Clinical psychologist — experienced, anywhere in Pakistan
Clinical psychology is the largest profession on this site by a long way — 2,203 of the people in our directory are psychologists against 215 psychiatrists — and it is also the profession with the thinnest formal gatekeeping, because Pakistan still has no statutory register for clinical psychologists.
Why we are open to this role
Clinical psychology is the largest profession on this site by a long way — 2,203 of the people in our directory are psychologists against 215 psychiatrists — and it is also the profession with the thinnest formal gatekeeping, because Pakistan still has no statutory register for clinical psychologists. That cuts both ways. It means we cannot ask you for a licence number that does not exist, and it means we read your degree and your supervised hours properly instead of taking a council number as a shortcut.
What the work is
- Assessment and formulation, and the written work that goes with it.
- Individual therapy, in whichever modality you were actually trained in — we do not ask you to claim CBT if you practise something else.
- Deciding, yourself, which referrals you are competent to take and saying no to the rest.
What we ask for
- Your degree, and where you did your supervised practice.
- Two or more years seeing patients after qualifying.
- A clear answer on what you do not take — self-harm, psychosis, children — because somebody in crisis should never be routed to a clinician who was hoping not to be asked.
Qualification: MS, MPhil or PhD in Clinical Psychology from an HEC-recognised university. You must be 18 or over.
The arrangement, the same for every role here. You are self-employed. You set your own fee, and there is no charge to be listed. The patient pays you directly and in full — nothing is deducted and nothing is held by us. For a session we introduced, 5% of that fee comes back to us afterwards, towards the video rooms, the booking system and the running costs; this is a charity project and patients are never charged for anything. You keep your own patients, and nothing is owed on work that did not come through us. Your phone number and your address are never published: enquiries reach you through us. You decide your own hours and how many people you take. We check your qualifications, and your registration where your profession has a register, before anybody is approved — nobody is listed on their own word. We do not supervise your clinical practice and we do not carry your indemnity.
Applying takes about ten minutes and puts you in front of a human, not a filter. We check registration numbers against the council register before replying, so allow a few days. You can see and change your application any time at depression.pk/application.
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