These are the ATS keywords, credentials, and software terms that recur across current clinical psychologist job descriptions — organized so you can scan for what your resume is missing. Placement matters as much as presence: an ATS keyword buried in a skills list ranks lower than the same term used in context inside an experience bullet.

Title variants

  • Clinical Psychologist
  • DClinPsy
  • Chartered Clinical Psychologist
  • Consultant Clinical Psychologist
  • Lead Clinical Psychologist
  • Specialist Clinical Psychologist
  • HCPC Registered Psychologist
  • Band 8a Psychologist
  • Neuropsychologist
  • Health Psychologist
  • Forensic Clinical Psychologist

Credentials

  • DClinPsy
  • HCPC
  • CPsychol
  • BPS
  • AFBPsS
  • FBPsS
  • PhD
  • PsyD
  • ABPP
  • LP
  • EPPP
  • PSYPACT

NICE-concordant treatments

  • CBT
  • CBT-p (psychosis)
  • CBT-PTSD
  • EMDR
  • CPT
  • TF-CBT
  • IPT
  • DBT
  • CAT (cognitive analytic therapy)
  • CFT (compassion-focused therapy)
  • ACT
  • schema therapy
  • CAT
  • MBCT
  • mindfulness-based cognitive therapy
  • CRT (cognitive remediation therapy)
  • FI (family intervention for psychosis)
  • CBASP (chronic depression)
  • BCBT (suicidal crisis)
  • FACT

Populations and conditions

  • psychosis
  • schizophrenia
  • bipolar disorder
  • BPD
  • borderline personality disorder
  • complex PTSD
  • CPTSD
  • OCD
  • eating disorders
  • anorexia
  • bulimia
  • ARFID
  • severe depression
  • treatment-resistant depression
  • health anxiety
  • chronic pain
  • medically unexplained symptoms
  • ADHD adults
  • autism spectrum
  • perinatal mental health
  • CAMHS
  • older adult
  • forensic
  • learning disability
  • dual diagnosis
  • co-occurring disorders

Assessments

  • PANSS
  • BPRS
  • PSYRATS
  • YBOCS
  • EDE-Q
  • SCID-5
  • MINI
  • IPDE
  • ZAN-BPD
  • CAPS-5
  • PCL-5
  • PHQ-9
  • GAD-7
  • PHQ-A
  • WAIS
  • Conners
  • ADOS-2
  • ADI-R
  • RCADS
  • SDQ
  • DASS-21
  • recovery outcomes
  • IAPT ROMs
  • WSAS

NHS/IAPT

  • IAPT
  • recovery rate
  • waiting times
  • RTT
  • stepped care
  • PWP
  • High Intensity Therapist
  • NHS Talking Therapies
  • NICE guidelines
  • CPA
  • care programme approach
  • MHA
  • Mental Health Act
  • Section 2
  • Section 3
  • AMHP
  • CMHT
  • CRHT
  • CATT
  • EIS
  • early intervention in psychosis
  • CLDT

Long-tail phrases

  • clinical psychologist resume
  • DClinPsy resume
  • NHS clinical psychologist resume
  • clinical psychologist cv
  • HCPC psychologist resume
  • clinical psychologist resume examples
  • clinical psychologist resume 2026
  • Band 8a psychologist resume
  • consultant clinical psychologist resume

Pasting these terms into your resume verbatim without matching context can read as keyword stuffing to a human reviewer, even if it passes the ATS. The full Clinical Psychologist resume guide shows where each category belongs and how to work it into real experience bullets.