What Life Care Planners Need to Know About the Professional Discipline of Psychologist

Psychology covers a wide range of human activities across diverse settings and situations and it is important to understand both the capacities and limitations of the field. Psychological assessment can be a key component in the deve l opme nt of a life care plan, an d subsequent psychological services, if integrated into the plan can help an individual adapt to and optimize their post-index event lives. Psychology constitutes much more than “talk therapy” and there are a variety of clinical, procedural and licensure issues that life care planners need to consider within the course of their work.