Career Paper Tearna Sankofa San Jose State University My interests in Clinical Psychology are aimed toward abnormal psychology and counseling. Psychotherapy comes with the job title of becoming a Clinical Psychologist, which I find the most interesting sector of this profession. While attending San Jose State University I have learned a lot about other careers other than Clinical Psychology, for example – becoming a social worker, human resource management, child psychologist and a probation officer
wanted answers to, and the questions that have propelled me to where I am now. Since that utterly heart wrenching moment, I have been enamored by the complexity of the human mind. Studying psychology for the past four years has allowed me to become much more passionate about people and mental health. The field of clinical
"Clinical Child Psychology is a specialty of professional psychology, which brings together the basic tenets of clinical psychology with a thorough background in child, adolescent and family development and developmental psychopathology."(cospp.org) Clinical child psychology is a very rewarding profession to go into. It may take some time to actual obtain your degree and license but in the end it all seems to worth it to help the children. Researching this topic people will learn the basics of how
where they can communicate, but don’t know how to verbally express it sometimes. So, as a clinical child psychologist, learning unique and creative ways to communicate with children is very necessary in order to get them to respond back effectively for you. Also, this is very important in delivering an effective treatment. The American Psychological Association also uses analysis as well in clinical child psychology. When providing the correct treatment for children, it is important to understand the
Differences Among Clinical and Counseling Psychology Programs The article that I reviewed called “Clinical and Counseling Psychology: Can Differences Be Gleaned From Printed Recruiting Materials?” Was written by Robert D. Morgan and Lee M. Cohen from Texas Tech University. The purpose of the article was to answer the question whether there were differences between Clinical and Counseling Psychology Doctoral programs that was advertised by the recruitment materials provided by the programs. In short
especially in clinical psychology will provide me skills to achieve a proper level as a clinical psychologists. In this assignment I will mention my career goal/paths that I have in mind as well as consider the skills I have gained so far in this module which are relevant to this career. Another worth mention reason is if we need to develop furter any current skills or build upon news in order to eligible for my career path. Keys: career goals,human disorders, clinical psychology, develop skills
Additional Questions 1. What are you specific career goals in the field of clinical psychology? My career goal is work with the Hispanic community. I am equally interested in designing and conducting researches that lead me discover innovates new ways to improve the quality of mental health therapeutic treatment for Latino Americans living in the United State of America. I am fully bilingual and I hope one day to perform my duties as a psychologist with equal efficacy in both English and Spanish
Clinical Psychologists Heather Berry Southern Illinois University of Edwardsville Clinical Psychologists Clinical psychology is a broad practice of psychology. Psychology.org defines clinical psychology as the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of mental diseases. Myers and Dewall (2015) textbook describes clinical psychologists as a psychologist with a Ph. D (includes research training) or Psy D. (focuses on therapy) supplemented by a supervised internship and other
attracted to the field of psychology and particularly to clinical psychology. It was mainly because I read my favorite book When Nietzsche Wept by Irvin Yalom. This novel had a personal impact on me, as someone I know was dealing with depression, migraines, insecurities and suicidal tendencies same as happens so in the book’s characters. Wanting to see in real life all the knowledge I gained from my courses at the University of West of Engand after I graduated with a Bsc in Psychology , I decided to work
Clinical Psychology: Severe Depression I have chosen Clinical Psychology severe depression; the reason for that is because it is very common, over nine million Americans are diagnosed with clinical depression at some point in their lives. Many more people suffer from clinical depression because they do not seek treatment. They may feel that depression is a personal weakness, or try to cope with their symptoms alone. On the other hand, some people are comfortable with admitting their symptoms and