Where a psychologist can go next
12 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a psychologist already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Psychologists study the behaviour and mental processes in humans. They provide services to clients who deal with mental health issues and life issues such as bereavement, relationship difficulties, domestic violence, and sexual abuse. They also provide counselling for mental health issues such as eating disorders, post-traumatic stress disorders, and psychosis in order to help the clients rehabilitate and reach a healthy behaviour.
Also known as psychology researcher, occupational psychologist, practitioner of counselling psychology, expert in counselling psychology, expert counselling psychologist, specialist counselling psychologist, practitioner of occupational psychology, practitioner of sport and exercise psychology, sport and exercise psychologist, counselling psychology practitioner.
Professionals 92 skills on file 12 career moves 12 above 60% overlap Closest: religion scientific researcher, 69%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1 · Within reach
- religion scientific researcher 69% covered · difficulty 40.7
- thanatology researcher 67% covered · difficulty 47
- philosopher 65% covered · difficulty 46.2
- criminologist 64% covered · difficulty 49.4
- palaeontologist 64% covered · difficulty 49.5
- demographer 62% covered · difficulty 51.1
- communication scientist 62% covered · difficulty 50.3
- astronomer 62% covered · difficulty 50.1
- linguist 62% covered · difficulty 50.4
- seismologist 62% covered · difficulty 52.1
- behavioural scientist 61% covered · difficulty 53.5
- meteorologist 61% covered · difficulty 51.7
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
A psychologist needs 64 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- monitor therapeutic progress information skills
- psychological interventions social sciences, journalism and information
- conduct psychological assessement information skills
- prescribe psychotherapeutic treatment assisting and caring
- respond to healthcare users' extreme emotions assisting and caring
- conduct forensic evaluations communication, collaboration and creativity
- interpret psychological tests assisting and caring
- psychological diagnostics social sciences, journalism and information
- test for behavioural patterns information skills
- test for emotional patterns information skills
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a psychologist does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
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Psychologist is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a psychologist’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.