What is the scope of psychologist in India? Is it a promising career in the upcoming 5 years?

Clinical Psychology is a branch of Psychology. The subject focuses on the assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of mental disorders. The specialised discipline mainly deals with the psychoanalytic approaches or child and adolescent treatment modalities. Professionals in this field are called as clinical psychologists. Clinical psychologists work for medical organisations and they are not doctors. Clinical psychologists provide psychotherapy, psychological testing, and diagnosis of mental illness. Psychologist are generally trained within four primary theoretical orientations, psychodynamic, humanistic, cognitive-behavioral (CBT), and systems or family therapy. The subject offer wide range of career opportunities. Clinical psychologists usually work in hospitals, academic institutions, counselling and rehabilitation centres. They can also establish private consultation firms after RCI registration.

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Of course, its a good course as nowadays school needs counselors. Offices need counselors. In every field, you need a psychologist. So, I think, it will have bright future.

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