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Career Options for Psych Majors with a Doctorate

Career Options for Psych Majors with a Doctorate. By: Dan Bocchino Will Laible. Ph.D. (Doctor of Philosophy). Most prestigious Awarded in many fields Primarily for a field in research Flexible degree Trains people for: Research, Teaching, Writing, and Clinical Practice.

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Career Options for Psych Majors with a Doctorate

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  1. Career Options for Psych Majors with a Doctorate By: Dan Bocchino Will Laible

  2. Ph.D. (Doctor of Philosophy) • Most prestigious • Awarded in many fields • Primarily for a field in research • Flexible degree • Trains people for: • Research, Teaching, Writing, and Clinical Practice

  3. PsyD (Doctor of Psychology) • Considered a professional degree • Prepares graduate to be a consumer of research • Based on practical and applied work • Geared towards clinical practitioners

  4. EdD (Doctor of Education) • Offered in the Department of Education • Offers less training in the principles of Psychology • Psychologists view the EdD as inferior. • Viewed as equal to the PhD. in Administrative positions.

  5. Subfields

  6. Clinical Psychology • Asses and treat mental and emotional disorders • Promote Psychological well-being • Can treat specific problems such as phobias and clinical depression • Consult physicians on physical problems that have underlying psychological causes • Down Syndrome • Autism • Work in hospitals, health centers, community health teams, child and adolescent health services

  7. Counseling Psychology • Similar to Clinical Psychology • Focuses more on persons with adjustment problems • Help people use their strengths to cope with their problems • Focus on how problems and people differ across life stages • Employed in academic settings (college campuses), counseling centers, hospitals, and buisnesses.

  8. Forensic Psychology • Apply psychological principles to legal issues • Many are trained in both psychology (PhD) and law (JD) • May work in correctional facilities, serve as consultants to trial lawyers, serve as expert witnesses at trials

  9. Health Psychology • Specialize in how biological, psychological, and social factors affect health and wellness • Focus on the promotion of maintaining good health • Conduct programs to help individuals lose weight, manage stress, stop smoking and stay physically fit. • Employed in hospitals, medical schools, rehabilitation centers, public health agencies, academic settings or private practice

  10. I/O Psychology • Apply psychological principles and research methods to the work place, in the interest of improving productivity and the quality of work life. • Many serve as human resource specialists: help organizations with staffing, training, and employee development. • Can work as management consultants in areas such as strategic planning, quality management, and coping with organizational change. • Employed also in government and academic settings

  11. Teaching and Research • Work in a university setting • Will likely focus on both teaching and conducting research • Can work for government agencies • Can get job with masters, but you are less likely

  12. References • http://www.psywww.com/careers/masters.htm • Kuther, T. (2003). The Psychology Major’s Handbook. Thomson & Wadsworth • http://www.apa.org

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