Careers in Psychology Rehabilitation psychologists are
researchers and practitioners who work with people who have
suffered a physical deprivation or loss, whether at birth or
through later damage such as a stroke. These individuals may
also aid someone in adjusting to a physical handicap associated
with aging, such as a loss of mobility due to arthritis.
Rehabilitation psychologists treat people by helping them to
face both the psychological and situational barriers they may
encounter, and they thereby facilitate individuals' more
effective functioning. Rehabilitation psychologists tend to work
in medical rehabilitation institutes and hospitals. They may
work in a medical school or university or serve as a consultant
or an administrator for state and federal vocational
rehabilitation agencies. Some have private practices serving
people who have disabilities.