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Psychology careers
The occupations listed below are a selection of those which may interest students and graduates from the School of Psychology.
Clinical Psychologist
Clinical psychologists assess and treat people with a range of psychological difficulties.
Job profile for a clinical psychologist from the Prospects website
Job profile for a clinical psychologist from the Health Careers website
Job profile for an assistant clinical psychologist from the Health Careers website
Counselling Psychologist
Counselling psychologists use a counselling therapy approach to support people with mental health difficulties or those who are experiencing difficulties in their lives.
Job profile for a counselling psychologist from the Prospects website
Job profile for a counselling psychologist from the Health Careers website
Educational Psychologist
Educational psychologists assess and support children and young people facing barriers to achieving in education.
Job profile for an educational psychologist from the Prospects website
Forensic/Criminal Psychologist
Forensic psychologists assess and treat prisoners and offenders. They also get involved with profiling, research and giving evidence in court.
Job profile for a forensic psychologist from the Prospects website
Job profile for a forensic psychologist from the Health Careers website
Health Psychologist
Health psychologists help patients to cope with illness and/or to improve their health through psychological means e.g. supporting people to change their diets or give up smoking.
Job profile for a health psychologist from the Prospects website
Job profile for a health psychologist from the Health Careers website
Occupational Psychologist
Occupational psychologists support employers to boost workplace performance and staff wellbeing. They may also work with individuals who are facing difficulties at work.
Job profile for an occupational psychologist from the Prospects website
Job profile for an occupational therapist from the National Careers Service website
Sport and Exercise Psychologist
Sport psychologists work with athletes to help them improve their performance and exercise psychologists help people to increase their physical activity in order to improve their health.
Job profile for a sport and exercise psychologist from the Prospects website
Job profile for a sport and exercise psychologist from the National Careers Service website
Primary Care Graduate Mental Health Worker
Primary care graduate mental health workers provide treatment and advice to people with a range of low-level mental health difficulties.
Job profile for a primary care graduate mental health worker from the Prospects website
Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner
Psychological wellbeing practitioners treat people with a range of low-level to moderate mental health difficulties. They may also refer people for more intensive support.
Job profile for a psychological wellbeing practitioner from the Prospects website
Job profile for a psychological wellbeing practitioner from the Health Careers website
High Intensity Therapist
High intensity therapists provide high-intensity support over longer sessions than psychological wellbeing practitioners. They support people with moderate to severe mental health difficulties.
Job profile for a high intensity therapists from the Prospects website
Job profile for a high intensity therapist from the Health Careers NHS website
Cognitive Behaviour Therapist
Cognitive behaviour therapists help people to change their behaviour and thinking patterns in order to improve their mental health and wellbeing.
Job profile for a cognitive behaviour therapist from the National Careers Service website
Psychotherapist
Psychotherapists help people with a range of emotional/mental health difficulties.
Job profile for a psychotherapist from the Prospects website
Job profile for a psychotherapist from the Health Careers website
Counsellor
Providing talking therapy to enable people to talk about their issues in a confidential and supportive environment.
Job profile for a counsellor from the Prospects website
Job profile for a counsellor from the Health Careers website
Mental Health Nurse
Mental health nurses look after patients with mental health difficulties.
Job profile for a mental health nurse from the Prospects website
Job profile for a mental health nurse from the Health Careers website
Play Therapist
Play therapists use play to help children cope with illness, injury or other difficulties they may be experiencing in their lives.
Job profile for a play therapist from the Prospects website
Job profile for health play staff from the Health Careers website
Teacher/Lecturer/Education Roles
There are a variety of opportunities within education from primary schools to universities.
Graduate jobs in teaching and education from the Prospects website
Get Into Teaching website from the Department for Education - explains the various routes into teaching
Speech and Language Therapist
Speech and language therapists provide treatment for people with speech and language difficulties and/or difficulties with eating/drinking/swallowing.
Job profile for a speech and language therapist from the Prospects website
Job profile for a speech and language therapist from the Health Careers website
Please note that some of these careers may require further study.
For further information on these careers, see also:
- I Want To Work In
- Information on types of jobs from Prospects
- Information on career sectors from TargetJobs
People in some psychology roles may be self-employed
Thank you to Prospects for the content on these pages.
Visit the School of Psychology webpage
The degree programme pages also include career information:
Psychology
Applied Psychology