From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Psychology, psychiatrypsychologistpsy‧chol‧o‧gist /saɪˈkɒlədʒɪst $ -ˈkɑː-/ ●●○AWL noun [countable]MPsomeone who is trained in psychology → psychiatrist
a clinical psychologist► see thesaurus at doctorExamples from the Corpuspsychologist• They were advised by a psychologist to set aside a certainportion of time each evening for home-work.• Many woman-centred psychologiststry to avoid such male-identified parameters.• a child psychologist• She told us she worked as an educationalpsychologist in Athens.• Every psychologist does exactly the same thing himself, and sees nothing wrong in it.• After graduationpsychologists work in a variety of areas.• He admitted to his psychologist that he had been too shy to talk to women.• PeterMiller was an independentpsychologist.• Female and malepsychologists often experience what Laws calls sponsorrelationships, which play an important part in getting them established.• Age is particularly significant for women psychologists.