Psychologists
Job description
These individuals are experts in behaviour, emotions, and mental health. They assess and diagnose the psychological functioning, and behavioural, emotional, and cognitive disorders of clients. They identify, recommend, and carry out appropriate interventions and treatments for their clients. They counsel and treat them to help maintain or improve their functioning (psychological, social, emotional, etc.). Information, health promotion, prevention of suicide, illness, accidents, and social problems are part of their professional practice. These individuals are either self-employed or in:
- The public service (federal, provincial, or municipal)
- The health network
- The education community (primary, secondary, college, university)
- Private firms
- Companies
- Consulting firms
- Non-profit organizations
Environment
- Controlled ambient temperature
Main tasks
- Examine clients, assess their behaviours, and diagnose behavioural, emotional, and cognitive disorders.
- Identify and implement interventions or treatments that can help individuals.
- Help people manage difficulties, develop or adapt personally, socially, and professionally.
- Offer mediation services.
- Administer standardized psychological tests to assess cognitive functions such as attention and memory.
- Develop and evaluate intervention programs.
- Recommend consultations with physicians if clients require medication.
- Research and publish educational texts and articles.
- Give lectures and workshops.
- Provide consulting services to various organizations.
Advancement and mobility
- These individuals can specialize in several ways by
- Developing expertise (such as theoretical orientations) that targets clienteles (e.g. sports) or new activities (e.g. in evaluation).
- Obtaining certification (e.g. in neuropsychology) or accreditation (e.g. in family mediation).
- Managing teams of psychologists or multidisciplinary teams.
- Developing a business (e.g. private clinic).
Hourly wage
The hourly wage is calculated by averaging wages from 2019 to 2021.- Minimum
- $30.72
- Median
- $48.00
- Maximum
- $53.85
Job prospects for 2022-2026
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Job prospects for 2022-2026
Job prospects
All of Québec
Very good
All of Québec
Non available
Total jobs for 2021
All of Québec
9,000
All of Québec
na
Gender distribution
All of Québec
Not available.
- 77.1% Female
- 22.9% Male
Not available.
- 77.1% Female
- 22.9% Male
Job types
All of Québec
Not available.
- Full time
- Part time
Not available.
- Full time
- Part time
Yearly wage on 2015
All of Québec
$77,000
All of Québec
Other characteristics
All of Québec
- Non traditional for men
- None
All of Québec
- Non traditional for men
- None
Sectors of activity
All of Québec
Not available.
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NAICS 621, 622, 62375% of jobs
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NAICS 6115% of jobs
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NAICS 6244% of jobs
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NAICS 913% of jobs
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NAICS 5416, 54172% of jobs
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Others1% of jobs
All of Québec
Not available.
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NAICS 621, 622, 62375% of jobs
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NAICS 6115% of jobs
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NAICS 6244% of jobs
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NAICS 913% of jobs
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NAICS 5416, 54172% of jobs
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Others1% of jobs
Training and requirements
Formation
Most training programs are offered in French only.
University
Psychology
Bachelor’s degree
Placement rate: 35.3%
60.2% of graduates pursue further studies
Master’s degree
Placement rate: 23.3%
69.8% of graduates pursue further studies
This discipline is taught in the following institutions:
Also required
- Membership in the Ordre des psychologues du Québec (Quebec Order of Psychologists).
- Possibility of obtaining recognition of a diploma or training equivalences to obtain a permit from the Ordre des psychologues du Québec.
- Successful completion of a course on ethics, equivalent to a course lasting at least 45 hours, offered by the Order or a university course recognized by the Order.
- 2300 hours of supervised practical experience as part of the doctoral program in psychology.
Sometimes required
- A Class 5 driver’s licence may be required.
- Training, certification, or a diploma related to the duties of the job may be required.
Main skills and characteristics
Skills
- Active listening
- Data collection
- Reading comprehension
- Critical thought
- Information processing
- Oral expression
- Written expression
- Social perception
- Active learning
- Judgment and decision-making
- Solving complex problems
- Service oriented
- Science
- Result evaluation
- Learning strategies
- Teaching
- Systems evaluation
- System analysis
- Coordination
- Human resource management
- Time management
- Mathematics
Abilities
- Inductive reasoning
- Oral comprehension
- Deductive reasoning
- Written comprehension
- Awareness of issues
- Verbal skills
- Written expression
- Speech clarity
- Classification
- Idea generation
- Information organization
- Speech recognition
- Selective attention
- Processing flexibility
- Near vision
- Perception speed
- Memorization
- Originality
- Information processing speed
- Basic numeracy
- Mathematical reasoning
- Visualization
Knowledge and attributes
- Capacity to establish and maintain interpersonal relations
- Sense of responsibility
- Capacity to adapt
- Spoken and written bilingualism (French and English)
- Capacity to work in a team
- Capacity to be discrete
- Respect others
- Sense of observation
- Capacity to facilitate a group
- Open-mindedness
- Knowledge of psychology
- Knowledge of therapy and counselling
Interests
- Direct, organize, and manage
- Draft, communicate, and inform
- Work in an office
- Create, design
- Carry out research
- Self-employment
- Assist and advise
- Teach or educate
- Assist or care for people
Personality profiles (RIASEC)
- Investigative
- People with this profile prefer relying on theoretical knowledge before acting. They like observation, analysis and problem solving.
- Social
- People with this profile prefer to be in contact with others, in particular to entertain, help or teach them.
- Artistic
- People with this profile prefer to express their emotions and thoughts through various art forms. They like to use their imagination.
Official name of the NOC 4151
Psychologists
Job titles
- Neuropsychologist
- Psychologist
- Clinical psychologist
- Child psychologist
- Psychologist - counselling
- Psychological associate
- Behaviourist
- Behavioural psychologist
- Cognitive psychologist
- Educational psychologist
- Human development psychologist
- Sports psychologist
- Industrial psychologist
- Community psychologist
- School psychologist
- Vocational psychologist
- Experimental psychologist
- Research psychologist
- Intern psychologist
- Forensic psychologist
- Organizational psychologist
- Social psychologist
- Behavioural modification psychologist
- Physiological psychologist
- Psychotherapist
- Behavioural therapist
Skill type
Education, law and social, community and government services
Related occupations
- Conseiller d'orientation
- Family, marriage and other related counsellors
- Occupational therapists
- Other professional occupations in social science, n.e.c.
- Registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses
- Social workers
- Statistical officers and related research support occupations
- University professors and lecturers
- criminologist
- psychiatrist
- psychoeducator
- sexologist
Last update: March 27, 2023
