Question

A 22-year-old has completed her undergraduate studies in psychology at a degree-granting university. She is very interested in becoming a professional in the field of mental health services but is unsure of where to proceed from here. Provide a detailed educational plan for this young woman to become a board-certified psychologist and the ways in which she can ultimately use that certification in the field of mental health services.

Answer 1

Answer:

Board-certified Clinical psychologist

Explanation:

Having obtained her first degree in psychology she has successfully gotten the fundamental requirement to further her career path in Psychology and to become a clinical psychologist.

For her to become a professional in the field of Mental health services she need to further her studies in the of clinical psychology where she can acquire the necessary knowledge on how to approach mental health challenges like dementia, depression, Alzheimer disease and other neurological conditions and finally be awarded the degree of a clinical psychologist.

Every professional health career has a regulatory body that guide its practice so also are the clinical psychologists regulatory body which you become a member automatically upon graduation making you a board-certified psychologist and being a member provide you with a professional license that require your regular renewal by engaging in a regular continuous professional development courses.

Having become a board-certified psychologist you have the opportunity to work or function in the hospitals as a clinical psychologist, be a consultant psychologist to different firms both in the health and non health sector.