noun · neutral
psychologist
UK/saɪˈkɒlədʒɪst/US/saɪˈkɑːlədʒɪst/psy·CHOL·o·gist
Band 5-6speakingtask2
a person who studies or treats mental processes and behaviour
Examples
“After months of stress, he finally spoke to a psychologist.”
“The psychologist explained how anxiety affects sleep.”
“She studied to become a clinical psychologist.”
Band 8 sentence
“After several months of counselling, the psychologist concluded that his anxiety was linked to long-term stress at work.”
Collocations
- clinical psychologist
- consult a psychologist
- counselling psychologist
Word family
psychology nounpsychological adjectivepsychologically adverbpsychologist noun
Common mistakes
He is psychologist.→He is a psychologist.
I go to psychologist.→I go to a/the psychologist.
Say it for a higher band
5doctor→6therapist→7+psychologist
Synonyms
therapist
Easily confused
therapist
“She started seeing a therapist to cope with anxiety.”
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