Psychology and Counseling Career Test

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Most people know that psychologists and counselors help people with mental health, but that is only one corner of a much larger field. A psychologist might spend their career working with elite athletes before major competitions, another sits in a courtroom giving expert evidence about a defendant’s state of mind, and another spends their days in a laboratory designing studies that will change how we understand memory or anxiety. Some of these careers involve sitting with someone in a great deal of distress. Others involve data, research, and academic writing. All of them require a deep interest in how the human mind works, but they ask for very different things from the people who do them. Take a few minutes to find out which one might be the right fit for you.

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Disclaimer: Before you start the test, please consider the following: the test results are provided to you for the purpose of discovering your interests, your likes and dislikes and contemplating on what you may want to do in the future. Our tests are not psychological tests, nor do they indicate that you excel in a certain field of interest. Our tests do not amount to professional career advice. Our terms of use contain a disclaimer.

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Test a patient's memory, attention and reasoning.
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Apply clinical evidence to select the right treatment.
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Build a performer's confidence before a major event.
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Provide psychological evidence to courts and tribunals.
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Assess a child's emotional wellbeing and development.
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Use psychology to help patients make healthier choices.
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Test whether a health intervention is actually working.
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Design a study to test a theory about human behaviour.
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Prepare a team mentally for the demands of competition.
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Study questions about the human mind through research.
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Apply psychology within the criminal justice system.
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Use validated tests to assess a client's difficulties.
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Help a client explore difficult feelings in therapy.
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Help athletes and performers achieve their potential.
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Develop a trusting therapeutic relationship over time.
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Help people with the psychological side of being ill.
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Coach an athlete to focus and perform under pressure.
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Analyze data from psychology studies to find patterns.
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Support children's mental health in clinical settings.
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Deliver programmes that help people stop reoffending.
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Formulate what drives a client's difficulties and why.
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Work with young children using play-based approaches.
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Assess how much risk an offender poses to others.
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Support someone developing greater self-understanding.
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Enable someone to make sense of a painful experience.
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Work with a child's family and school in their care plan.
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Help someone adjust after a brain injury or illness.
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Advise doctors and nurses on the mental side of care.
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Submit psychology research to peer-reviewed journals.
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Advise a care team on a patient's cognitive strengths.
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Assess how brain conditions affect how people think.
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Diagnose and treat people with mental health disorders.
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