Career questions tagged psychotherapy
What does a regular/average work day?
When you're a psychologist you help people with their mental health. How do you know when you've helped someone too much or you're just doing your job? I feel like the mental toll from being a psychologist would affect your own mental health greatly and I want to know how to balance the job and just being too nice. I'm in high school and this is one of the jobs I really want to do because I'm a very emotional person and I know what it's like to struggle with mental health.
Is psychology a financially secure career choice?
What kinds of careers in psychology, if any, might be more likely to have issues with financial security? Why?
What is the most stressful part of being a psychologist?
I'm aware that in the psychology field, you deal with a lot of people's stresses and problems, I'm curious to know what part of it stresses you out the most.
What is it like to be a psychologist/therapist?
Just curious if any therapists out there have any experience or advice
How does one decide? PhD or PsyD, that is the question?
How does one decide… concerning a terminal degree in psychology… PhD or PsyD? That is the question 🙋♀️
What degrees would I require to pursue a career as a Psychotherapist? ?
How much years of college would i need to do to go for a career as a psychotherapist?
As someone interested in psychology, and possibly going into a career as a therapist or counselor, is it challenging to take on so many other people's issues? Does that affect the non-working part of your life mentally or emotionally?
Currently a junior in high school Very interested in studying psychology at University
How do you build experience as a recent graduate with a HBSc in Psychology, wanting to pursue psychotherapy working with teens and young adults?
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What is the average work day of a Psychologist like?
How long do they work, and how´s the work place. Is it similar to a therapist´s job? #psychology #career #psychotherapy
What is the typical day for a forensic psychologist? What exactly do they do?
I am graduating college in 2020 and am still confused on what exactly I should do. I have been interested in forensic psychology for years but am confused on exactly what to expect if I were to choose this career path. I am between becoming a forensic psychologist or a therapist. I also have ideas of becoming a teacher. I am all over the place and getting more information will help me! #psychology #forensic #psychotherapy #college-major
What are some tips for getting a degree in psychology?
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Do you have to be really good at science to be able to study psychology?
I'm interested in the brain and how emotions and actions alter do to an experience or an altercation and i'm considering the field of social work but i have never been good in science #psychology #counseling-psychology #psychotherapy
What do I need to become a psychologist or mental health professional?
I want to know what kind of degree is needed to become a psychologist. I have searched the internet for answers to this quite a few times, and the answers range anywhere from a 4 - year Bachelor's degree to a M.A. or even a PhD. I would also like to know what kind of degree is generally preferred by employers when they hire a mental health professional. I would like to be a therapist, not working in a hospital, either a private - practice or an online/office hybrid therapist that videochats with patients and or makes housecalls or has office visits. #psychology #psychologist #psychotherapy #clincial-mental-health #mentalhealthawareness #mentalhealthprofessional #mentalhealth
What's the right job for a future counsellor-wannabe?
I will provide some details of my current situation so I can actually hope for some similarly detailed advice/answers. I completed my undergrad in psychology. After undergrad, I wanted to go into grad school for psychology. But my grades and etc. were not good enough. So I went into a master's program in education as a plan B. I recently finished this master's program. But recently I have made up my mind and decided to pursue a career path into counselling (psychotherapy). However, I hadn't really thought of going into counselling (psychotherapy) before, so I do not have any relevant experience or related degree. I have recently started volunteering in a youth mentorship program and also a hospice program, hoping to gain some relevant experience. I chose those two programs for a strategical reason, of course. But I really wanted to explore those fields and provide emotional support to vulnerable people who are in tough situations (youth at risk and people who are dying). I personally believe volunteering for those two programs is a solid counselling-related experience. (You can disagree and give me some better options if you would like to.) I hope these experiences will help me get into counselling programs I want to start in September 2019. But I also want to gain some professional experience before I start school again in 2019 because as a volunteer you only get 3-4 hours a week and I just have too much time laying around. Ideally, I would like to gain some counselling-related professional experience. However, because I do not have any related experience or degrees at the moment, I can't really gain professional experience directly related to counselling. So my aim right now is to find a position WITHIN the context of the counselling field but not really involving direct counselling. Money is not really a concern of mine at the moment. My parents can temporarily support me just until I go to grad school for counselling. I just want to spend some time working in the field, getting the taste to see whether or not I would like it and also to use it as an experience for my application. I originally wanted to use my M.Ed. to find some jobs related to counselling. But so far all the positions I could find were not really related to counselling as in psychotherapy but more so in career counselling or guidance counselling, which is not I want to pursue. Could anybody suggest me some fields or positions that I could realistically aim for at the moment for some professional experience related to counselling (psychotherapy)? #counselling #psychotherapy #psychology
Where are some good places to find meaningful Counseling Psychology summer internships?
I hear about many counseling psychology internships that basically have interns do more administrative work or "babysitting" clients in high risk facilities. I want to have more exposure to actual counseling sessions, learn different techniques and get enough experience to help guide me closer toward the type of psychology I want to go to Graduate School for. #counseling-psychology #psychotherapy #psychology