Week 3 - Generalist Psychologist

Question 1

What is required to become a generalist psychologist?

Answer 1

a registered Generalist Psychologist requires the completion of a 5-year accredited sequence with a one-year board approved internship, and completion of the National Psychology Exam.

Question 2

What are the requirement for the 1-year psychology internship to become registered?

Answer 2

The internship component requires 1630 hours of psychological practise, with a minimum of 500 direct client contact, 89 hours of supervision, and 60 hours of professional development.

Question 3

What knowledge is tested in the National Psychology Exam, and what are the four domains covered?

Answer 3

The National Psychology Examination tests knowledge for the 5th and 6th year of applied knowledge, covering four domains: ethics, assessment, communication, and intervention.

Question 4

Who has the sit the National Psychology Exam?

Answer 4

Anyone wanting to become registered in Australia, except those going down the Masters or PhD route. Including those coming from overseas to practise.

Question 5

What are the PsyBA eight core competencies to satisfy the 1-year internship for registration?
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Answer 5

1. Psychological assessment and measurement
2. Working in a cross-cultural context
3. Practising across the lifespan
4. Intervention strategies
5. Communication and Interpersonal relationship
6. Knowledge of the discipline
7. Ethics, legal, and Professional matters
8. Research and evaluation

Question 6

What is psychotherapy, and who can practise it?

Answer 6

Psychotherapy (“talk therapy”) treats psychological problems using communication and relationship factors, and is practised by a range of registered Mental Health Professional

Question 7

Outline the PsyBA core competency: Knowledge of the discipline?

Answer 7

Knowing the psychological principles, and professional ethics, and standards.
Dysfunctional behaviour
theories of change
cultural biases
psychopathology.

Question 8

Outline the PsyBA core competency: Ethics, legal and professional matters?

Answer 8

Know them and how they apply to psychology

Question 9

Outline the PsyBA core competency: Psychological assessment and measurement?

Answer 9

Application of psychometric tools to assess patient’s cognitive functioning, personality, and behaviour in a group, or individual setting.

Question 10

Outline the PsyBA core competency: Working in a cross-cultural context?

Answer 10

Applying these competencies to a range of individuals with varying beliefs, age, sex, orientations.

Question 11

Outline the PsyBA core competency: Practising across the life space?

Answer 11

Childhood, Adolescent, Adult, and Older Adult

Question 12

Outline the PsyBA core competency: Intervention strategies?

Answer 12

Using activities to promote, restore, sustain, and enhance cognitive functioning and well-being as a preventative, developmental and remedial strategy.

Question 13

Outline the PsyBA core competency: Communication and Interpersonal relationship?

Answer 13

The ability to convey, appraise, and translate orally and in writing professionally so it can be understood by the client and other professionals.

Question 14

Outline the PsyBA core competency: Research and evaluation?

Answer 14

Learning to critically analyse scientific publications so they can be applied to your psychological practise, and the ability to evaluate and report on interventions.

Question 15

Name some intervention strategies?

Answer 15

Acceptance and commitment, narrative, mindfulness, and CBT.

Question 16

What are some of the condition for therapy as outline by Sue Jakes?

Answer 16

Therapy within the window of tolerance (you can’t learn anything if you aren’t relaxed), Top-down – Bottom-up (stimulus presented, and then emotion occurs, or the other way around), and Safety first