How Can a Psychologist help?
Psychologists see people of all ages from children to older adults. People are seen individually or as a couple or as a family. Psychologists also work with groups of people with similar problems. A treatment session usually lasts about 50 minutes. During the session, the psychologist works with the person to better understand their problems and find ways to resolve them. Psychological testing may also be carried out to provide additional diagnostic information or to pull information together more quickly in a systematic manner. Psychologists use their specialized knowledge of human behavior, emotion, personality, and mental processes to make diagnoses and their treatment skills to help people make healthy changes in their coping styles and emotional and behavioural patterns.
