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Two questions you should answer yourself are:
1. What personal gains or accomplishments would be found that would impact you personally?
2. How working in the field of psychology would impact the Kingdom of God?

Go to your Bible. The Holy Bible is a great source for mental health issues.

career in psychology:
Psychologist
Human Resource Department
Counselor
Teacher
School Counselor
Lecturer
Motivator
etc…

My son in law’s father spent a career in the Air Force as a psychologist. He has a master’s degree in science in Psychology.

Psychologists can do a lot of the counseling that mght be done by a psychiatrist. They , however, cannot presacribe drugs. That must be done by a doctor ( MD-type doctor,that is)

You can only realistically expect to make a living in this field if you get a PhD so you can set yourself up in private practice as a Psychologist. To do this you have to graduate from your bachelors program with a GPA of at least 3.0. If you think you can do this and commit yourself to at least 4 years of additional schooling after you get your bachelors, then great.

But if you do not think you will get at least a 3.0 or do not intend to stay in school past your bachelors degree then you should consider a different field.

And since you need a PhD and once you have a PhD no one really cares where you got your bachelors, just go to the place you can go for the cheapest, generally your closest state university, as an in state student.

If you do not want to pursue a masters in Psychology, you can also go into a masters program in a lot of other areas or to law school as well.

People with only an undergrad degree in psychology made a starting salary of $36,000 per year on average in 2009 according to:

http://www.payscale.com/best-colleges/degrees.asp

Enlisted career field code is called 4C0X1. The coarse is about 7 weeks long up at Sheppard AFB in Wichita Falls, Texas.

was actually going to join that career field, but ended up not doing so. Mostly you make appointments and schedule patients, all patient handling is done by the dr’s. you will monitor patients that are put on wards for suicide and things of that nature.

I just pretty much asked the same thing.
But just be aware that the rules for opening a private practice is different in every province/state.

This rox… Thank you very much.

That would mean 5-8 years of college.

You might want to look at a career in social work. It could be faster.

There are other related careers which take less college.– substance abuse counseling, school counseling, career counseling

But to get a good job in the area, we are talking about a master’s degree. Not bad since you can probably work while finishing.

More good education is at
http://www.guidetopsychology.com/be_psy.htm

You should decide soon, since the training and education are quite different. To do therapy, you will need at least a Masters degree in Marriage and Family Therapy, Clinical Social Work, Professional Counseling, Substance Abuse; or a PhD/PsyD/EdD in Clinical or Educational Counseling.

Teaching starts with a BA in teaching, and takes a different tack from there.

Something else to think about. If you are reacting emotionally to the idea of counseling/therapy as a career, maybe there are issues that you need to work through first. Even if you don’t have issues, I would suggest going into therapy yourself. You will (1) deal with any issues that you never realized were issues, and (2) begin to understand how the process works.

Undergraduate training can be similar for any of these fields (the one exception I can think of is for Clinical Social work; I would highly recommend that you go through a BSW program if you choose that field).

BTW, if you are interested in school psychology, check out their website…I’ll list it below. Or…if you are completely confused, write to me. My screen name (wiscman77) is at Yahoo.com

With just a four-year Bachelor’s, you can get entry-level corporate positions (I know business majors would scoff at this, but my friend’s sister managed to do this), management, and sales.

Just make sure to network and meet as much people as you can (:

They might not advertise they are hiring, just on their website or something so most of the applicants end up being someone somebody knows.

This is why in college they always say education isn’t enough, you have to learn how to network. Or as it’s better said, “It’s not what you know, it’s who you know!”

Go on for your Ph.D. or Psy.D. and practice psychology in the Beverly Hills area. If you get one person from the film industry as a client and do a superb job helping this client, word-of-mouth referrals could build a very interesting and lucrative practice.

In any event, although there is probably a surplus of therapists in the area, the hourly rates are high and the population transient enough (meaning new residents needing a therapist) that you can probably build a practice in any event.

I’m sure you already know that you need a doctorate for almost any worthwhile and well-paying career in psychology.

Best wishes.

If you are qualified for the position, you will be fine. Either they won’t care at all about it, or you will have to cover it with a bracelet or long sleeves. You’re definitely not screwed because of it especially if you’re willing to cover it.