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Will therapy be a good fit for me?

I've had a hard time deciding on a major, and I think I want to be an occupational therapist, but I don't know for sure if that's what's best for me. What qualities should most therapists have?
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Before deciding on a career, you should first understand who you are. Self-awareness increases over time and it's good to start knowing yourself - what you enjoy, your values and beliefs, your strengths and weaknesses, etc. There are personality tests, such as the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator test, you could take online that may help you. Some of the tests could provide jobs in aligned with the test result that you may want to explore. Second, you should use all resources available to you to know as much as you can on the jobs you are interested in. You could read up on the job description of the jobs you are interested in. You could volunteer or ask in a job setting to observe someone. You could interview those people at the job setting or people you know in school or with family and friends. As you learn the different job roles you're interested in, think about your own situations, the cost and process you would have to go through to be able to work in the field (e.g., healthcare) and specific job roles (e.g., occupational therapy or occupational therapy assistant). You should think about how long you want to be in school for to start and your long-term goals; for example, you may want to go to school to initially obtain a degree for an assistant level and then later on go back to school to advance your career. Third, just remember that you, your interests, your situations, etc. may change, but change may help in the process of knowing the path you really want to take that fits you best.
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Sikawayi’s Answer

Hello Rebeca, there isn't a person who can tell you if therapy is the right fit for you. The truth is you can have more than one fits for you, I have known many people who have had a deep passion for animals and also excelled at the law. Well, he had to decide which would be a better life choice for him, work with animals or working in the field of law.
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Seaton’s Answer

To help you answer this question, it may be beneficial to ask yourself why occupational therapy? why therapy in general? What are the characteristics that you are looking for a job? What are absolute and what are more preferred? To be an occupational therapist, you must have an entry level degree and earn the professional licensure. It is a wonderful profession (which I am bias towards) and generally difficult to translate to other areas. It isn't impossible but difficult. Similarly other professional schoolings produce specific licensed professionals: physicians, physical therapist, pharmacist, nurse, social work, teachers, lawyers, etc.

For example: I want a job where I can help people- how do you want to help people? What do you want to do or don't want to do? Don't think about the specific major but what career and what life style do you want?

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