Katrin Kullasepp is Associate Professor of General Psychology at Tallinn University, Estonia.

Part 1: Persons into professions-A unique path into a professional role, 1. Introduction: Becoming a psychologist-What does that mean?, 2. Theoretical framework: A socio-cultural approach to professional identity construction, 3. Introduction to the methodology of the study: Grasping the multilinear and unique developmental process over time, Conclusion to Part 1, Part 2: A psychologist as a sign, 4. Psychologists emerge everywhere: the academic and non-academic voices in the focus, 5. A sign of a psychologist as an organizer, Conclusion to Part 2, Part 3: Becoming a psychologist: the multiple life trajectories, 6. Thirteen pathways to entering the professional role, Conclusion to Part 3, Part 4: General Implications: Basic principles of the socio-cultural construction of professional identity, 7. The construction of professional identity through the lens of cultural psychology, Concluding thoughts: The future in construction