The objectives of this specialty

The objectives of this specialty

The objectives of this specialty are:

the study of psychosocial factors playing a pathogenic or protective role for health;
prevention and promotion of healthy behaviors and lifestyles;
treatment of diseases;
the care of sick people and their entourage.
It concerns the individual (or a group of individuals), as well as his immediate environment.


Consult a health psychologist
The intervention of the health psychologist can be preventive, experimental or clinical.

As part of a preventive action, the health psychologist aims to promote and maintain health as well as to prevent the arrival of diseases. It will seek to determine what motivates health-related behaviors and how they can be changed. He is also interested in how emotions and beliefs are related to these behaviors and their consequences.

In individual consultation, the health psychologist has a role of accompaniment and support during the appearance of a health problem for oneself or for a member of one's entourage (illness, handicap, operation, addiction, etc.). The goal for the person is to cope using their own resources and levers.