Becoming a Health Psychologist
Auteurs : Revenson Tracey A., Saab Patrice G., Zoccola Peggy M., Traeger Lara N.
Becoming a Health Psychologist provides an overview of the different training paths students can take to prepare themselves for graduate school and careers in the field of health psychology.
You?ll find tips on how to choose and apply for graduate programs as well as numerous practical examples such as emails to potential advisors and questions to ask during interviews. Throughout, the authors provide examples of different health psychology careers, along with references, resources, and first-hand experiences. It details what is involved in becoming a health psychologist, what a health psychology career entails, and how to reach that goal.
The inclusion of tips from a diverse group of successful students, early career, and senior health psychologists makes this book an invaluable resource for anyone looking to start their career or for advisors who are counselling students about career choices. For many readers, this book may serve as "the mentor they never had".
Foreword by Robert D. Kaplan
Preface
Chapter 1 What Is a Health Psychologist?
Chapter 2 Training Options for Health Psychologists
Chapter 3 Preparing for Graduate School in Health Psychology
Chapter 4 Applying to Graduate Programs in Health Psychology
Chapter 5 What to Expect in Graduate School in Health Psychology
Chapter 6 Managing the Stresses and Challenges of Graduate School in Health Psychology
Chapter 7 Professional Development
Chapter 8 The Clinical Predoctoral Internship
Chapter 9 Planning for Your Career in Health Psychology After Graduate School
Appendix
Index
Tracey A. Revenson is Professor of Psychology at Hunter College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York and Director of the PhD program in Health Psychology & Clinical Science.
Patrice G. Saab is a Professor in the University of Miami’s Department of Psychology. She is a past Chair of the Society for Health Psychology’s Education and Training Council.
Peggy M. Zoccola is an experimental health psychologist and Associate Professor of Psychology at Ohio University.
Lara Traeger is a clinical-health psychologist at the Massachusetts General Hospital and an Assistant Professor in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.
Date de parution : 10-2019
15.2x22.9 cm
Date de parution : 10-2019
15.2x22.9 cm
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