Psychologist Health
You’ll analyse the underlying mechanisms of unhealthy or antisocial behaviour using recent theories and models from various psychological disciplines. After completing your master’s, you can become a researcher in an academic or applied health setting, or work in communication planning, health promotion or policy-making. Stephanie is an experienced psychologist who is warm and nonjudgmental with over 10 years experience in mental health.
She is experienced and successful in assisting people experiencing depression, anxiety, many forms of trauma, relationship, self esteem, and life transition and adjustment difficulties. Nathan hopes to leave you with a range of skills that will not only help you now, but also make you better prepare to manage whatever other challenges life will throw your way in the future. He is interested in working with individuals suffering from depressive disorders, anxiety disorders, psychotic disorders and trauma based psychiatric conditions. Melissa is an experienced psychologist of over 10 years who adopts a warm, caring, and empathetic style of counselling to people from all walks of life, backgrounds, cultures and social demographic groups. As a parent of 3 younger children, Melissa understands the demands of a working mother and the importance of maintaining a balanced and healthy quality of life. Madaline has experience in working with a diverse range of clients across the lifespan.
Because of the nature of the work, every psychologist is at risk for occupational stress. Over the course of time, the interaction between events in the personal and professional life of a psychologist is certain to create stress, likely distress, and possibly impairment. This vulnerability to stress is not a reflection of pathology in the psychologist, but a reality of the challenge of our work. Provide people with the information, skills and support they require to best manage the challenges of living with health conditions. There is also a growing need for health psychologists in the government and education sectors, as their input for directing health policy and educating the next generation of health psychologists continues to be highly sought after.
This will build your repertoire of tools to better manage life on a day to day basis so that you are leading a more fulfilling and functional lifestyle with confidence. She’s a good listener, with a good brain and likes to help people to discover their own strengths and problem solve and come up with solutions. Lauren has a keen interest in working with people experiencing workplace issues, life direction coaching, low self-esteem and interpersonal difficulties. Kim’s has also had experience with pre and post pregnancy counselling, executive coaching and helping people in the workplace. Eva has over 20 years experience as a psychologist and she is committed to making counselling therapy a compassionate and collaborative process, so you feel supported throughout the process.
In most states, practicing psychology or using the title “psychologist” requires licensure. In all states and the District of Columbia, psychologists who practice independently must be licensed where they work. Compare the job duties, education, job growth, and pay of psychologists with similar occupations.
Applicants must also demonstrate a level of maturity and experience commensurate with the personal and professional requirements of the programme. Health Psychology as a discipline is the fastest growing field of Psychology in the UK. Given an ageing and obesogenic population, with associated long-term health conditions, the demand for behavioural health and wellbeing interventions , is only set to increase.