Making Psychologist Training Meaningful in Higher Education: Future Challenges of Psychology

Making Training Meaningful in Higher Education: Future Challenges of Psychology invites us to reflect on the education and professional development of future psychologists. Their preparation demands a solid theoretical foundation, enriched by supervised practice and the strengthening of personal and professional competencies. The central purpose of this book is to share with society the psychological knowledge that students acquire and refine throughout their formative process, while highlighting emerging challenges and opportunities for the discipline in contemporary higher education. The chapters presented within this book include proposals developed within the framework of academic activities, professional practices or research processes in which students participate with their professors. Through contributions from different countries and research teams, this book analyzes the current and future variables that the training of psychologists faces, such as the powerful technological development and its influence on the practice of the profession, distance education/learning processes, the training of therapists and clinical training in a technological society, among others. Making Psychologist Training Meaningful in Higher Education: Future Challenges of Psychology constitutes a valuable contribution for psychology teachers, clinical supervisors, educational researchers and psychology students.

• Publication date: 16 June 2026
• Page count: 264
• Dimensions: Height 242 mm; Width 163 mm; Thickness 21 mm
• Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
• Format: Hardback
• ISBN-13: 9781806862023