Life as a Psychologist

Psychology is one of the most popular majors in college today, with the number of students enrolling in this discipline surging some 200 percent in the last 10 years. In this book, dozens of outstanding practitioners and scholars explain how the career opportunities for graduates with psychology degrees are also growing. Traditional therapists are still needed, but the field has opened to include roles as varied as psychologists working for agencies ranging from the CIA and Homeland...
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Psychology is one of the most popular majors in college today, with the number of students enrolling in this discipline surging some 200 percent in the last 10 years. In this book, dozens of outstanding practitioners and scholars explain how the career opportunities for graduates with psychology degrees are also growing. Traditional therapists are still needed, but the field has opened to include roles as varied as psychologists working for agencies ranging from the CIA and Homeland Security to the Library of Congress and the Security and Exchange Commission. Contributors to this work recall their thoughts and actions as they plotted careers-or landed jobs by surprise-in standing or new roles for psychologists. Including chapters listing the specializations in psychology today and existing internship sites, this insightful work will interest high school students and college undergraduates, recent graduates searching for their niche, career-changers and psychologists in the field seeking new directions.