This section describes a number of psychology and psychology-related career options that require graduate degrees. You should definitely consider careers in education and social work. Psychology Teaching and Research. Clinical psychologists assess and treat people with psychological problems. Clinical psychologists work in academic settings, hospitals, community health centers, or private practice.
Counseling psychologists do many of the same things that clinical psycholgists do.
However, counseling psychologists tend to focus more on persons with adjustment problems rather than on persons suffering from severe psychological disorders. They may be trained in psychology departments or in education departments. Counseling psycholgists are employed in academic settings, college counseling centers, community mental health centers, and private practice. Health psychologists are concerned with psychology's contributions to the promotion and maintenance of good health and the prevention and treatment of illness. They may design and conduct programs to help individuals stop smoking, lose weight, manage stress, and stay physically fit.