psychologist
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.
Also called: expert counselling psychologist, practitioner of counselling psychology, practitioner of sport and exercise psychology, practitioner of occupational psychology, psychology researcher, sport and exercise psychologist, expert in counselling psychology, counselling psychology practitioner
- 64
- essential skills
- 28
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
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Essential skills
64- apply for research funding
- apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities
- behavioural disorders
- body language
- build trust
- client-centred counselling
- communicate with a non-scientific audience
- comply with legislation related to health care
- conduct forensic evaluations
- conduct psychological assessement
- conduct research across disciplines
- consultation
- counsel clients
- counselling methods
- demonstrate disciplinary expertise
- develop professional network with researchers and scientists
- diagnose psychiatric symptoms
- disseminate results to the scientific community
- draft scientific or academic papers and technical documentation
- ensure safety of healthcare users
- evaluate research activities
- follow clinical guidelines
- health care occupation-specific ethics
- identify mental health issues
- increase the impact of science on policy and society
- integrate gender dimension in research
- interact professionally in research and professional environments
- interact with healthcare users
- interpret psychological tests
- listen actively
- manage findable accessible interoperable and reusable data
- manage intellectual property rights
- manage open publications
- manage personal professional development
- manage research data
- mentor individuals
- monitor therapeutic progress
- operate open source software
- perform project management
- perform scientific research
- prescribe medication
- prescribe psychotherapeutic treatment
- 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
- psychological interventions
- psychology
- publish academic research
- refer healthcare users
- research design
- respond to healthcare users' extreme emotions
- scientific literature
- speak different languages
- synthesise information
- test for behavioural patterns
- test for emotional patterns
- think abstractly
- use clinical assessment techniques
- use psychoeducation
- work in a multicultural environment in health care
- work with patterns of psychological behaviour
- write scientific publications
Optional skills
28- apply blended learning
- apply caseload management
- apply systemic therapy
- assess healthcare users' risk for harm
- carry out psychiatric assessment of child
- clinical psychological treatment
- clinical reports
- clinical social work
- crisis intervention
- diagnose mental disorders
- empathise with the healthcare user
- experimental psychology
- first aid
- forensic psychiatry
- neurology
- personal reflection techniques based on feedback
- promote mental health
- provide health education
- psychiatric diagnostics
- psychiatric disorders
- psychiatry
- psycholinguistics
- sexual disorders
- sport psychology
- support patients to understand their conditions
- teach in academic or vocational contexts
- work on the effects of abuse
- work with healthcare users' social network
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