临床心理学（Clinical Psychology）是应用心理学的一个分支，主要是了解、预防及舒缓心理上的困扰及心理疾病。世界上多个国家已经将临床心理学列为需要注册的精神健康专业之一。如今，临床心理学主要应用的心理疗法的流派有：心理分析、人本主义、认知行为学派、家庭及系统治疗等。
临床心理学家主要是帮助人们缓解心理上或精神上的问题，有的帮助人们缓解身体上的疾病或创伤；有的安抚离婚者或失恋者的伤口。
2015USNews美国大学研究生临床心理学专业排名
临床心理学家主要是帮助人们缓解心理上或精神上的问题，有的帮助人们缓解身体上的疾病或创伤；有的安抚离婚者或失恋者的伤口。
| 常见学位 | M.S. |
| 典型职业及薪水 |
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| 签证敏感度 | 无 |
| 高中课程准备 | 心理学、数学、科学、生物学、化学、物理学、统计学 |
| 专业领域 | 社会科学 |
| 世界首家心理诊所 | 宾夕法尼亚大学 |
| 美国第一大学 | 加州大学洛杉矶分校UCLA |
| 相关排名 | 2015USNEWS临床心理学排名 |
课程列表
| 心理学导论 | Introduction to Psychology |
| 变态心理学 | Abnormal Psychology |
| 行为科学统计数据 | Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences |
| 临床心理学研究原理 | Research Methods in Clinical Psychology |
| 临床方法 | Clinical Methods |
| 儿童发展学 | Child Development |
| 化学 | Chemistry |
| 生理心理学讲座 | Seminar in Physiological Psychology |
| 实地考察讲座 | Seminar Fieldwork |
就业状况
以美国为例，该专业典型从业职业及其薪水（2012年5月统计）如下：
- 精神科医生（Psychiatrists）：$177,520
- 心理学家及=及其他（Psychologists）, All Other：$86,380
- 医师（Physician）：$184,820
- 产业组织心理学家（Industrial-Organizational Psychologists）：$98,800
- 心理健康咨询师（Mental Health Counselors）：$72,220
- 心理健康与药物滥用社会工作者（Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers）：$43,340
- 保育员（Child Care Worker）：$21,310
2015USNews美国大学研究生临床心理学专业排名
| 排名 | 院校 | 分数 |
| #1 | University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA |
4.5 |
| #2 | University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC |
4.4 |
| #2 | University of Washington Seattle, WA |
4.4 |
| #2 | University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI |
4.4 |
| #2 | Yale University New Haven, CT |
4.4 |
| #6 | Duke University Durham, NC |
4.3 |
| #6 | University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL |
4.3 |
| #6 | University of Kansas (Clinical Child Psychology Program) Lawrence, KS |
4.3 |
| #6 | University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN |
4.3 |
| #6 | University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA |
4.3 |
| #11 | Stony Brook University-SUNY Stony Brook, NY |
4.2 |
| #11 | University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA |
4.2 |
| #11 | University of Texas-Austin Austin, TX |
4.2 |
| #14 | Harvard University Cambridge, MA |
4.1 |
| #14 | Northwestern University Evanston, IL |
4.1 |
| #14 | Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN |
4.1 |
| #14 | Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO |
4.1 |
| #18 | Emory University Atlanta, GA |
4.0 |
| #18 | Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington, IN |
4.0 |
| #18 | Pennsylvania State University-University Park University Park, PA |
4.0 |
| #18 | University of Colorado-Boulder Boulder, CO |
4.0 |
| #18 | University of Iowa Iowa City, IA |
4.0 |
| #18 | University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA |
4.0 |
| #18 | University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA |
4.0 |
| #18 | University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA |
4.0 |
| #26 | Boston University Boston, MA |
3.9 |
| #26 | San Diego State University - University of California-San Diego San Diego, CA |
3.9 |
| #26 | Temple University Philadelphia, PA |
3.9 |
| #26 | University of Kansas Lawrence, KS |
3.9 |
| #26 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI |
3.9 |
| #26 | University of Oregon Eugene, OR |
3.9 |
| #32 | Ohio State University Columbus, OH |
3.8 |
| #32 | University of Arizona Tucson, AZ |
3.8 |
| #32 | University of Georgia Athens, GA |
3.8 |
| #32 | University of Miami Coral Gables, FL |
3.8 |
| #32 | University of Missouri Columbia, MO |
3.8 |
| #37 | Arizona State University Tempe, AZ |
3.7 |
| #37 | Binghamton University-SUNY Binghamton, NY |
3.7 |
| #37 | Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Chicago, IL |
3.7 |
| #37 | University of Florida Gainesville, FL |
3.7 |
| #37 | University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD |
3.7 |
| #42 | Rutgers, the State Univ. of New Jersey-New Brunswick (Dept. of Psychology) Piscataway, NJ |
3.6 |
| #42 | University at Buffalo-SUNY Buffalo, NY |
3.6 |
| #42 | University of Illinois-Chicago Chicago, IL |
