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- Avoid going through life trying to analyze the people around you. It's the classic cliché for most budding psychologists to want to do this, but this isn't necessarily going to prepare you for your career. Don't be your friends' therapist. Be their friend. What you CAN do is be there for your friend, and practice developing good listening skills. Get a feel for THEIR needs. Also pay close attention to how the people around you want their struggles to be labelled or categorized -- if at all.
- Similarly, try to determine if there are particular life events or mental illnesses that you want to help people work through - or ones you don't (and that's okay!). While no psychologist can cherrypick their patients, you CAN specialize. What seems most rewarding to you? What do you most wish you could change about the difficulties someone experiences?
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