How to become a Psychologist

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How to become a Psychologist

Psychologists - Psychology is the field of scientific study of human behavior. Today, with its increasingly scope, psychology has become one of the most popular courses. Psychologists who provide training and counseling to students and professionals as professionals, psychotherapeuters also offer psychotherapy and psycho-logical tests also administer them.

Bachelors to Become Psychology -

In order to start your journey as a psychologist you must first do bachelor in psychology. Even if you did not study psychology in 10 + 2, you can still do graduation in it.

You have two options for psychology -

BA Psychology with Theoretical Nature.
Applied Psychology BA with Practical Nature.

In graduation you will have to read well about general psychology. You will find many things with people's personality, intelligence, collective behavior. In the last year you can choose the specialization.

Specialization -

You can do PG in its areas like Clinical, Organizational, Social, Health, Counseling, Sports, Educational, Consumer and Forensic. After this, you can also write a thesis on your favorite subject. You can do Compulsory Internship for better exposure. You can also do MPhil for Practice License. However, if you are planning to make a career in any field other than clinical psychology then you will not need an M.Phil.