1. BLOG 2 sinaezzatmanesh Student id: 10186148 My Career as a Psychologist

2. Three Fields of Psychology

3. What does a Psychologist Do? To support clients mentally and emotionally. To help patients and people with serious diseases adjust to their condition. To interview patients and give them diagnostic tests. To train graduate students in the delivery of mental health. To study people’s interaction, motivation, stress and other behaviour issues. To advise people on how to deal with everyday problems.

4. Requirements To work as a counselling psychologist one needs to have a doctoral degree! School psychologists should have a degree in school psychology with takes three years full time study.

5. How much does a psychologist earn? In the United States: Mental health practitioners: 69,510 $ Elementary and secondary schools: 61.290 $ Local government: 58.700 $ Care Centres: 50.380 $ http://about.salary.com/ for incomes in Perth

6. Sources http://careerplanning.about.com/od/occupations/p/psychologist.htm Career information http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos056.htmcareer Psychologists http://choosing-careers.suite101.com/article.cfm/clinical_psychology_career_guide A Guide for Prospective Students