clinical psychologist
noun
plural clinical psychologists
: a licensed psychologist with an advanced degree who assesses, diagnoses, and treats mental, emotional, and behavioral issues : a specialist in clinical psychology
Evaluations were conducted by trained doctoral-level clinical psychology students, supervised by a licensed clinical psychologist.—
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These traditions are reminders that letting go, having faith and doing good deeds will be rewarded, said Dr. Yasmine Saad, a clinical psychologist and author in New York City.
—Monica Haider, CNN Money, 6 June 2025
The prosecution already called one expert witness to the stand, clinical psychologist Dawn Hughes, who described domestic violence as behavior that functions to exert control over a victim.
—Aysha Bagchi, USA Today, 4 June 2025
Such thinking can become a self-fulfilling prophecy, says Linda Baggett, PhD, a clinical psychologist in Manhattan Beach, California.
—Seraphina Seow, Vogue, 27 May 2025
Most of the researchers were more circumspect, but Richards—an infectiously cheerful clinical psychologist who is now in his eighties—was happy to entertain the possibility.
—Michael Pollan, New Yorker, 19 May 2025
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Monica Haider, CNN Money, 6 June 2025
The prosecution already called one expert witness to the stand, clinical psychologist Dawn Hughes, who described domestic violence as behavior that functions to exert control over a victim.
—Aysha Bagchi, USA Today, 4 June 2025
Such thinking can become a self-fulfilling prophecy, says Linda Baggett, PhD, a clinical psychologist in Manhattan Beach, California.
—Seraphina Seow, Vogue, 27 May 2025
Most of the researchers were more circumspect, but Richards—an infectiously cheerful clinical psychologist who is now in his eighties—was happy to entertain the possibility.
—Michael Pollan, New Yorker, 19 May 2025
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“Clinical psychologist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clinical%20psychologist. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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