How to Use psychologist in a Sentence

psychologist

noun
  • One of you has to be a psychologist.
    — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 30 May 2026
  • Most of the credit to that goes to my sports psychologist.
    — Outside Online, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Atkin leans on her sports psychologist a little less now.
    — Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2026
  • My mom was a teacher and my father was a psychologist.
    — Meagan Jordan, Rolling Stone, 26 June 2026
  • Fox, Shiffrin’s psychologist, was by her side.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2026
  • But in fact, psychologists have found the opposite to be true.
    — Rhitu Chatterjee, NPR, 22 Feb. 2026
  • The psychologist, by the end of the book, might offer closure.
    — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 19 Mar. 2024
  • Influencers and child psychologists have tried to make sense of it.
    — John Seewer, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Child psychologists say the word itself is not the issue.
    — Staff Author, Parents, 13 June 2026
  • There are a lot of life coaches out there, and a lot of in-house psychologists at companies.
    — Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 13 Apr. 2026
  • The real culprit has a name, and psychologists call it the paradox of choice.
    — Ryan Brennan, Sacbee.com, 23 June 2026
  • For Jones, much of the work with her psychologist is about using the mind to control the body.
    — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Right now, some people have what psychologists call a high need for cognition.
    — David Brooks, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026
  • That agreement was based on reports from three psychologists.
    — Kevin Grasha, Cincinnati Enquirer, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Child psychologists are still not fully convinced one way or the other.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 25 Apr. 2023
  • Demand for psychologists increased by more than 60% in the first year of the war.
    — Paul Sonne, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2024
  • Kilmeade asked the psychologist whether Trudeau’s absence would be good for his home country.
    — Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 12 Jan. 2025
  • Each school site also has a psychologist and a counselor to help get to the root of the student’s issue.
    — Jennah Pendleton, Sacramento Bee, 27 June 2024
  • For decades, psychologists believed willpower was the ticket to a good life.
    — Michaeleen Doucleff, NPR, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Cousins let the cameras inside his sessions with the team psychologist.
    — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 15 July 2023
  • This is what psychologists call the competence trap.
    — Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • The mistake tested the work Howard has done with a sports psychologist over the past couple of years.
    — Amelie Claydon, New York Times, 4 July 2026
  • Schaefer, ever the basketball psychologist, knows when to push his team and when not to.
    — Cedric Golden, Austin American Statesman, 16 Jan. 2026
  • For years, parents and psychologists have been debating how much parental support is too much.
    — Russell Shaw, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2026
  • And when these prisons are understaffed – psychologists and other staff are asked to act as guards.
    — February 25, NPR, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Some psychologists call such thinking healthy and helpful.
    — ABC News, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Some psychologists call such thinking healthy and helpful.
    — Seth Borenstein, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026
  • The psychologist did not call Tarasoff or her parents.
    — Virginia Hammerle, Dallas Morning News, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Meinerz spent time last season speaking with a sports psychologist.
    — Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Shiffrin had dismissed the idea, choosing instead to work through the tears with her longtime psychologist.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2026

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