Specialisations
Every specialisation has its own page
37 specialisations across four kinds. Each one is a real directory page with its own definition and its own members, not a filter on this one.
Fields
The branches of psychology. Most members pick one of these as their primary specialisation.
Clinical Psychology
Assessment, formulation and treatment of psychological distress and mental disorder.
Counselling Psychology
Therapeutic work oriented to wellbeing, life transitions and relational difficulty.
Educational Psychology
Learning, development and behaviour within schools and other educational settings.
Industrial and Organisational Psychology
Behaviour at work: selection, performance, wellbeing and organisational design.
Neuropsychology
The relationship between brain function and behaviour, including after injury or illness.
Forensic Psychology
Psychology applied to criminal justice, offending behaviour and the courts.
Health Psychology
Psychological factors in physical illness, treatment adherence and health behaviour.
Developmental Psychology
Change across the lifespan, from infancy through to later life.
Social Psychology
How people think about, influence and relate to one another.
Cognitive Psychology
Attention, memory, language, reasoning and decision making.
Sport and Exercise Psychology
Performance, motivation and wellbeing in sport and physical activity.
Community Psychology
Wellbeing at the level of communities and systems rather than individuals alone.
School Psychology
Direct psychological service within schools, including assessment and intervention.
Rehabilitation Psychology
Adjustment, functioning and participation after disability or chronic condition.
Approaches and modalities
How practitioners work, rather than what they work on.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
Structured work on the relationship between thought, behaviour and affect.
Psychodynamic Therapy
Work with unconscious process, early relationship and defence.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Psychological flexibility, values and defusion.
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy
Skills-based treatment for emotion regulation and self-harm risk.
EMDR
Eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing for traumatic memory.
Systemic and Family Therapy
Working with relationships and family systems rather than the individual alone.
Humanistic and Person-Centred
Client-led work grounded in empathy, congruence and unconditional regard.
Mindfulness-Based Approaches
Attention training applied to relapse prevention and stress.
Populations
Who a practitioner or researcher works with.
Children and Adolescents
Work with under-18s and their families.
Older Adults
Later-life mental health, including dementia and adjustment.
Couples
Relationship distress, communication and repair.
Refugees and Asylum Seekers
Displacement, torture survival and resettlement.
Neurodivergent Adults
Autistic and ADHD adults, including late diagnosis.
Presenting issues and topics
What is being treated, studied, or asked about.
Trauma and PTSD
Single-incident and complex trauma presentations.
Anxiety Disorders
Generalised anxiety, panic, phobia, social anxiety and OCD-spectrum.
Depression and Mood
Unipolar and bipolar presentations.
Eating Disorders
Anorexia, bulimia, binge eating and ARFID.
Addiction and Substance Use
Dependence, harm reduction and relapse prevention.
Psychosis
First episode and enduring psychotic presentations.
Workplace Burnout
Exhaustion, cynicism and reduced efficacy at work.
Grief and Bereavement
Loss, prolonged grief and adjustment.
Sleep
Insomnia and circadian problems, including CBT-I.
Research Methods and Statistics
Design, measurement, analysis and reproducibility.
Something missing?
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