As a prerequisite to writing my psychology paper, I interviewed Dr. Lynn Scoresby, a professional child and family psychologist who has been in the field more than 40 years. Author of 9 books, he started out to be a lawyer when he took a few classes in psychology and discovered that they were a lot more interesting to him. He graduated with his bachelor’s degree in pre-law history and mastered in counseling psychology; he got involved with child psychology in his PhD program.
His favorite thing about his job is the chance he gets to interact with people every day and help them with their needs. As we are talking, he shared with me some of the skills he has acquired through his psychology major. First, he learned how to write better. It is super important to think more in an organized way. Going along…show more content… Be very good in what you do. There are many people studying psychology that are not good in helping people. They are not professional; they don’t understand or learn how to help others. Helping people is challenging, especially when you are trying to help children.
As a child psychologist, you will have to have an idea of what causes the problem and how to solve it well. Make yourself a friend and work really hard. Sometimes, working with people is heartbreaking. After being in the field for more than 40 years he learned how to get used to that and feel better about it. He says, “You have to learn to be sad but not get involved.”
When asked about what model he uses most often in his practices, he said that it all depends of the child. There is not only one model to follow. You will learn to pick one that will help that child the most. For example, one day he saw a child who was mute. It was a five years old that would not talk. She could come in his office, smile, but never said anything. One day, he decided to tell her a story about a little girl
