Child Psychologist

As a child psychologist, you work with children and teenagers who are anxious, sad, struggling at school, or dealing with difficult experiences. You listen to them, ask careful questions to understand what's really going on, and help them find ways to feel better and deal with their challenges.

Your day might involve running therapy sessions with a young person, doing tests to understand their difficulties, meeting with parents and teachers to explain what you've found, and designing plans to help them. You work in schools, hospitals, clinics or private practice. This job can be emotionally demanding - you will hear about things that hurt children, like bullying, loss, or family problems - so you need to be calm, compassionate and resilient. You also need to be good at listening and explaining things in a way that young people understand.