hobias. Other clinical psychologists teach and guide students of clinical psychology in an academic surrounding (Specialty, 1995).The working conditions for a clinical psychologist is mostly the same as a psychologist in any other field of study. Clinical psychologists work in comfortable office settings, classrooms, or laboratories. Some that are in a private practice choose to set their own hours, but may have to work evenings and weekends to accommodate client schedules. For clinical psychologists that teach at places of education, they might divide their time between teaching, research, and administrative responsibilities (Specialty, 1995). A clinical psychologist needs at least a Masters degree in clinical psychology and a postgraduate diploma in clinical psychology (Hinengaro, 1998). More than 60 percent, though, of all people who work in psychology hold a doctorate degree (Hopke, 1993). In clinical psychology the requirements for the Ph. D. or Psy. D. degree usually include one year of internship or supervised experience. Also, the American Board of Examiners in Professional Psychology offers diplomas in clinical, counseling, industrial organizational, and school psychology to those people with a doctoral degree with outstanding educational records and experience who can pass the required psychology examinations (Hopke, 1993). All states require psychologists to be licensed or certified by a state board to practice independent, unsupervised psychology (Specialty, 1995). Bowling Green University, Notre Dame, and University of Florida (U.F.) are just a few of the colleges that offer degrees in psychology. The American Psychological Association (APA) defines the Department of Clinical and Health Psychology at U.F. There are two degree options available at U.F. They are the Master of Arts in Education and Specialist in Education, and a Ph.D. For students who enter Ph.D. program with a bachelors degree, it will take six years to comp...
