- Share understanding of psychopathology and diagnostic/intervention considerations
- Address mental health issues across the lifespan based on a solid understanding of psychopathology
- Integrate and synthesize personality test data with additional standardized assessment measures
- Consult with other health and behavioral health care professionals and organizations regarding severe psychopathology, suicide and violence
- Engage with specific research and critical review of science, knowledge and methods pertaining to those areas identified as distinct to clinical psychology
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- Complete a Bachelor’s degree. Some doctoral programs encourage a degree in psychology.
- Complete an APA approved doctoral degree program in Professional Psychology *Some programs require a Master’s degree in Psychology before entry into the doctoral program.
Clinical Psychologists must:
- Complete a doctoral degree program in Professional Psychology from a program accredited by the APA
- Complete an approved one-year full-time or two-year half-time internship program is required.
- One year of post-doctoral supervision in Clinical Psychology in a successfully completed post-doctoral training program in professional psychology that is accredited by the APA or CPA or from an APPIC member program, OR
- Two years of postdoctoral practice experience consistent with that ordinarily associated with Clinical Psychology, during which a minimum of one hour per week of supervision was conducted face-to-face by a licensed psychologist for a full year (12 months) plus an additional one year (12 months) of postdoctoral practice, which may or may not be supervised.
Additional information about licensure requirements can be found on the American Board of Professional Psychology website at www.abpp.org
The median annual salary for psychologists was $77,030 in May 2017. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $42,330, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $124,520.
American Psychological Association. (2019). A career in clinical or counseling psychology. Retrieved from https://www.apa.org/action/science/clinical/education-training
American Psychological Association. (2019). Clinical Psychology. Retrieved from https://www.apa.org/ed/graduate/specialize/clinical
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook. (2019). Psychologists. Retrieved from https://www.bls.gov/ooh/life-physical-and-social-science/psychologists.htm
