A psychologist is a broad term describing someone who has dedicated much of their academic lives to studying all aspects of the mind. A psychologist commonly completes between five to seven additional years of rigorous education after obtaining a Bachelor's Degree. Once a psychologist's education is complete he or she can find themselves working in one of two major fields. The first is the academic field. A psychologist in this field has dedicated their working lives to teaching or researching all aspects of the mind to further enhance and understand the benefits of psychology. The second major field would be that of clinical psychology. A clinical psychologist is found in a hospital, clinic or private practice and has dedicated their working lives to provide for the professional counseling of individuals, couples and for groups. Psychologists provide counseling by utilizing different styles of evidence based therapies. A psychologist will typically specialize in one or even in several different areas of treatment. Some example of different specialty areas might include Individual, Couples and Marital, GLBT Counseling, Industrial Psychology, Neuropsychology and School Psychology. Common to both the academic or clinical psychologist, they can both administer wide variety of psychological tests along with their interpretation as part of their job duties. A psychologist is a very important member to our scientific community by providing vast insights of the mind and by understanding the inner workings of another individuals mind.
