How to become a clinical psychologist

Official title: Clinical psychologist

Clinical psychologist diagnoses and evaluates mental, emotional and behavioural disorders of individuals through observation, interview and psychological tests. He/she formulates and administers programmes of treatment to support these individuals.

Main tasks

• Planning and carrying out tests to measure mental, physical and other characteristics such as intelligence, abilities, aptitudes and potentialities, interpreting and evaluating results, and providing advice
• Analysing the effect of heredity, social, occupational and other factors on individual thought and behaviour
• Conducting counselling or therapeutic interviews with individuals and groups, and providing follow-up services
• Maintaining required contacts, such as those with family members, educational authorities or employers, and recommending possible solutions to, and treatment of, problems
• Studying psychological factors in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of mental illnesses and emotional or personality disorders, and conferring with related professionals
• Preparing scholarly papers and reports

Ways in

• University: Psychology degrees, Offered by 1 universities in Singapore

Pay · Outlook · AI and this job

• Median pay: $65,940 a year. The middle half earn $58,200 to $84,288 a year.
• Generative AI could change some tasks in this job, by the ILO's global estimate.

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• Educational psychologist
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• Medical social worker
• Youth work professional
• Counsellor (rehabilitation)

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Questions people ask

How do I become a clinical psychologist?

Ways in include: Psychology degrees.

How much does a clinical psychologist earn in Singapore?

Median full-time pay is $65,940 a year (Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg)). The middle half earn $58,200 to $84,288.

Will AI change the work of a clinical psychologist?

Generative AI could change some tasks in this job, by the ILO's global estimate.

Sources

• Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg): Resident Occupational Wages (Occupational Wage Survey) (June 2024 (data.gov.sg update 2026-04-01)), Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
• International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026

Updated 4 October 2026