Reference framework for the profession and skills of a clinical psychologist

Clinical psychologists can take up positions in the hospital civil service (particularly, but not exclusively, in psychiatric hospitals), or apply for jobs in the local civil service (child welfare, maternal and child protection) and the State (judicial youth protection, prisons). Hospitals are an ideal place for clinical psychologists to practise their profession. There are several main professional fields: health, education, training, recruitment, integration, and of course research, which is most often linked to teaching activities. Psychologists are also called upon to work in the legal field, as experts, and also take part in actions designed to help victims of accidents, attacks and various disasters (victimology). To work as a clinical psychologist, you need to enjoy being in contact with other people, have a marked liking for verbal exchanges and put empathy and benevolent neutrality at the heart of your professional approach by using psychological interviews.