🧠 Careers if you like: psychology

27 careers for people interested in psychology: prospects, pay, AI risk and where to study.

• 🧩 PsychiatristDiagnoses and treats mental illness: depression, anxiety, schizophrenia, ADHD. Prescribes medication and looks after patients in hospital and in the community. Prospects · Pay · AI resistance
• 🛋️ PsychotherapistTreats depression, anxiety, panic attacks and the effects of trauma through talking therapy. Long relationships with clients and regular supervision. Prospects · Pay · AI resistance
• 🧠 Clinical psychologistAssesses mental health and cognitive problems and provides therapy for anxiety, depression and eating disorders, often alongside psychiatrists. Prospects · Pay · AI resistance
• 🆘 Crisis and trauma psychologistGoes to disasters, attacks and fires to help survivors and families through the shock, works with grief and panic and supports rescue workers. Prospects · Pay · AI resistance
• 🔗 Addiction counsellorHelps people recover from alcohol, drug and gambling addiction: groups, one-to-one work, family support and relapse prevention. Prospects · Pay · AI resistance
• ⭐ Military PsychologistSelects and prepares service personnel, monitors morale in units, helps people cope with combat stress and supports the wounded and their families. Prospects · Pay · AI resistance
• 🧠 Sport PsychologistHelps athletes cope with nerves, pressure, injuries and failure: mindset before competing, focus, bouncing back after defeat. Prospects · Pay · AI resistance
• 👥 Health psychologist (hospital)Works in hospitals: supports patients with serious diagnoses and their families, tests memory and thinking after a stroke and helps people cope with illness. Prospects · Pay · AI resistance
• 👨‍👩‍👧 Couples and family therapistHelps couples and families through conflict, divorce, a crisis with a teenager, a new baby or loss. Listens to everyone and teaches them to reach agreement. Prospects · Pay · AI resistance
• ⚖️ MediatorHelps the sides in a conflict reach agreement without going to court: divorces, neighbour and business disputes, school conflicts. A neutral go-between, not a judge. Prospects · Pay · AI resistance
• 🧩 Clinical NeuropsychologistUses tests and tasks to check attention, memory, language and thinking to find which brain area struggles in a child with learning difficulties or an adult after a stroke. Prospects · Pay · AI resistance
• 🪀 Play Therapist (Child Psychologist)Works with children through play: sand trays, dolls, stories. Helps them cope with divorce, fears, aggression and loss, and advises parents. Prospects · Pay · AI resistance
• 🐕 Animal Behaviourist (Pet Behaviour Consultant)Helps owners when a dog bites, a cat sprays or a parrot screams: works out why the animal behaves that way and teaches people and pets to live together calmly. Prospects · Pay · AI resistance
• 🏫 School psychologistHelps pupils with anxiety, bullying, exams and subject choices, advises teachers and parents and runs assessments and workshops. Prospects · Pay · AI resistance
• 🌱 Customer Success ManagerMakes sure a service's clients actually get value from it: trains them, sorts out problems, spots who is about to leave and turns unhappy users into fans. Prospects · Pay · AI resistance
• 🤝 HR Business PartnerHelps managers lead their people: org design, performance reviews, pay, keeping top talent, layoffs and team conflicts. Prospects · Pay · AI resistance
• 🎯 Corporate Trainer / Executive CoachRuns training in sales, leadership and negotiation, coaches managers one-to-one and helps them set goals and change behaviour. Prospects · Pay · AI resistance
• 🚭 Addiction PsychiatristTreats alcohol, drug and other addictions as illnesses: manages withdrawal and acute states, prescribes therapy and carries out intoxication assessments. Prospects · Pay · AI resistance
• 🎨 Art TherapistHelps people express and work through feelings by drawing, modelling and collage when words are hard. Works with children, teenagers, older people and trauma survivors. Prospects · Pay · AI resistance
• 🎵 Music TherapistUses singing, rhythm and instruments in rehabilitation: helps people speak again after a stroke, calms autistic children, eases anxiety and pain. Prospects · Pay · AI resistance
• 🧠 Experimental PsychologistRuns experiments on attention, memory and decision-making: records EEG and eye movements, gives tests and works out how thinking really works. Prospects · Pay · AI resistance
• 🔬 UX ResearcherFinds out how people really use apps: runs interviews and usability tests, analyses behaviour and spots where users get stuck. Prospects · Pay · AI resistance
• 🚫 Substance Misuse Prevention SpecialistRuns lessons and workshops in schools, colleges and workplaces on avoiding drug, alcohol and gaming addiction, spotting the warning signs and where to get help. Prospects · Pay · AI resistance
• 📞 Crisis Helpline CounsellorAnswers calls and messages from people in despair: teenagers, abuse survivors, people thinking of suicide. Listens, keeps them on the line, looks for a way forward together. Prospects · Pay · AI resistance
• 🧭 Careers Adviser / Career CounsellorHelps students and adults decide what work to do: tests, interviews, looking at strengths, the job market and steps to a goal. Like this questionnaire, but in person. Prospects · Pay · AI resistance
• 💻 Online Therapist / CounsellorCounsels clients by video and chat on online platforms: anxiety, relationships, burnout. Manages their own schedule, practice and personal brand. Prospects · Pay · AI resistance
• 💼 Recruiter / HR OfficerFinds and selects staff: writes job ads, screens CVs, runs interviews and helps new starters settle in. Prospects · Pay · AI resistance

Scales are expert estimates; tuition and admission rules are for 2026/27 from official sources — always check the university website.