Studying psychology opens doors to many different career opportunities. From clinical psychologists working in mental health, Child Psychologists supporting children, Forensic Psychologists assisting law enforcement to industrial-organizational psychologists shaping workplace dynamics, psychology offers careers in improving all kinds of aspects of human life. Despite the popular belief that most psychology graduate go in to work in mental health, most psychology graduate develop careers in different fields other than mental health. Clinical Psychology Clinical psychology is the psychological specialty that provides continuing and comprehensive mental and behavioral health care for individuals, couples, families, and groups. This branch of psychology is concerned with the assessment and treatment of mental illness and abnormal behavior. This field integrates the science of psychology with the treatment of complex human problems, making it an exciting career choice for people who are looking to work in a challenging and a rewarding field. Counseling Psychology Counseling Psychology is a specialty in applied psychology that uses a broad range of techniques to help people improve their well-being, prevent and alleviate distress and maladjustment, resolve crises and increase their ability to function better in their lives. Counseling psychologists support personal and interpersonal functioning across the life span and pays particular attention to emotional, social, vocational, educational, health-related, developmental, and organizational concerns. Child and Adolescent Psychology Child and Adolescent Psychology uses a broad range of techniques to support and guide children and teenagers improve their well-being, academic performance, prevent and alleviate distress caused by negative childhood experiences, emotional distress due to family conflicts and increase their ability to function better in their future. Child and Adolescent psychologists support cognitive, social and moral development and functioning across childhood and are equipped to provide therapeutic support in learning difficulties, behavioral problems and emotional issues. Business & Organizational Psychology Business & Organizational Psychology is where insights drawn from psychological theories and models are applied in different aspects of a business. Business psychologists use psychological concepts to gain a competitive advantage in leadership, management, human resources, sales and marketing, branding and making technologies more effective and appealing.. They analyze, predict and influence humans using psychometric testing, neuro-marketing, consumer psychology, behavioral economics and cyber-psychology to make businesses more innovate, profitable. Criminal & Forensic Psychology Criminal & Forensic Psychology is a specialty in psychology that has become very popular as it offers many exciting, interesting and challenging career options. Using psychological concepts in law enforcement, judicial and correctional processes, criminal and forensic psychologists serve community fighting and preventing crimes to make society a safer place. From evaluating and assessing criminals, understanding and fighting radicalizations and terrorism to profiling and catching sex offenders, Criminal and forensic psychologists are using their understanding of human behavior and thinking to uncover the dark side of human mind. Technology & Psychology A high emotional quotient is also an asset in tech, where psychologists often find themselves working on multidisciplinary teams. All kinds of tech companies have hired psychologists for years—big names like Microsoft, Google, and Facebook have plenty on staff—but more people with psychology backgrounds are now finding a niche at startups. According to Forbes, investors provided a record-breaking $1.5 billion to mental health startups in 2020 alone (see Mental health, meet venure capital). Not all those startups employ psychologists, but many companies are very serious about getting the psychological science right, said Brian Pace, PhD, a psychologist and director of clinical AI (artificial intelligence) at Lyssn, a company that uses machine learning to give psychologists feedback on their clinical work. Psychologists not only have clinical know-how and data skills but also can help develop products that are accessible, equitable, and as unbiased as possible. They have the skill set to think through issues of delivery and monitoring how tech products are being used, Pace said. “The best people to have a finger on the pulse of how these platforms are being developed, run, and used are psychologists,” he said.