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Becoming a Family Psychologist

A family psychologist focuses on the emotions, thoughts, and behaviors of individuals within a family unit and works with members to facilitate more positive behaviors within the family unit and the larger environment in which it functions. The therapy performed by the family psychologist is intended to address conflict within the family unit and to help the members improve communication among themselves to help solve the conflict. The term family psychologist brings to mind a group made up of parents and their children, but a family psychologist doesn’t just work with those types of families. You may see a family psychologist working with one parent and one or more of their children, only the children, a married couple, or even business groups or organizations that need help communicating. This is one of the fastest-growing occupations. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) estimates that the need for family psychologists will grow by 22 percent by the year 2028. The increased need is explained in part by many veterans returning

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