Hello Jewel,

From your words it shows that your are very much interested in Psychology, that’s a good sign to choose Psychology as your career or profession. If you are really interested in the subject then you can go for it.

There are various subjects such as Principles of Psychology, Social Psychology, Psychopathology, Life Span Development, Statistics and Experimental Psychology Practicals, Personality, Counselling Psychology, Organizational Behavior, Research Methodology, Psychometry.

Psychology spread into various fields such as Sports, Clinical, Cognitive, Environmental, Forensic. Psychology is like an octopus spreading and conquering all most all the fields in the World.

The subject will be easy if your are interested and if you do your home work of exploring, reading, understanding and learning everyday.

In India, you can do go for Under graduation in Psychology or directly Post graduation in Distance education.

With a comprehensive knowledge about the psychological processes, students with MA Applied Psychology degree can find employment in following sectors:

• Teaching and Research

• Medical Industry

• Consultancy

• Clinical Research Labs.

MA (PG) APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY: JOB PROFILES

Students can work in above sectors as following:

• Clinical Psychologist- Clinical psychologists treat individuals suffering from chronic psychiatric disorders
• Consultant Psychologist - Consultant psychologist directs his/her attention to helping people with adjustment problems rather than chronic disorders. They find employment in education departments, schools, colleges etc.
• Clinical Researcher - A clinical researcher carries out research and experiment on the structure, function and development of brain and its cellular systems.
• Psychiatrist - They provide services to individuals, married couples, families, and small groups. Psychiatrists can find employment in mental health centres, counselling centres or may have their own private practice.

For Clinical Psychology I think there is a different path, Google and inquire about the colleges offering Psychology course in and around your location. Know more and do proper planning about your career as a Psychologist.

MA APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY: TOP RECRUITERS

The top recruiters for MA Applied Psychology students are as follows:

• Centre for Neurosciences

• Apollo Hospitals

• Amity University.

• Schools. - Many schools have a counsellor department which provides guidance to students in their academics and future career prospects.

PG IN APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY: SALARY TRENDS

Employment in fields of psychology has been on the lower side for a long time. However, India is slowly gearing up to the idea of psychological help for psychological disorders and the need for trained counsellors is slowly gaining momentum. Schools and other educational institutes are also warming up to the idea of counsellors. This progress, though slow, is bound to generate employment opportunities in the fields of Psychology in the years to come. The current annual salary trend for various job profiles in psychology related fields are roughly shown as.

1. FOR CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST – 80,000 - 26,00,000 INR

2. FOR CONSULTANT PSYCHOLOGIST – 1,25,000 – 33,00,000 INR

3. FOR CLINICAL RESEARCHERS – 60,000 – 12,00,000 INR

4. FOR PSYCHOLOGISTS – 2,20,000 – 11,75,000 INR

I believe Psychologists are not made, by birth they are Psychologists. You are already a Psychologist because your are interested in it. Just you need to have Degree to put the label under your name.

All the best “Future Psychologist” ;)