Clinical psychology

I loved psychology, even before I was aware of what it was. As far back as I can recall, I have been compelled to understand how others thought. My siblings and I have radically different forms of thought so I learned early on that, even when coming from similar backgrounds, each person thinks and thus behaves differently. This interest coalesced with my academic fervor once I reached college through the subject of psychology. While my knowledge has advanced greatly under my undergraduate…

This delicate balance between these two groups is imperative to provide the most assistance to the client. The possibility of a professional medical practitioner taking advantage of a vulnerable patient is always considered in this practice. Clinical psychology in practice, raises concern due to the intimate relationship between the patient and the clinician. One being in a position of power over a susceptible individual, whether mentally or physically. Another would be the credibility of the…

It is with this model in mind that I have prepared myself for graduate psychology training. I was offered the only student volunteer position at Volunteers of Medicine of Southern Nevada, a medical volunteer clinic seeking integrate mental and behavioral health services. I created and administered a survey for patients assessing…

degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Seattle University because I believe the program’s Mission Statement aims to increase my education of psychology, develop my professional experiences, and support my own personal growth. In addition to being an NCAA college athlete and student government senator for Marymount University, I am learning about psychology! I am a psychology major because people are my true passion. My undergraduate coursework focuses on studying abnormal psychology,…

Even though I agree with Walden’s clinical psychology program of study, I do believe I would go beyond the “call of duty” and make it my job to gain more information about the legal and ethical route. I also will continue to educate myself about past courses after completing them to make sure…

Academic Areas, psychology is the most widely pursued. Contrary to popular beliefs, psychology is not just about helping the mentally challenged our disturbed. Though psychology is the study of the human mind and behavior, Medilexicon's medical dictionary, defines psychology as “the profession, scholarly discipline, and science concerned with the behavior of humans and animals, and related mental and physiologic processes." In other words, one must be prepared to work on the clinical, the…

Forensic psychology is a sub-domain of clinical psychology, in which aspects of clinical psychology is applied to areas of law, including civil, criminal, correctional, and police contexts and in special types of consultations where the forensic psychologist is not answerable to the person they are interviewing, but rather the legal entity consulting the forensic psychologist, or psychiatrist. Forensic psychologists follow the same ethical code as do other branches of psychology, however they…

would help determine the group of jobs I would be shown at the end of the test. One of the occupations I saw that looked intriguing was a clinical psychologist. Almost all of my answers from taking this test related to this job. When looking back, I realized I answered a lot of questions looking to help people in a series of different ways. I think that a clinical psychologist would be a great job to consider and would be one of my top three career choices. Another test I took was the…

behavior and mental processes is known to us today as Psychology, and the study of it dates back to the Ancient Greeks. However, the first laboratory dedicated to psychological research was not founded until 1879, by Wilhelm Wundt. Following the development of the lab, many areas of applied psychology appeared; My favorites being, Developmental and Clinical. In 1896, Lightner Witmer is generally considered to have founded Clinical Psychology, although other great psychologists contributed…

is inclination towards brief interventions among both clinical and counseling psychologist in managed care. Clinical psychologists are not excluded from the pressure of insurance companies that encourage brief treatments. Therefore, emphasis on brief interventions recently may not be one of the core differences of counseling psychologist compared to other mental health care providers. In the same article Howard’s fourteen counseling psychology (CP) values reflect the foundational tenet of the…