptualisation model for therapy
- handle patient trauma
- health care occupation-specific ethics
- health psychology
- help healthcare users develop social perceptiveness
- history of patient's psychotherapeutic problems
- identify mental health issues
- inform policy makers on health-related challenges
- interact with healthcare users
- interpret psychological tests
- listen actively
- manage healthcare users' data
- manage psychotherapeutic relationships
- methods of differential diagnosis
- monitor therapeutic progress
- multi-professional cooperation in health care
- neurology
- organise relapse prevention
- perform therapy sessions
- prescribe psychotherapeutic treatment
- primary care
- promote inclusion
- promote mental health
- promote psycho-social education
- provide a psychotherapeutic environment
- provide clinical psychological assessment
- provide clinical psychological counselling
- provide clinical psychological expert opinions
- provide clinical psychological support in crisis situations
- provide health education
- provide psychological interventions to chronically ill persons
- provide strategies of differential diagnosis
- provide testimony in court hearings
- psychiatry
- psychological diagnostics
- psychological healthcare services
- psychological interventions
- psychological treatment measures
- psychology
- psychopathology
- psychopharmacology
- record healthcare users' progress related to treatment
- record the outcome of psychotherapy
- refer healthcare users
- respond to changing situations in health care
- respond to healthcare users' extreme emotions
- scientific literature
- support patients to understand their conditions
- test for behavioural patterns
- test for emotional patterns
- therapy in health care
- use clinical assessment techniques
- use e-health and mobile health technologies
- use psychoeducation
- use psychotherapeutic interventions
- use techniques to increase patients' motivation
- work in a multicultural environment in health care
- work in multidisciplinary health teams
- work on psychosomatic issues
- work with patterns of psychological behaviour
Optional skills
21- apply caseload management
- apply hypno-psychotherapy
- apply psychoanalysis
- apply systemic therapy
- clinical social work
- conduct forensic evaluations
- experimental psychology
- forensic psychiatry
- neuroscience
- occupational health
- prescribe medication
- provide clinical advice to team members
- provide treatment strategies for challenges to human health
- psychosomatics
- research design
- sexual disorders
- use foreign languages for health-related research
- use foreign languages in patient care
- work on the effects of abuse
- work with healthcare users under medication
- work with healthcare users' social network
Definition and skills from ESCO, published by the European Commission. Source concept
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