Therapist - Salary, Career

How much does an Therapist earn

A Therapist 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 Therapist
	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 Therapist

Psychologists and Psychoanalysts must:

analyze - treating individuals, groups and institutions;

analyze - treat individuals, groups and institutions;

orienting individuals, groups and institutions;

assessing psychic behaviors;

perform administrative tasks;

participate in activities for professional disclosure;

guiding individuals, groups and institutions;

educate individuals, groups and institutions;

develop experimental, theoretical and clinical research;

educating individuals, groups and institutions;

guide individuals, groups and institutions;

participate in professional outreach activities;

evaluate psychic behaviors;

participate in activities for professional outreach;

coordinate teams and activities;

participate in activities for professional dissemination;

assess psychic behaviors;

demonstrate personal skills;

monitor individuals, groups and institutions;

accompanying individuals, groups and institutions;

Activities

promoting psychic integration;

elaborate a discharge process;

make statistical surveys;

interviewing people;

promoting development of interpersonal relationships;

training specialists in the field;

presenting case studies;

providing resources for the development of cognitive aspects;

prescribe therapeutic treatment;

monitoring court of justice visiting shifts;

provide creation of patient-therapist bond;

developing recruitment and selection processes;

monitor treatment egresses;

analyzing the results of assessment instruments;

provide subsidies for drafting legislation;

evaluate functional signs and symptoms;

select human resources;

provide support for organizational strategies and policies;

making the unconscious conscious;

develop administrative assessment instruments;

provide emotional support;

promoting development of internal perception (insight);

systemize information;

guiding behavior change;

rehabilitate bodily aspects;

elaborate manuals;

demonstrate tactile sensitivity;

demonstrate abstract reasoning ability;

standardize tests;

studying cases;

prepare opinions, reports and expertise;

participate in professional associations;

demonstrate holistic vision ability;

assist in the formulation of public policies;

stimulating homeostatic mechanisms;

visit institutions and social facilities;

evaluate psychic signs and symptoms;

demonstrate interest in the person/human being;

demonstrate systemic vision ability;

carrying out vocational guidance;

organize events;

perform therapeutic follow-up;

choose the assessment instrument;

measure the results of assessment instruments;

coordinate meetings;

train specialists in the field;

training specialists in the area;

select therapeutic intervention instruments;

elucidating conflicts and issues;

supervise professionals in the area and related areas;

collect pertinent data;

participate in a technical shift;

monitor the evolution of the case;

clarifying the psychological repercussions resulting from medical-hospital procedures;

coordinating study groups;

work as a team;

publish articles, essays, scientific books and technical notes;

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

fill in forms and register;

promote psychic integration;

perform referral;

participate in technical shift;

investigate animal behavior;

demonstrate ability to overcome adverse situations;

identify community resources;

guiding on public health programs;

investigate individual, group and institutional behavior;

recruit human resources;

summon people;

investigate people, situations and problems;

promote development of internal perception (insight);

measure results of assessment instruments;

standardize tests;

demonstrate observation skills;

investigate the human psyche;

monitor the development of professionals in training and specialization;

developing courses for specific groups;

rehabilitate psychomotor aspects;

respect customers' values and beliefs;

schedule appointments;

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

provide for the acquisition of technical material;

build research instruments;

listen actively (know how to listen);

inform about the development of the human psyche;

demonstrate ability to maintain impartiality;

supervise interns in the area and related areas;

delivering classes, courses and lectures;

evaluate proposals and projects;

demonstrate fine motor skills;

organize data;

rehabilitate behavioral aspects;

mediating conflicts;

propose interventions;

monitoring treatment egresses;

visit households;

plan team activities;

rehabilitate cognitive aspects;

facilitating groups;

work on team dynamics;

provide consultancy/advice;

observe people and situations;

training psychoanalysts;

monitor the evolution of the intervention;

evaluating results;

developing educational projects;

evaluate energetic signs and symptoms;

advise people, groups and families;

monitor project results;

give back;

organize records;

applying instruments and assessment methods;

schedule activities;

elaborate diagnoses;

distribute tasks to team;

work as a team;

monitor impacts of interventions;

respect the limits of performance;

participate in technical committees;

maintain professional secrecy;

informing about the development of the human psyche;

monitor project results;

collect data;

establish research parameters;

apply instruments and assessment methods;

analyze the results of assessment instruments;

providing space to host emotional experiences (therapeutic setting);

define problem and objectives;

develop projects;

triate cases;

interpreting conflicts and issues;

search bibliography;

guiding people about health promotion and prevention;

define action methodologies;

rebalance energetic and functional disorders;

guiding about career plans;

training professionals;

participate in municipal, state and federal councils;

participate in lectures, debates and interviews;

make statistical surveys;

participate in class entities;

demonstrate ability to question;

monitor visiting shifts of the court of justice;

evaluate the execution of actions;

analyze data;

demonstrate empathy;

Sectors that hire Therapist 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