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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Jessica Magidson, PhD, is a clinical psychologist who has spent years tackling social and behavioral health challenges in financially strapped contexts.
—Jessica Magidson, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
Sleep expert Wendy Troxel, a RAND Corporation senior behavioral specialist and licensed clinical psychologist in Utah who was not involved in the study, also reacted to the findings in an interview with Fox News Digital.
—Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Experts like Dr Tracy King, a chartered clinical psychologist specialising in workplace wellbeing, neurodivergence, and nervous system regulation, refer to this as ‘performative busyness’, in other words confusing movement with progress.
—Barnaby Lashbrooke, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Consulting with psychiatrists and clinical psychologists, McBain and his co-authors came up with 30 questions around suicide and assigned them different risk levels from highest to lowest.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2025
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Jessica Magidson, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
Sleep expert Wendy Troxel, a RAND Corporation senior behavioral specialist and licensed clinical psychologist in Utah who was not involved in the study, also reacted to the findings in an interview with Fox News Digital.
—Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Experts like Dr Tracy King, a chartered clinical psychologist specialising in workplace wellbeing, neurodivergence, and nervous system regulation, refer to this as ‘performative busyness’, in other words confusing movement with progress.
—Barnaby Lashbrooke, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Consulting with psychiatrists and clinical psychologists, McBain and his co-authors came up with 30 questions around suicide and assigned them different risk levels from highest to lowest.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2025
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“Clinical psychologist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clinical%20psychologist. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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