Health Sciences 2200A/B Lecture 17: Psychologist Occupation
21 Oct 2016
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Psychologist study how people think, feel, and behave through a scientific perspective and applies this knowledge to help people understand, explain, and change their behaviours. Psychologist can work in many areas such as: clinical (majority, developmental, social, counselling, etc. Skills: communication and good listening skills, empathy. Responsibilities: consult reference material to identify symptoms, diagnose and treat problems, develop and implement treatment plans. Discuss treatment plans with patient: counsel individuals and groups, assess the effectiveness of treatment/counselling, cannot prescribe medication. Education: bachelors degree in psychology, masters degree in art or science, doctorate degree in psychology. More clinical practice based: licensing is the same for both phd and psyd. Regulation: psychologist are regulated in canada, association of canadian psychology regulatory organization (acpro, canadian psychological association (cpa, ***in ontario . You need a doctoral degree in psychology (phd or psyd) to be a. If you don"t have a doctoral degree you are not a psychologist.
