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Are there related fields I might want to look into for psychology?
I am 20 years old and I am planning in getting a career as either a psychologist or school/educational counselor
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Danielle Wolfe
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An important point to note is that although psychologists, social workers and counselors all spend significant time studying Counseling Psychology, they are three separate degrees and they definitely are sought after by different employers. I'd suggest that you work backwards and start with searching for your "dream jobs" and looking for common threads in the education and skill requirements they ask for. You may be surprised at the results. There's also a huge world of coaching going on in our digital world, and you'll notice background of very wide variation there (some with no degrees and very insightful and successful, others with multiple PhD's). Even psychology has many areas when isolated: schools, sports, adults, hospital settings, private settings, courts, government, peace keeping, military... start backwards is my best advice. It sheds a lot of light.
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Allison’s Answer
Another area you could consider is social work but that does require a masters. In addition, HR roles can often use the skills you learned as a psychology student.
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Sam’s Answer
A Psychology degree and take you into a variety of career fields and opportunities. My spouse and I both have Psychology degrees and work in totally different fields. I 've worked the past 20 years in human resources focusing on organizational and industrial psychology. I've worked in the organizational development side of HR (training, development, strategy) and the hiring and data analytic side. My spouse has focused on psychological data analysis in higher ed.
Hopefully this provides you with some different career paths to think about
Hopefully this provides you with some different career paths to think about
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Leah’s Answer
Hi! I am currently in my Master's program in clinical mental health counseling, which also has a dual degree option to get a school counseling degree as well. I would look into counseling programs and see which type sounds most interesting to you. Psychologists, social workers and counselors essentially can do a lot of the same things like therapy and diagnose and stuff like that, the training programs just tend to focus on different things. I chose counseling because it honestly is a lot easier to get into than a psychology program and I still learn all psychotherapy techniques and can diagnose. That's just an example. I always suggest meeting with your schools advising office too!