Psychologist

Responsibilities

• Provide professional psychological services under the supervision of a licensed psychologist or other appropriate licensed clinician;
• Develop and write behavioral/treatment plans and complete functional assessments;
• Design, develop, administer, score, and interpret psychological tests;
• Analyze behavioral data and write progress notes;
• Conduct psychological evaluations;
• Participate as a member of an interdisciplinary treatment team and attend meetings for case review;
• Participate in and lead individual, family and group counseling sessions;
• Prepare reports and maintain a wide variety of records;
• Peer review.

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Minimum Qualifications for Psychology Trainee 1 and 2:

A master's degree in psychology that prepared graduates for positions treating individuals in clinical, forensic, community mental health, or school settings. Qualifying degree programs must have included coursework in psychological and behavioral assessment, and treatment modalities for psychological and behavioral disorders;

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Completion of graduate coursework in a qualifying doctoral level program in psychology that would be the equivalent required for conferral of a master's degree in psychology. The coursework must have prepared graduates for positions treating individuals in clinical, forensic, community mental health, or school settings. Candidates must submit an official transcript to provide evidence that such coursework was completed, or an attestation of the coursework equivalency from a qualifying accredited college or university.

AND for Psychology Trainee 2:

One year of appropriately supervised post-master's clinical psychology experience in a clinical, forensic, community mental health, or school setting, where your primary duties were providing psychological services or completed a clinical psychology practicum, externship, or fieldwork assignment as part of a qualifying master’s degree in psychology program.

Minimum Qualifications for Psychologist 1 and 2:

You must have a master's degree in psychology from a college or university accredited by a regional, national, or specialized agency recognized as an accrediting agency by the United States Department of Education/United States Secretary of Education. The psychology degree program must have been one that prepared graduates for positions treating individuals in clinical, forensic, community mental health, or school settings.

Qualifying degree programs must have included coursework in psychological and behavioral assessment, and treatment modalities for psychological and behavioral disorders;

AND

For Psychologist 1 - you must also have two years of supervised post master's degree experience in a clinical, forensic, community mental health, or school setting, where your primary duties were providing psychological services as described below.

For Psychologist 2 - you must also have three years of supervised post master's degree experience in a clinical, forensic, community mental health, or school setting, where your primary duties were providing psychological services as described below.

Substitutions:

• A doctoral degree in a clinical field of psychology and one year of qualifying experience may be substituted for both the education and experience requirements above.
• Clinical psychology practicum, externship, or fieldwork assignment, that was completed as part of a qualifying master of psychology degree program, may be substituted for one year of the required experience.
• Certificate of advanced study in a clinical field of psychology or school psychology may be substituted for one year of the required experience.

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Examples of qualifying degree programs/majors include but are not limited to the following: clinical psychology, clinical forensic psychology, community psychology, counseling psychology, school psychology, and child psychology.

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Examples of non-qualifying degree programs/majors include but are not limited to the following: education, counseling, clinical counseling, clinical hypnosis, community counseling, educational counseling, forensic counseling, guidance counseling, human relations, marriage and family counseling,…