Psychology
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology
Colleges award this field under 18 named programs, from Clinical Psychology to Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology, Other.
Inside the major
Programs within this field
Colleges may offer this field under 18 more specific program names. The program you choose affects the courses you take.
- Clinical Psychology
- Prepares you for the independent professional practice of clinical psychology, involving the analysis, diagnosis, and clinical treatment of psychological disorders and behavioral pathologies. Covers clinical assessment and diagnosis, personality appraisal, psychopathology, clinical psychopharmacology, behavior modification, therapeutic intervention skills, patient interviewing, personalized and group therapy, child and adolescent therapy, cognitive and behavioral therapy, supervised clinical practice, ethical standards, and applicable regulations.
- Community Psychology
- Prepares you to apply psychological principles to the analysis of social problems, and the implementation of intervention strategies for addressing these problems. Covers social ecology, primary and secondary prevention of social pathologies, social intervention strategies and tactics, large group counseling, social services systems behavior, creating settings, cultural stress, and the dynamics of social change.
- Counseling Psychology
- Prepares you for the independent professional practice of psychological counseling, involving the rendering of therapeutic services to individuals and groups experiencing psychological problems and exhibiting distress symptoms. Covers counseling theory, therapeutic intervention strategies, patient/counselor relationships, testing and assessment methods and procedures, group therapy, marital and family therapy, child and adolescent therapy, supervised counseling practice, ethical standards, and applicable regulations.
- Industrial and Organizational Psychology
- Focuses on the scientific study of individual and group behavior in institutional settings, applications to related problems of organization and industry, and that may prepare individuals to apply such principles in industrial and organizational settings. Covers group behavior theory, organizational theory, reward/punishment structures, human-machine and human-computer interactions, motivation dynamics, human stress studies, environmental and organizational influences on behavior, alienation and satisfaction, and job testing and assessment.
- School Psychology
- Prepares you to apply clinical and counseling psychology principles to the diagnosis and treatment of student behavioral problems. Covers child and/or adolescent development; learning theory; testing, observation and other procedures for assessing educational, personality, intelligence and motor skill development; therapeutic intervention strategies for students and families; identification and classification of disabilities and disorders affecting learning; school psychological services planning; supervised counseling practice; ethical standards; and applicable regulations.
- Educational Psychology
- Focuses on the application of psychology to the study of the behavior of individuals in the roles of teacher and learner, the nature and effects of learning environments, and the psychological effects of methods, resources, organization and non-school experience on the educational process. Covers learning theory, human growth and development, research methods, and psychological evaluation.
- Clinical Child Psychology
- Focuses on the developmental processes of children and associated disorders and that prepares you for the independent professional practice of clinical child psychology. Covers developmental neuropsychology, child psychopathology, testing of children and adolescents, pediatric psychology, psychosocial variables in child development, clinical skills, family therapy, behavioral assessment and intervention, clinical skills, consultation, professional standards and ethics, and applications to topics such as infancy, childhood, and adolescence.
- Environmental Psychology
- Focuses on the study of behavioral interactions between human beings and the environment in individual and group contexts, and ways to improve them. Covers contextual theory; statistics; physiological, social, and psychological responses to natural and technological hazards and disease; environmental perception and cognition; loneliness and stress; and psychological aspects of environmental design and planning.
- Geropsychology
- Focuses on the psychology of aging and of elderly individuals and populations, with reference to growth and decline across the life span. Covers gerontology, developmental and adult psychology, age-related development and decline of cognitive processes, age-related psychological and neurological disorders, social and personality development in aging populations and individuals, and applications to the clinical treatment and care of older adults.
- Health/Medical Psychology
- Focuses on the psychological study of health and illness, and recovery, from the perspective that these phenomena arise from a combination of physical, behavioral, and social conditions. Covers abnormal and social psychology, psychophysiology, psychopharmacology, learning processes, clinical and behavioral therapies, biopsychosocial modeling, clinical procedures and assessment, preventive education, psychotherapy, rehabilitation processes, and research methods.
Where it can lead
Careers this field can lead to
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Growing with the economy
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- Median pay
- $141,900
- Hiring change through 2035
- 4.9%
- Job openings a year
- 100,900
To get hiredBachelor's degree
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- $101,860
- Hiring change through 2035
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- Median pay
- $80,340
- Hiring change through 2035
- 4.0%
- Job openings a year
- 3,700
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- Median pay
- $75,940
- Hiring change through 2035
- 6.4%
- Job openings a year
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To get hiredBachelor's degree
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- Median pay
- $110,840
- Hiring change through 2035
- 2.3%
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- 3,500
To get hiredMaster's degree
Explore this career Growing fastTraining and Development Specialists
- Median pay
- $69,280
- Hiring change through 2035
- 10.8%
- Job openings a year
- 46,000
To get hiredBachelor's degree
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- Median pay
- $47,320
- Hiring change through 2035
- 6.1%
- Job openings a year
- 36,400
To get hiredBachelor's degree
Explore this career Growing fastClinical and Counseling Psychologists
- Median pay
- $100,580
- Hiring change through 2035
- 11.7%
- Job openings a year
- 4,100
To get hiredDoctoral or professional degree
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- Median pay
- $64,330
- Hiring change through 2035
- 2.9%
- Job openings a year
- 27,800
To get hiredMaster's degree
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- $149,280
- Hiring change through 2035
- 5.5%
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To get hiredBachelor's degree
Explore this career Growing slowlySchool Psychologists
- Median pay
- $95,990
- Hiring change through 2035
- 0.8%
- Job openings a year
- 3,400
To get hiredMaster's degree
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- Median pay
- $50,860
- Hiring change through 2035
- 5.9%
- Job openings a year
- 4,300
To get hiredMaster's degree
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