I am trying to decide what I want to be when I grow up (I am 31 years old! LOL). I majored in Psychology and am leaning toward counseling or social work. I want to get my masters now that the kids are older and will all be in school soon. With a masters in social work, one can counsel, as well as do social work. My question is to all those out there in similar fields: what is your masters in and how do you like your job? Any other suggestions? I have been out of school so long I really don't know where to start. Thanks!
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Try being a guidance counselor in the school system. Then you will have the same hours as your kids' school days.
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anything you want to work in you can find a job. Companies who have nothing to do with counseling keep couselors on staff to deal with employee family situations confidentially. Just go for it, with good grades and a positive attitude there are plenty of jobs to chose from.
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Hi Airy, I think it is far more important to settle in your mind what you want to achieve as a counsellor. Your experience with your own children would be fantastic as would your time away from the workforce. I think you could make a fantastic professional statement to the industry. Attitude more important than academia, IMO.
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Another person asked this question earlier- here's what i wrote him: 1) you can pretty much do anything you want with a psych degree The different fields that you can go into for research psychology are: Abnormal psychology- the study of abnormal behavior Cognitive psychology - studies cognition, the mental processes underlying behavior Comparative psychology - the study of the behavior and mental life of animals other than human beings Developmental psychology - Mainly focusing on the development of the human mind through the life span Personality psychology studies enduring psychological patterns of behavior, thought and emotion, commonly called an individual's personality Psychometrics- study of differences between individuals. Like the difference between intelligence, abilities, attitude, etc... Social psychology is the study of the nature and causes of human social behavior, with an emphasis on how people think towards each other and how they relate to each other (one of my favorites) Applied psychology - psychological research that is designed to help individuals overcome practical problems Clinical psychology is the application of abnormal psychology research to the understanding, treatment, and assessment of psychopathology (the field that I'm going into) Counseling psychology - dealing with personal and interpersonal functioning across the life span with a focus on emotional, social, vocational, educational, health-related, developmental, and organizational concerns. They differ from clinical psychs because they focus more on the 'nomral' developmental patterns and everyday stress. Educational psychology - the study of how humans learn in educational settings Forensic psychology is the area concerned with the application of psychological methods and principles to the legal arena (another one of my favorites) Health psychology -the application of psychological theory and research to health, illness and health care Industrial and organizational psychology (I/O) - Industrial Psychology focuses on improving, evaluating, and predicting job performance while Organizational Psychology focuses on how organizations impact and interact with individuals Human factors psychology - the study of how cognitive and psychological processes affect our interaction with tools and objects in the environment So...yea you can pretty much do everything with a psychology degree
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You can study just about anything with psychology...but you will have a hard time getting an actual job without a PhD. Counseling is great if all you want to do is do individual, group, or family therapy. Social work is a better degree if you know you want to work in human services and are interested in donig many things from administration (developing programs), work across systems (individual, family, community, etc.). Over time Social work is a more versatile degree, giving you more options. DA
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