Military Psychologist

Mattea Buerge

Annie DeVenney

Websites Used

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http://www.apa.org/education/grad/faqs.aspx

http://www.psychology.pitt.edu/graduate-studies

http://www.collegeatlas.org/psychology-colleges.html

http://www.adler.edu/page/areas-of-study/chicago/doctor-of-psychology-in-clinical-psychology-military-clinical-psychology-track/overview

Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2014-15 Edition, Psychologists,

on the Internet at http://www.bls.gov/ooh/life-physical-and-social-science/psychologists.htm (visited March 27, 2015).

http://www.allpsychologyschools.com/psychology-careers/article/ten-therapist-personality-traits/

http://study.com/articles/Military_Psychologist_Job_Duties_and_Education_Requirements.html

http://www.careerprofiles.info/military-psychologist.html

http://www.siop.org/tip/backissues/oct04/19mcfarland.aspx

http://work.chron.com/disadvantages-being-psychologist-4325.html

http://www.apa.org/gradpsych/2009/11/cover-military.aspx

http://www.goarmy.com/careers-and-jobs/amedd-categories/medical-service-corps-jobs.html

http://www.apa.org/monitor/2011/06/telehealth.aspx

http://careersinpsychology.org/become-a-military-psychologist/

• depends on rank/grade
• length of service
• median is $69,280

Pros and Cons

• Advantages
• Helping people is rewarding
• Benefiting the gov. and soldiers
• Receiving tuition assistance to complete college
• Disadvantages
• Moving and traveling often (nationally & internationally)
• Military can be controlling
• Emotional strain
• Isolation and confidentiality
• Deploying to war zones

• Best Character Traits for job
• Good listener
• Good secret keeper
• Caring
• Self-Aware
• Open-minded
• Stable
• Creative
• Logical

Graduate School

• How to get in:
• Undergrad work- thesis
• Research
• Outside experience
• Extracurriculars
• Interview

• What it's really like:
• Core principles of psychology
• Skills and experience
• Depends on specialization

• Opportunities:
• Multiple career paths
• Employment in business
• Human resources
• Therapist

• Research/Teaching:
• depends on university/program
• University of Pittsburgh
• student/faculty research
• students as instructors for at least one undergrad course

• Special Graduate Programs
• Adler University - offers an online program
• otherwise most specialties with a doctorate are accepted
• emphasis on a doctorate in clinical psychology

Typical Day

• Hours of therapy with patients by telepsychology, rarely face-to-face
• Work in hospitals, military clinics & bases, & gov. research facilities
• Treat mental/emotional disorders (PTSD)
• Perform tests on recruits to assign them into roles that fit them best

• Bettering Society, Business, Education, and Life
• Clinical Psychology
• make sure soldiers are mentally stable
• can have active, reserve, and veteran soldiers as patients
• Research Psychology
• determine what benefits or detracts from a soldier's mental health
• academic-oriented

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