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