health psychologist

Health psychologists deal with the various aspects of health related behaviour of individuals and groups, by helping individuals or groups prevent illness and promote healthy behaviours by also providing counseling services. They perform tasks for the development of health promotion activities and projects on the basis of psychological science, research findings, theories, methods and techniques. They also engage in research about health related issues to influence public policy on health care issues.

Alternative Labels

consultant health psychologist

consultant in health psychology

expert healthcare psychologist

healthcare psychologist

health psychology researcher

practitioner of healthcare psychology

research health psychologist

specialist healthcare psychologist

Regulatory Aspect

To see if and how this occupation is regulated in EU Member States, EEA countries or Switzerland please consult the Regulated Professions Database of the Commission. Regulated Professions Database:

http://ec.europa.eu/growth/single-market/services/free-movement-professionals/qualifications-recognition_en

Skills & Competences

Essential Skills and Competences

accept own accountability adhere to organisational guidelines advise on healthcare users' informed consent advise on mental health advise policy makers in healthcare analyse health damaging behaviours analyse large-scale data in healthcare analyse processes influencing health care delivery analyse psychological aspects of illness apply context specific clinical competences apply health psychological measures apply organisational techniques assess healthcare users' risk for harm comply with legislation related to health care comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice conduct psychological assessement contribute to continuity of health care counsel clients deal with emergency care situations develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship educate on the prevention of illness empathise with the healthcare user employ cognitive behaviour treatment techniques encourage healthy behaviours ensure safety of healthcare users evaluate psychological health measures follow clinical guidelines formulate a case conceptualisation model for therapy help healthcare users develop social perceptiveness inform policy makers on health-related challenges interact with healthcare users interpret psychological tests listen actively manage health promotion activities manage healthcare users' data perform therapy sessions prescribe psychotherapeutic treatment promote inclusion promote psycho-social education provide health counselling provide health education provide health psychological advice provide health psychological analysis provide health psychological concepts provide health psychological diagnosis provide health psychological treatment advice provide psychological health assessment strategies respond to changing situations in health care respond to healthcare users' extreme emotions support patients to understand their conditions test for behavioural patterns test for emotional patterns use clinical assessment techniques use e-health and mobile health technologies use techniques to increase patients' motivation work in a multicultural environment in health care work in multidisciplinary health teams work with patterns of psychological behaviour

Essential Knowledge

clinical reports conditions for professional practice of health psychology consultation counselling methods crisis intervention emergency psychology evaluation of psychological performance first aid health care occupation-specific ethics health psychology neurology psychiatry psychological concepts psychological counselling methods psychological diagnostics psychological healthcare services psychological interventions psychological measures in working with other health care professionals psychological treatment measures psychology psychopathology psychopharmacology research design therapy in health care

Optional Skills and Competences

apply a holistic approach in care apply caseload management diagnose mental disorders diagnose psychiatric symptoms provide treatment strategies for challenges to human health use foreign languages for health-related research use foreign languages in patient care work on the effects of abuse

Optional Knowledge

experimental psychology occupational health psychosomatics sexual disorders

Skills & Competences

Concept URI

Concept Uri

http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/976c7f50-7f9e-4347-bbb9-f0dc842046a3

Status

released

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