Career Details
Psychology
Empower the vulnerable to build psychological resilience, abilities, and overall well-being to improve their ability to cope with everyday life.
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Counselling Psychology
As a Counselling Psychologist, you help people improve their sense of well-being by alleviating their distress. With your help, they improve their ability to solve problems and make decisions independently.
Key Responsibilities
- Assess clients' needs, abilities or behaviour using a variety of methods, such as psychometric tests, interviews and direct observation of behaviour.
- Develop appropriate treatment programmes, such as therapy, counselling or advice for clients.
- Develop and execute group psycho-educational and psychotherapy programmes.
- Provide consultation and advice to clients, their families and staff.
Education Requirements
| To be a/an | Minimum Requirements | Recommended Programmes | More Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| Counselling Psychologist | An accredited Master’s in Applied Psychology | NIE Master of Arts (Applied Psychology), specialization in Counseling Psychology | • To qualify for the Masters programme
• At least 2 years of working experience • At least Bachelor degree (2nd Upper honors) • Honors thesis • Require to take up statistics as a core subject in Masters programme • Overseas qualifications accredited by a recognized accreditation body. Please refer to professional council for the list of other Degree from a foreign accredited university. • Fulfil 1,000 hours of supervised practice on the job and graduate with a Masters degree before registering to be a registered Psychologist with Singapore Psychological Society |
Information as of January 2019. Job titles may vary across agencies.
Career Progression
Possible Workplaces
- Assessment and Educational Services in Social Service Agencies
- Clinics
- Community Health Centres
- Day Activity Centres
- Day Care Centres
- Early Intervention Centres
- Family Service Centres
- Halfway Houses
- Nursing Homes
- Retirement Homes
- Senior Community Centres
- Special Student Care Centres
- Special Education Schools
- Voluntary Children’s Homes
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