Licensed Psychologist

Life can bring so many adversities that can results in battles with depression, low self-esteem, and anxiety over life's uncertainties.

Introduction Stress affects millions of people. One of the most common forms of stress is that related to our careers and the workplace. In today 's economic difficulty, work related stress is even more pronounced than ever before. Everyone who has ever held a job has, felt the pressure of work-related stress. Any job can have stressful elements, even if you love what you do. According to the American Psychological Association 's (APA) annual Stress in America Survey. Only 37 percent of Americans surveyed said they were doing

A professor of psychology at a university in a large metropolitan area would be at risk of violating several codes of ethics if he tells his abnormal psychology class that he is a psychotherapist in private practice and that they can come to him for therapy during the duration of the semester. Several problems can occur as a result of the professor’s solicitation of his service as a psychotherapist to his students (5.6, American Psychological Association, 2002).

It is with great pleasure that I offer my support for Mr. Stanley Cedant as he pursues his goal of becoming a Mental Health Counselor. In the two and half years since I have known him, I have gained so much respect for his admirable character traits and his high level of professionalism.

For the past few years in America, the people have seen how much education has decreased in the country. The people are not educated well enough in a specific subject, and that is the biggest problem in society. Students go to school five days a week, and they take some classes that honestly are not needed nor will be needed in the future. If someone wants to be a Psychiatrist, why do students need to know what X is in an Algebra 2 problem? Students should take the classes and courses needed to pursue the students wanted career and not just a class to take up their time and effort.

Society and people have always been an interest to me. My entire life has been incorporated around helping those who are not able to help themselves. I take enormous pride in being open minded and free of judgement, when it comes to interacting with individuals. At a young age I was immersed in diversity, with my mother being a physical therapist working with severely disabled children, my father was physician assistant working with the elderly and disabled veterans. This exposure, at a young age opened my world to different cultures, people, and different situations that humbled me to have a level of understanding.

Have you ever wonder how the police solve a murder? Well, the police are not the only people to solve it, it also involves a bunch of other people. A Forensic Psychologist is not like TV shows or the movies, it has more paperwork than shooting guns. A major role in this process deals with a forensic psychologist. A forensic psychologist will study the evidence that they are given and decide on how something happened. They do not go out and go find the “bad guys” instead they will find their patterns and track them down and the police will catch them. They will question people, work with attorneys, and look for specific details about the accused criminals’ mental health to see if they are suffering anything severe. If the criminal is suffering

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There are special guidelines for forensic psychologist who performs evaluations for the court systems. There has to be a reason/purpose as to why the evaluation was needed, reasons such as insanity cases, custody evaluation, and abuse assessment.

With Psychology there are a lot of different routes you can take for a career. One career that interests me is Forensic Psychologists. Forensic Psychologists take psychological principles to legal issues. They also create public policies related to mental health, help in crime investigations and consult on jury selection and deliberation processes. Also they could have expertise in other areas of psychology, like social and cognitive. They also provide assessment to assist the legal community.

The way in which people learn has been the focus of educational psychology for hundreds of years. Educational psychologists will often discuss in great detail the best way for children and adults to learn. While some believe that children could learn on their own through play, others believe that children have to be in a classroom setting with directed learning. https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/freedom-learn/200808/brief-history-education

Occupational stress in an increasing topic and focus where stress is concern in the workplace. More and more people are becoming ill due to work and have to take a number of sick days to recupriate for more work hours. What causes this is based on a number of factors which researchers are aiming at looking into, hence the increase of interest in the field of occupational psychology. Occupational psychology, as the British Psychology Society puts it, is the attempt or aim of giving workers the satisfaction of working in an effective and safe-like environment. Occupational psychologists goal is to improve and maintain the working environment for employees which would limit the cause of stress in the workplace and eliminating illness.

The role of a School Psychologist involves many duties. From consultation to creating prevention programs, a School Psychologist wears many hats. From the information, I have learned from the classes I’ve taken so far, talking with professors and School Psychologists in the field, attending conferences/lectures on school psychology, I can say that I am most looking forward to helping all children within the education system, not just those who receive special education services. I know that there will be intense days, when the needs of so many children pile up, with timelines approaching, reports to write, children to evaluate, behavior plans to fine-tune, etc.

Stress is the most common factor of burnout in psychologists (Rössler 65). Most of the stress comes when owning a private business because the psychologist will realize the amount of time and effort the business will take to get clients and schedule appointments (Lancaster). When working for a school, a mental health worker has patients in the

As one has seen, positive stress adds anticipation and excitement to life, and we all thrive under a certain amount of stress. Deadlines, competitions, confrontations, and even our frustrations and sorrows add depth and enrichment to our lives. Our goal is not to eliminate stress but to learn how to manage it and how to use it to help us. Insufficient stress acts as a depressant and may leave us feeling bored or rejected; on the other hand, excessive stress may leave us feeling "tied up in knots." What one needs to do is find a safe level of stress, which will individually motivate but not overwhelm them.