From assistant clinical psychologist to clinical psychologist
19 of the 99 essential skills of a clinical psychologist are already essential for a assistant clinical psychologist — about 19% of the job, before you learn anything new. It is the closest move from assistant clinical psychologist in the whole taxonomy.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 19
- skills carry over
- 80
- would be new
- 19%
- of the target job covered
- 99
- essential skills of a clinical psychologist
What a clinical psychologist does
Clinical psychologists diagnose, rehabilitate, and support individuals affected by mental, emotional, and behavioural disorders and problems as well as mental changes and pathogenic conditions through use of cognitive tools and appropriate intervention. They use clinical psychological resources on the basis of psychological science, its findings, theories, methods, and techniques for the investigation, interpretation, and prediction of human experience and behaviour.
What carries over
19 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- accept own accountability
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- apply context specific clinical competences
- apply psychological intervention strategies
- assess healthcare users' risk for harm
- comply with legislation related to health care
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
- conduct psychological assessement
- conduct psychological research
- decide upon a psychotherapeutic approach
- diagnosis of mental health issues
- evaluation of psychological performance
- identify mental health issues
- psychiatry
- psychological diagnostics
- psychological interventions
- psychology
- therapy in health care
- work with patterns of psychological behaviour
What would be new
80 skillsEssential for a clinical psychologist and not for a assistant clinical psychologist. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
- advise on healthcare users' informed consent
- apply clinical psychological treatment
- apply organisational techniques
- carry out psychiatric assessment of child
- clinical psychological treatment
- clinical reports
- conditions for professional practice of clinical psychology
- consultation
- contribute to continuity of health care
- counsel clients
- counselling methods
- creation of clinical psychological opinions
- crisis intervention
- deal with emergency care situations
- develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship
- diagnose mental disorders
- diagnose psychiatric symptoms
- drug interaction management
- educate on the prevention of illness
- emergency psychology
- empathise with the healthcare user
- employ cognitive behaviour treatment techniques
- ensure safety of healthcare users
- evaluate clinical psychological measures
- expert services in clinical psychology
- first aid
- follow clinical guidelines
- formulate a case conceptualisation model for therapy
- handle patient trauma
- health care occupation-specific ethics
- health psychology
- help healthcare users develop social perceptiveness
- history of patient's psychotherapeutic problems
- inform policy makers on health-related challenges
- interact with healthcare users
- interpret psychological tests
- listen actively
- manage healthcare users' data
- manage psychotherapeutic relationships
- methods of differential diagnosis
and 40 more
Other moves from assistant clinical psychologist
2 roles- health psychologist15 skills in common
- psychotherapist12 skills in common
← assistant clinical psychologistclinical psychologist →The other way round
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