3.6 |
| #42 | University of Kentucky Lexington, KY |
3.6 |
| #42 | West Virginia University Morgantown, WV |
3.6 |
| #47 | Florida State University Tallahassee, FL |
3.5 |
| #47 | Michigan State University East Lansing, MI |
3.5 |
| #47 | Purdue University-West Lafayette West Lafayette, IN |
3.5 |
| #47 | Rutgers State U. of New Jersey-New Brunswick (Dept. of Clinical Psych.) Piscataway, NJ |
3.5 |
| #47 | Syracuse University Syracuse, NY |
3.5 |
| #47 | University at Albany-SUNY Albany, NY |
3.5 |
| #47 | University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL |
3.5 |
| #47 | University of Connecticut Storrs, CT |
3.5 |
| #47 | University of Delaware Newark, DE |
3.5 |
| #47 | University of Denver (Department of Psychology) Denver, CO |
3.5 |
| #47 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA |
3.5 |
| #47 | University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT |
3.5 |
| #47 | Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA |
3.5 |
| #60 | Loyola University Chicago Chicago, IL |
3.4 |
| #60 | Teachers College, Columbia University New York, NY |
3.4 |
| #60 | University of Alabama-Birmingham Birmingham, AL |
3.4 |
| #60 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, NE |
3.4 |
| #60 | University of Nevada-Reno Reno, NV |
3.4 |
| #60 | University of Rochester Rochester, NY |
3.4 |
| #60 | University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville, TN |
3.4 |
| #60 | University of Vermont Burlington, VT |
3.4 |
| #60 | Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA |
3.4 |
| #60 | Wayne State University Detroit, MI |
3.4 |
| #70 | Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH |
3.3 |
| #70 | Clark University Worcester, MA |
3.3 |
| #70 | Fordham University New York, NY |
3.3 |
| #70 | University of Houston Houston, TX |
3.3 |
| #70 | University of Massachusetts-Boston Boston, MA |
3.3 |
| #70 | University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM |
3.3 |
| #70 | University of South Florida Tampa, FL |
3.3 |
| #70 | University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center-Dallas Dallas, TX |
3.3 |
| #70 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI |
3.3 |
| #79 | American University Washington, DC |
3.2 |
| #79 | Auburn University Auburn, AL |
3.2 |
| #79 | Baylor University Waco, TX |
3.2 |
| #79 | George Washington University Washington, DC |
3.2 |
| #79 | Georgia State University Atlanta, GA |
3.2 |
| #79 | Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis Indianapolis, IN |
3.2 |
| #79 | Kent State University Kent, OH |
3.2 |
| #79 | Louisiana State University-Baton Rouge Baton Rouge, LA |
3.2 |
| #79 | Marquette University Milwaukee, WI |
3.2 |
| #79 | Ohio University Athens, OH |
3.2 |
| #79 | Palo Alto University - Stanford University Medical School Consortium Palo Alto, CA |
3.2 |
| #79 | St. Louis University St. Louis, MO |
3.2 |
| #79 | The Catholic University of America Washington, DC |
3.2 |
| #79 | University of Memphis Memphis, TN |
3.2 |
| #79 | University of North Carolina-Greensboro Greensboro, NC |
3.2 |
| #94 | DePaul University Chicago, IL |
3.1 |
| #94 | Oklahoma State University Stillwater, OK |
3.1 |
| #94 | St. John's University Jamaica, NY |
3.1 |
| #94 | Texas A&M University-College Station College Station, TX |
3.1 |
| #94 | University of Louisville Louisville, KY |
3.1 |
| #94 | University of Mississippi University, MS |
3.1 |
| #94 | University of Missouri-St. Louis St. Louis, MO |
3.1 |
| #94 | University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI |
3.1 |
| #94 | University of South Carolina Columbia, SC |
3.1 |
| #94 | Washington State University Pullman, WA |
3.1 |
| #104 | Bowling Green State University Bowling Green, OH |
3.0 |
| #104 | Hofstra University Hempstead, NY |
3.0 |
| #104 | Indiana State University Terre Haute, IN |
3.0 |
| #104 | Miami University Oxford, OH |
3.0 |
| #104 | Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX |
3.0 |
| #104 | University of Hawaii-Manoa Honolulu, HI |
3.0 |
| #104 | University of Maine Orono, ME |
3.0 |
| #104 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County Baltimore, MD |
