Clinical Neuropsychologist: Tests memory, attention, and thinking to figure out how brain injuries, dementia, or disorders affect a person. Typical pay $125k.
Forensic Psychiatrist: Psychiatrist who works where mental health meets the law. Typical pay $300k.
Psychiatric Physician Assistant: Physician assistant who diagnoses mental illness and prescribes psychiatric medications. Typical pay $130k.
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Clinical Psychologist: Diagnoses and treats mental health conditions through talk therapy and psychological testing. Typical pay $96k.
School Psychologist: Supports students' learning, behavior, and mental health inside schools. Typical pay $86k.
Forensic Psychologist: Applies psychology to the legal system: evaluating defendants, advising courts, and treating people in prisons. Typical pay $100k.
Mental Health Counselor: Helps people work through anxiety, depression, trauma, and life challenges through talk therapy. Typical pay $59k.
Marriage & Family Therapist: Helps couples and families improve how they communicate and solve problems together. Typical pay $64k.
Clinical Social Worker: Provides therapy and connects people with resources like housing, benefits, and treatment programs. Typical pay $62k.
Board Certified Behavior Analyst: Designs programs that help kids with autism and others build communication and life skills. Typical pay $75k.
Art Therapist: Uses drawing, painting, and sculpting to help people express feelings they can't put into words. Typical pay $58k.
Drama Therapist: Uses role-play, improv, and storytelling to help people heal and practice new ways of acting. Typical pay $55k.
Grief Counselor: Helps people cope with the death of someone they love. Typical pay $55k.
Health Psychologist: Psychologist who helps people cope with illness and change health behaviors. Typical pay $100k.
Rehabilitation Psychologist: Psychologist who helps people adjust after injuries like spinal cord damage, strokes, or amputations. Typical pay $102k.
Eating Disorder Therapist: Counselor who treats anorexia, bulimia, binge eating, and related conditions. Typical pay $70k.
Sex Therapist: Licensed therapist who helps individuals and couples with intimacy and relationship concerns. Typical pay $78k.
Neurofeedback Practitioner: Uses real-time brain wave or body signals to help people train focus, calm, and sleep. Typical pay $65k.
Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) Nurse: Nurse on the team that gives ECT, a carefully controlled brain-stimulation treatment for severe depression that other care hasn't helped. Typical pay $90k.
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Psychiatric Technician: Cares for and monitors patients in psychiatric hospitals and units. Typical pay $42k.
Registered Behavior Technician: Works one-on-one with kids with autism, carrying out a behavior analyst's therapy plan. Typical pay $41k.
Peer Support Specialist: Uses their own lived experience with mental illness or addiction to help others recover. Typical pay $40k.
Crisis Line Counselor: Answers calls, texts, and chats from people in emotional crisis, including those thinking about suicide. Typical pay $43k.
Psychiatric Aide: Helps patients in psychiatric facilities with daily activities and keeps the unit safe. Typical pay $38k.
TMS Technician: Delivers magnetic brain-stimulation treatments for depression that hasn't responded to medication. Typical pay $46k.
Psilocybin Facilitator: State-licensed guide who supports adults during legal psilocybin sessions (currently Oregon and Colorado). Typical pay $45k.
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