psychologist
noun
psy·chol·o·gist
sī-ˈkä-lə-jist 
plural psychologists
: a person who specializes in the study of mind and behavior or in the treatment of mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders : a specialist in psychology
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Probation officer meetings While Trump remains free on his own recognizance, he will soon be interviewed by a probation officer or psychologist for a pre-sentence report that Merchan will use to help decide his punishment.
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Nik Popli, TIME, 3 June 2024
Evil The long-gestating showdown between forensic psychologist Kristen Bouchard (Katja Herbers) and Satan worshiper Leland Townsend (Michael Emerson) has arrived — in the form of a bouncing baby boy.
—Ew Staff Published, EW.com, 24 May 2024
Julia Sadusky, a psychologist in Colorado, is one of relatively few expert voices who has stepped into that fraught territory between anti-trans fear and zeal on the right, and what some see as a progressive orthodoxy on the left that leaves little space for parental doubts.
—Ruth Graham, New York Times, 17 May 2024
Other budget priorities include $13 million for summer school programming, $10.6 million for school police officers, $47.1 million for social workers and psychologists, $7 million for behavioral health services, and $73 million for food and nutrition services.
—Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun, 16 May 2024
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Nik Popli, TIME, 3 June 2024
Evil The long-gestating showdown between forensic psychologist Kristen Bouchard (Katja Herbers) and Satan worshiper Leland Townsend (Michael Emerson) has arrived — in the form of a bouncing baby boy.
—Ew Staff Published, EW.com, 24 May 2024
Julia Sadusky, a psychologist in Colorado, is one of relatively few expert voices who has stepped into that fraught territory between anti-trans fear and zeal on the right, and what some see as a progressive orthodoxy on the left that leaves little space for parental doubts.
—Ruth Graham, New York Times, 17 May 2024
Other budget priorities include $13 million for summer school programming, $10.6 million for school police officers, $47.1 million for social workers and psychologists, $7 million for behavioral health services, and $73 million for food and nutrition services.
—Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun, 16 May 2024
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psychologist
noun
psy·chol·o·gist
sī-ˈkäl-ə-jəst
: a specialist in psychology
especially
: a practitioner of clinical psychology, counseling, or guidance
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