From assistant clinical psychologist to health psychologist
15 of the 82 essential skills of a health psychologist are already essential for a assistant clinical psychologist — about 18% of the job, before you learn anything new.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 15
- skills carry over
- 67
- would be new
- 18%
- of the target job covered
- 82
- essential skills of a health psychologist
What a health psychologist does
Health psychologists deal with the various aspects of health related behaviour of individuals and groups, by helping individuals or groups prevent illness and promote healthy behaviours by also providing counseling services. They perform tasks for the development of health promotion activities and projects on the basis of psychological science, research findings, theories, methods and techniques. They also engage in research about health related issues to influence public policy on health care issues.
What carries over
15 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
- assess healthcare users' risk for harm
- comply with legislation related to health care
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
- conduct psychological assessement
- evaluation of psychological performance
- psychiatry
- psychological concepts
- psychological diagnostics
- psychological interventions
- psychology
- therapy in health care
- work with patterns of psychological behaviour
What would be new
67 skillsEssential for a health 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
- advise on mental health
- advise policy makers in healthcare
- analyse health damaging behaviours
- analyse large-scale data in healthcare
- analyse processes influencing health care delivery
- analyse psychological aspects of illness
- apply health psychological measures
- apply organisational techniques
- clinical reports
- conditions for professional practice of health psychology
- consultation
- contribute to continuity of health care
- counsel clients
- counselling methods
- crisis intervention
- deal with emergency care situations
- develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship
- educate on the prevention of illness
- emergency psychology
- empathise with the healthcare user
- employ cognitive behaviour treatment techniques
- encourage healthy behaviours
- ensure safety of healthcare users
- evaluate psychological health measures
- first aid
- follow clinical guidelines
- formulate a case conceptualisation model for therapy
- health care occupation-specific ethics
- health psychology
- help healthcare users develop social perceptiveness
- inform policy makers on health-related challenges
- interact with healthcare users
- interpret psychological tests
- listen actively
- manage health promotion activities
- manage healthcare users' data
- neurology
- perform therapy sessions
- prescribe psychotherapeutic treatment
and 27 more
Other moves from assistant clinical psychologist
2 roles- clinical psychologist19 skills in common
- psychotherapist12 skills in common
← assistant clinical psychologisthealth psychologist →The other way round
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How far are you from being a health psychologist?
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