Health psychologist - Salary, Career

How much does an Health psychologist earn

A Health psychologist earns between $1.533 and $6.444 per month, with an average monthly salary of $2.932 and a median salary of $2.600 according to an Averwage.com salary survey along with to data of professionals hired and fired by companies in the labor market.

Our research is based on the salaries of 9.607 professionals hired and dismissed by the period from 06/2021 to 05/2022 (last year).

Salary ranges for the Health psychologist
	Monthly Salary	Annual Salary	Salary Per Week	Hourly Salary
Average wage	2.932	35.180	733	18
1º Quartile	1.533	18.392	383	9
Median Salary	2.600	31.200	650	16
3º Quartile	4.914	58.973	1.229	30
Higher Salary	6.444	77.328	1.611	39

Professional job categories

Science and arts professionals
- professionals of the social sciences and humanities
- - social scientists, psychologists
- - - psychologists and psychoanalysts

Related Positions:

Main workplaces

Psychologists and Psychoanalysts the positions of this CBO family work mainly in activities related to health, social and personal services and education. They can work as self-employed and/or with a formal contract, individually or in teams. It is common for clinical, hospital, social psychologists and neuropsychologists to work with supervision. They work in closed environments or, in the case of neuropsychologists and legal psychologists, it can be in the open. Clinical, social psychologists and psychoanalysts eventually work irregular hours. Some of them work under pressure, in uncomfortable positions for long periods, confined (clinical and social psychologists) and exposed to radiation (neuropsychologists) and loud noises. The psychoanalyst occupation is not a specialization, it is a training, which follows principles, processes and procedures defined by internationally recognized institutions, and the psychoanalyst can have different trainings such as: psychologist, psychiatrist, doctor, philosopher etc.

What does it take to work in the field of Psychologists and Psychoanalysts

For workers in this family, a complete higher education and professional experience is required, which varies according to training. For psychologists, in general, one to four years is required, as is the case with the clinical psychologist. For the psychoanalyst, at least five years of experience is required. Qualification courses also range from basic courses of 200 to 400 class hours, as in the case of hospital psychologists, more than 400 class hours for legal psychologists, psychoanalysts and neuropsychologists, to specialization courses for clinical and social psychologists. The training of these professionals is a set of activities developed by them, but the procedures are different in terms of formal aspects related to the institutions that form them.

Functions and activities of Health psychologist

Psychologists and Psychoanalysts must:

demonstrate personal skills;

monitor individuals, groups and institutions;

participate in professional outreach activities;

orienting individuals, groups and institutions;

assess psychic behaviors;

perform administrative tasks;

participate in activities for professional disclosure;

guide individuals, groups and institutions;

educate individuals, groups and institutions;

coordinate teams and activities;

participate in activities for professional dissemination;

guiding individuals, groups and institutions;

analyze - treat individuals, groups and institutions;

evaluate psychic behaviors;

develop experimental, theoretical and clinical research;

analyze - treating individuals, groups and institutions;

educating individuals, groups and institutions;

accompanying individuals, groups and institutions;

participate in activities for professional outreach;

assessing psychic behaviors;

Activities

elaborate diagnoses;

guiding on public health programs;

demonstrate systemic vision ability;

distribute tasks to team;

investigate the human psyche;

rehabilitate behavioral aspects;

develop administrative assessment instruments;

assist in the formulation of public policies;

interpreting conflicts and issues;

demonstrate fine motor skills;

training professionals;

inform about the development of the human psyche;

search bibliography;

demonstrate holistic vision ability;

make statistical surveys;

define problem and objectives;

promoting development of interpersonal relationships;

systemize information;

recruit human resources;

demonstrate ability to maintain impartiality;

work on team dynamics;

participate in municipal, state and federal councils;

supervise professionals in the area and related areas;

measure the results of assessment instruments;

investigate individual, group and institutional behavior;

work as a team;

define action methodologies;

providing space to host emotional experiences (therapeutic setting);

participate in scientific meetings (congresses, seminars and symposia);

schedule appointments;

organize events;

visit households;

respect the limits of performance;

prepare opinions, reports and expertise;

facilitating groups;

rebalance energetic and functional disorders;

training psychoanalysts;

evaluate functional signs and symptoms;

maintain professional secrecy;

rehabilitate psychomotor aspects;

applying instruments and assessment methods;

monitor the evolution of the intervention;

monitor impacts of interventions;

developing educational projects;

guiding behavior change;

measure results of assessment instruments;

organize records;

plan team activities;

analyze the results of assessment instruments;

respect customers' values and beliefs;

guiding about career plans;

evaluate the execution of actions;

presenting case studies;

demonstrate empathy;

summon people;

monitor project results;

standardize tests;

mediating conflicts;

demonstrate abstract reasoning ability;

develop projects;

demonstrate ability to overcome adverse situations;

making the unconscious conscious;

monitor treatment egresses;

analyze data;

participate in class entities;

promote psychic integration;

standardize tests;

participate in lectures, debates and interviews;

delivering classes, courses and lectures;

participate in professional associations;

participate in a technical shift;

give back;

identify community resources;

provide for the acquisition of technical material;

perform referral;

visit institutions and social facilities;

demonstrate ability to question;

rehabilitate cognitive aspects;

elaborate a discharge process;

studying cases;

monitoring treatment egresses;

participate in technical committees;

demonstrate tactile sensitivity;

perform stimulation work (psychomotor, psychological, neuropsychological and energetic );

stimulating homeostatic mechanisms;

guiding people about health promotion and prevention;

training specialists in the field;

build research instruments;

collect data;

provide creation of patient-therapist bond;

listen actively (know how to listen);

advise people, groups and families;

prescribe therapeutic treatment;

evaluating results;

schedule activities;

monitor visiting shifts of the court of justice;

investigate people, situations and problems;

training specialists in the area;

organize data;

provide emotional support;

elucidating conflicts and issues;

collect pertinent data;

apply instruments and assessment methods;

informing about the development of the human psyche;

fill in forms and register;

choose the assessment instrument;

supervise interns in the area and related areas;

evaluate energetic signs and symptoms;

investigate animal behavior;

provide consultancy/advice;

propose interventions;

demonstrate observation skills;

developing recruitment and selection processes;

make statistical surveys;

provide subsidies for drafting legislation;

providing resources for the development of cognitive aspects;

perform therapeutic follow-up;

evaluate proposals and projects;

monitor the evolution of the case;

promoting psychic integration;

monitor project results;

train specialists in the field;

observe people and situations;

rehabilitate bodily aspects;

promoting development of internal perception (insight);

monitor the development of professionals in training and specialization;

developing courses for specific groups;

provide support for organizational strategies and policies;

elaborate manuals;

carrying out vocational guidance;

monitoring court of justice visiting shifts;

select therapeutic intervention instruments;

publish articles, essays, scientific books and technical notes;

establish research parameters;

analyzing the results of assessment instruments;

select human resources;

demonstrate interest in the person/human being;

interviewing people;

promote development of internal perception (insight);

triate cases;

participate in technical shift;

work as a team;

evaluate psychic signs and symptoms;

coordinating study groups;

clarifying the psychological repercussions resulting from medical-hospital procedures;

coordinate meetings;

Sectors that hire Health psychologist the most in the job market

activities of associations for the defense of social rights
hospital care activities
psychology and psychoanalysis activities
general public administration
health management support activities
welfare services without accommodation
health plans
service activities in emergency room and hospital units for emergency care
physical therapy activities
psychosocial assistance to people with psychic disorders, mental disability and chemical dependency