# PsychologyOrbit > The global professional community for psychology. A professional community and research > repository for psychology: psychologists, therapists, counsellors, > researchers, academics and students, plus universities, research labs > and professional associations. ## What this site is, and is not - It is a professional network and an open research repository. - It is NOT a health service, a therapy directory in the clinical sense, a source of clinical advice, or an emergency service. - A verified badge records what a reviewer checked and when. It is not an endorsement and says nothing about anyone's competence. - Individual membership is free. There is no advertising. ## Current size (live counts, 2026-11-02) - Members: 1 - Members with at least one verified credential: 0 - Publicly published research items: 0 - Countries represented: 1 - Knowledge base entries: 60 These are COUNT(*) against the live database at the moment this file was requested. They are not projections and are not rounded up. ## Primary pages - [Home](https://psychologyorbit.com/): what the platform is - [About](https://psychologyorbit.com/about): what it is and deliberately is not - [How verification works](https://psychologyorbit.com/verification): the seven tiers and what each claims - [Research](https://psychologyorbit.com/research): all publicly published work - [Psychologist directory](https://psychologyorbit.com/psychologists): by field, country and city - [Knowledge base](https://psychologyorbit.com/topics): concept entries - [Research policy](https://psychologyorbit.com/research-policy): what may be uploaded and how rights are declared - [Community guidelines](https://psychologyorbit.com/community-guidelines): including the absolute rule on client confidentiality - [Crisis resources](https://psychologyorbit.com/crisis): by country - [Self-checks](https://psychologyorbit.com/self-check): PHQ-9, GAD-7, PHQ-4, PHQ-15, the PCL-5 and the IPIP-50 Big Five. Scored for one request and never stored. Screening, not diagnosis. - [Psychology AI](https://psychologyorbit.com/ask): member-only questions answered from the knowledge base. A message about self-harm is answered with helplines, never by a model. - [Universities](https://psychologyorbit.com/universities): institutions from the Research Organization Registry (CC0), with the members attached to them ## Fields covered - [Clinical Psychology](https://psychologyorbit.com/psychologists/specialization/clinical-psychology): Assessment, formulation and treatment of psychological distress and mental disorder. - [Counselling Psychology](https://psychologyorbit.com/psychologists/specialization/counselling-psychology): Therapeutic work oriented to wellbeing, life transitions and relational difficulty. - [Educational Psychology](https://psychologyorbit.com/psychologists/specialization/educational-psychology): Learning, development and behaviour within schools and other educational settings. - [Industrial and Organisational Psychology](https://psychologyorbit.com/psychologists/specialization/industrial-and-organisational-psychology): Behaviour at work: selection, performance, wellbeing and organisational design. - [Neuropsychology](https://psychologyorbit.com/psychologists/specialization/neuropsychology): The relationship between brain function and behaviour, including after injury or illness. - [Forensic Psychology](https://psychologyorbit.com/psychologists/specialization/forensic-psychology): Psychology applied to criminal justice, offending behaviour and the courts. - [Health Psychology](https://psychologyorbit.com/psychologists/specialization/health-psychology): Psychological factors in physical illness, treatment adherence and health behaviour. - [Developmental Psychology](https://psychologyorbit.com/psychologists/specialization/developmental-psychology): Change across the lifespan, from infancy through to later life. - [Social Psychology](https://psychologyorbit.com/psychologists/specialization/social-psychology): How people think about, influence and relate to one another. - [Cognitive Psychology](https://psychologyorbit.com/psychologists/specialization/cognitive-psychology): Attention, memory, language, reasoning and decision making. - [Sport and Exercise Psychology](https://psychologyorbit.com/psychologists/specialization/sport-and-exercise-psychology): Performance, motivation and wellbeing in sport and physical activity. - [Community Psychology](https://psychologyorbit.com/psychologists/specialization/community-psychology): Wellbeing at the level of communities and systems rather than individuals alone. - [School Psychology](https://psychologyorbit.com/psychologists/specialization/school-psychology): Direct psychological service within schools, including assessment and intervention. - [Rehabilitation Psychology](https://psychologyorbit.com/psychologists/specialization/rehabilitation-psychology): Adjustment, functioning and participation after disability or chronic condition. ## Knowledge base entries - [Autism](https://psychologyorbit.com/topic/autism): A lifelong neurodevelopmental difference involving differences in social communication and interaction… - [ADHD](https://psychologyorbit.com/topic/adhd): A neurodevelopmental condition involving persistent inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity at a level… - [Acceptance and Commitment Therapy](https://psychologyorbit.com/topic/acceptance-and-commitment-therapy): A