Diplompsychologe/Gesundheitspsyschologe

English translation: Qualified clinical and health psychologist

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German term or phrase:Diplompsychologe/Gesundheitspsyschologe
English translation:Qualified clinical and health psychologist
Entered by: silvia glatzhofer

16:44 Mar 2, 2006
German to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Psychology
German term or phrase: Diplompsychologe/Gesundheitspsyschologe
A ist Diplompsychologe, Klinischer und Gesundheitspsychologe und Psychoanalytiker


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silvia glatzhofer
Local time: 23:08
Qualified clinical and health psychologist
Explanation:
Although Diplom might normally be translated as 'qualified', having a Diplom in psychology does not make you a qualified psychologist. Further training is required before you are qualified. Obviously in this case the person is qualified and to avoid using 'graduate psychologist', I would just say 'is a qualified clinical and health psychologist' (I think 'medical psychologist' is used in the United States, but 'health psychologist' is used in Britain and the United States.
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5Qualified clinical and health psychologist
Psytrans
4graduate psychologist, clinical and medical psychologist
NGK
4qualified psychologist/medical psychologist
Nicola Bigwood


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Diplompsychologe, Klinischer und Gesundheitspsychologe
graduate psychologist, clinical and medical psychologist


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NGK
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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
qualified psychologist/medical psychologist


Explanation:
"Diplom" is usually rendered as "qualified" in English. In German they tend to state the qualification whereas in English we don't.

Nicola Bigwood
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46 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Qualified clinical and health psychologist


Explanation:
Although Diplom might normally be translated as 'qualified', having a Diplom in psychology does not make you a qualified psychologist. Further training is required before you are qualified. Obviously in this case the person is qualified and to avoid using 'graduate psychologist', I would just say 'is a qualified clinical and health psychologist' (I think 'medical psychologist' is used in the United States, but 'health psychologist' is used in Britain and the United States.


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