What Do Rehabilitation Psychologists Do?
Rehabilitation psychologists are sensitive to the unique aspects of the disabling condition. They look at a person’s unique characteristics, and at the problems the person may face in the home and community. So, a rehabilitation psychologist must learn as much as possible about a person in a brief period of time and usually in a hospital setting. A rehabilitation psychologist may visit a person’s bedside soon after the person arrives at a rehabilitation hospital. Or he or she may interview a person in more detail in between rehabilitation therapies at an inpatient program. Sometimes a vocational rehabilitation counselor may ask a client to visit a rehabilitation psychologist for an evaluation. A person can also ask the vocational counselor for a referral to a rehabilitation psychologist, or request a list of psychologists from the approved provider plan used by their insurance company to find a suitable referral. In these situations, the person may have to justify their request by stat
