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Clinical psychologists that work in a clinical setting (hospitals) meets with clients, generally one-on-one, to provide psychological services. This group of duties may involve interviewing a client or administering formal tests (assessment) to determine the presence of a diagnosable condition.

Once the condition is diagnosed, treatment procedures to facilitate positive change in the clients functioning begins, which can be either through conversation, psychotherapeutic services and other treatment duties like administration of hypnosis, overseeing group or family therapy, or intervention techniques to overcome a specific phobia. And so on. To get a doctorate in Clinical Psychology, one need to do graduation followed by MA in Psychology (clinical) from an accredited university/college with a minimum of 55% marks. Hope this helps, if you have further questions please feel free to ask. Thanks.