3.0 |
| #104 | University of Missouri-Kansas City Kansas City, MO |
3.0 |
| #104 | University of Virginia (Curry) Charlottesville, VA |
3.0 |
| #114 | Brigham Young University-Provo Provo, UT |
2.9 |
| #114 | Loyola University Maryland Baltimore, MD |
2.9 |
| #114 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Carbondale, IL |
2.9 |
| #114 | Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Bethesda, MD |
2.9 |
| #114 | University of Colorado-Colorado Springs Colorado Springs, CO |
2.9 |
| #114 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV |
2.9 |
| #114 | University of North Texas Denton, TX |
2.9 |
| #114 | University of North Texas-University of North Texas Health Sciences Center Fort Worth, TX |
2.9 |
| #114 | University of Wyoming Laramie, WY |
2.9 |
| #114 | Virginia Consortium for Professional Psychology Virginia Beach, VA |
2.9 |
| #114 | Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, MI |
2.9 |
| #125 | CUNY-City College New York, NY |
2.8 |
| #125 | Drexel University Philadelphia, PA |
2.8 |
| #125 | Fairleigh Dickinson University Teaneck, NJ |
2.8 |
| #125 | George Mason University Fairfax, VA |
2.8 |
| #125 | Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, IL |
2.8 |
| #125 | Northern Illinois University DeKalb, IL |
2.8 |
| #125 | Pepperdine University Los Angeles, CA |
2.8 |
| #125 | Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX |
2.8 |
| #125 | University of Arkansas-Fayetteville Fayetteville, AR |
2.8 |
| #125 | University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH |
2.8 |
| #125 | University of Montana Missoula, MT |
2.8 |
| #125 | University of North Dakota Grand Forks, ND |
2.8 |
| #125 | University of South Dakota Vermillion, SD |
2.8 |
| #125 | University of Southern Mississippi Hattiesburg, MS |
2.8 |
| #139 | Adelphi University Garden City, NY |
2.7 |
| #139 | Howard University Washington, DC |
2.7 |
| #139 | LIU Brooklyn Brooklyn, NY |
2.7 |
| #139 | LIU Post Brookville, NY |
2.7 |
| #139 | University of Tulsa Tulsa, OK |
2.7 |
| #139 | Wright State University Dayton, OH |
2.7 |
| #145 | Central Michigan University Mt. Pleasant, MI |
2.6 |
| #145 | Eastern Michigan University Ypsilanti, MI |
2.6 |
| #145 | Gallaudet University Washington, DC |
2.6 |
| #145 | Idaho State University Pocatello, ID |
2.6 |
| #145 | New School New York, NY |
2.6 |
| #145 | Suffolk University Boston, MA |
2.6 |
| #145 | University of Central Florida Orlando, FL |
2.6 |
| #145 | University of Toledo Toledo, OH |
2.6 |
| #145 | Wichita State University Wichita, KS |
2.6 |
| #145 | Xavier University Cincinnati, OH |
2.6 |
| #145 | Yeshiva University (Ferkauf) Bronx, NY |
2.6 |
| #156 | University of Hartford West Hartford, CT |
2.5 |
| #157 | Duquesne University Pittsburgh, PA |
2.4 |
| #157 | Nova Southeastern University Fort Lauderdale, FL |
2.4 |
| #157 | Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science North Chicago, IL |
2.4 |
| #157 | University of Indianapolis Indianapolis, IN |
2.4 |
| #161 | Florida Institute of Technology Melbourne, FL |
2.3 |
| #161 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania Indiana, PA |
2.3 |
| #161 | Marshall University Huntington, WV |
2.3 |
| #164 | Fuller Theological Seminary Pasadena, CA |
2.2 |
| #164 | Loma Linda University Loma Linda, CA |
2.2 |
| #164 | Roosevelt University Chicago, IL |
2.2 |
| #164 | Sam Houston State University Huntsville, TX |
2.2 |
| #164 | Seattle Pacific University Seattle, WA |
2.2 |
| #164 | University of La Verne La Verne, CA |
2.2 |
| #164 | Widener University Chester, PA |
2.2 |
| #171 | Antioch University-New England Keene, NH |
2.1 |
| #171 | George Washington University (Center for Professional Psychology) Washington, DC |
2.1 |
| #171 | Palo Alto University Palo Alto, CA |
2.1 |
| #171 | Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine Philadelphia, PA |
2.1 |
| #171 | University of Denver (Graduate School of Professional Psychology) Denver, CO |
2.1 |
| #171 | University of Detroit Mercy Detroit, MI |
2.1 |
| #177 | The Wright Institute Berkeley, CA |
2.0 |