The Portable Mentor Expert Guide to a Successful Career in Psychology /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Prinstein, Mitchell J. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2013.
• Subjects: Philosophy (General).; Psychology, clinical.; Applied psychology.; Psychological tests and testing.; Psychology.; Clinical Psychology.; Psychological Methods/Evaluation.; Psychotherapy and Counseling.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3994-3

Written for students and early career psychologists, The Portable Mentor, Second Edition is a professional development handbook with practical guidelines and suggestions for mastering virtually every professional task encountered during the first decade of a career in psychology. Fully updated and e...

Table of Contents:

• Part I. Applying to Graduate School
• Before you Apply to Graduate Programs in Psychology:� Knowing When Youre Ready, and Gaining Post-Baccalaureate Experiences
• Deciding to Apply and Successfully Gaining Admission to Graduate Schools in Psychology
• Part II. Beginning your Career
• The Whys and Hows of the Scientific Path in Applied Psychology
• Advancing Understanding of Cultural Competence, Cultural Sensitivity, and the Effects of Cultural Incompetence
• Developing and Practicing Ethics
• Balancing Career and Family
• Psychologist and Parent:� Advice from Professionals in Different Career Tracks
• Part III. Your Research/Academic Career
• Writing a Literature Review
• Presenting Your Research
• Publishing Your Research
• How to Write an Effective Journal Article Review
• Recommendations for Teaching Psychology
• Part IV. Your Career as a Practitioner
• Gaining Clinical Experience In and After Graduate School
• Training to Begin a Private Practice
• Navigating the Internship Application Process
• Obtaining a License to Practice Psychology
• Specialty Certification in Professional Psychology
• Becoming a Competent and Ethical Clinical Supervisor
• Part V. Your professional service career
• Getting Involved in Professional Organizations: A Gateway to Career Advancement
• Advocacy: Advancing Psychology and Public Wellbeing
• Public Education of Psychology: An Interview with Philip G. Zimbardo, Ph.D.
• Strategies for Successful Interactions with the News Media
• Part VI. Your Career after graduate school
• Recommendations for a Postdoctoral Fellowship
• Applying for NIH Grants
• The Job Search
• Employment and Trends in Psychology.