behavioural therapy that works on the relationship a person has with their thoughts and feelings rather… - [Attachment Theory](https://psychologyorbit.com/topic/attachment-theory): An account of the biologically-based system that leads infants to seek proximity to a caregiver under threat… - [Adverse Childhood Experiences](https://psychologyorbit.com/topic/adverse-childhood-experiences): A set of childhood exposures — abuse, neglect and household dysfunction — that show a graded association with… - [Adolescent Brain Development](https://psychologyorbit.com/topic/adolescent-brain-development): The prolonged reorganisation of the brain through the second decade of life, involving synaptic pruning… - [Big Five Personality Traits](https://psychologyorbit.com/topic/big-five-personality-traits): A five-factor description of personality — openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness and… - [Bipolar Disorder](https://psychologyorbit.com/topic/bipolar-disorder): A mood disorder marked by episodes of mania or hypomania — elevated or irritable mood with increased energy —… - [Cognitive Behavioural Therapy](https://psychologyorbit.com/topic/cognitive-behavioural-therapy): A structured, time-limited psychological treatment that works on the relationship between thoughts, behaviour… - [Therapeutic Alliance](https://psychologyorbit.com/topic/therapeutic-alliance): The collaborative bond between therapist and client, comprising agreement on goals, agreement on tasks, and… - [Exposure Therapy](https://psychologyorbit.com/topic/exposure-therapy): A behavioural treatment in which a person deliberately and repeatedly faces a feared situation, memory or… - [Dialectical Behaviour Therapy](https://psychologyorbit.com/topic/dialectical-behaviour-therapy): A structured treatment combining individual therapy, group skills training and between-session coaching… - [EMDR](https://psychologyorbit.com/topic/emdr): Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing: a structured trauma treatment in which the client holds a… - [Motivational Interviewing](https://psychologyorbit.com/topic/motivational-interviewing): A collaborative conversational method for strengthening a person's own motivation for change, by drawing out… - [Psychodynamic Therapy](https://psychologyorbit.com/topic/psychodynamic-therapy): A family of therapies working with unconscious process, early relationship patterns, defence, and what… - [Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder](https://psychologyorbit.com/topic/post-traumatic-stress-disorder): A condition that can follow exposure to actual or threatened death, serious injury or sexual violence… - [Major Depressive Disorder](https://psychologyorbit.com/topic/major-depressive-disorder): A condition defined by at least two weeks of persistently low mood or loss of interest, together with changes… - [Generalised Anxiety Disorder](https://psychologyorbit.com/topic/generalised-anxiety-disorder): Excessive, difficult-to-control worry about multiple areas of life, present more days than not for at least… - [Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder](https://psychologyorbit.com/topic/obsessive-compulsive-disorder): A condition involving intrusive, unwanted thoughts, images or urges that cause marked distress, and… - [Borderline Personality Disorder](https://psychologyorbit.com/topic/borderline-personality-disorder): A diagnosis describing a pervasive pattern of instability in relationships, self-image and affect, with… - [Dissociation](https://psychologyorbit.com/topic/dissociation): A disruption in the normally integrated functions of consciousness, memory, identity, emotion, perception or… - [Burnout](https://psychologyorbit.com/topic/burnout): A syndrome of emotional exhaustion, cynicism and reduced professional efficacy arising from chronic workplace… - [Classical Conditioning](https://psychologyorbit.com/topic/classical-conditioning): A form of learning in which a neutral stimulus, repeatedly paired with a stimulus that already produces a… - [Operant Conditioning](https://psychologyorbit.com/topic/operant-conditioning): Learning in which the consequences of a behaviour change how likely that behaviour is to occur again, through… - [Working Memory](https://psychologyorbit.com/topic/working-memory): The system that holds and manipulates a small amount of information over seconds, supporting reasoning… - [Cognitive Load Theory](https://psychologyorbit.com/topic/cognitive-load-theory): An instructional theory holding that learning is constrained by working memory capacity, and that teaching… - [Memory Reconsolidation](https://psychologyorbit.com/topic/memory-reconsolidation): The finding that retrieving a consolidated memory can return it to an unstable state in which it must be… - [Dual-Process Theory](https://psychologyorbit.com/topic/dual-process-theory): A family of accounts proposing that reasoning and judgement draw on two kinds of processing: fast, automatic… - [Cognitive Dissonance](https://psychologyorbit.com/topic/cognitive-dissonance): The discomfort produced by holding inconsistent cognitions, or by acting in a way that contradicts a belief… - [Social Identity Theory](https://psychologyorbit.com/topic/social-identity-theory): An account of intergroup behaviour holding that people derive part of their self-concept from group… ## If you are quoting this site - 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