Working Conditions
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- Own offices
- Clinics
- Hospitals
- Rehabilitation facilities
- Mental health centers
Psychologist
Type of People good for this career
Salary
- strong desire to help others
- high level of social perceptiveness
- compassionate
- caring
- good communication and listening skills
- good time management skills
- ability to work independently
Diagnose and evaluate mental and emotional disorders.
- $33.00 per hour
- $68,640 per year
HUMAN SERVICES
Example of Jobs/Careers
- case worker
- case management aide
- drug abuse counselor
- life skills instructor
- child advocate
- child abuse worker
- psychological aide
- social worker
Benefits and Growth
Demand for cluster... Do we need it??
- services will expand with the growing number of elderly
- pregnant teenagers
- homeless
- mentally disabled
- developmentally challenged
Morgan McKinney
Demand of this field
clinical and counseling, increase
health care, increase
Education & training requirements
Work values necessary for this job
master's, specialist, or doctoral degree
license or certificate
- Analytical skills
- Communication skills
- Observational skills
- Patience
- People skills
- Problem-solving skills
- Trustworthiness
- predoctoral or postdoctoral supervised experience
- internship
- residency program