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Hello, I am 23 years old and I have a bachelor's degree in sociology and psychology. A few weeks ago, I had applied to three graduate schools for clinical mental health. I had gotten into two of them, I told the one that I would go to the other since it was financially best for me and when I went to accept the other's acceptance, I just couldn't do it. I started to panic reading about it and it's had me in such a frazzled state for days, keeping on thinking about it.
So, I'm thinking that this isn't my passion. I wanted to be a therapist but one would think once I finally got in and could get the ball rolling, I would be super excited but I've been so overwhelmed and scared and just so darn anxious that I don't think this is a good fit for me and aside from what I've already said, I'll give a few more reasons as to why I believe that to be true:
- I though that I would get in and get out in three years, that is what I had interpreted the professor saying during my interview but upon further reading, I had found out that I would be finishing my credits in three years, then I would be going on to start me practicum, then after that I would continue on to start my internship which would be another THREE years (plus more if I decide to work part time while doing it or I could be completely not working and complete the 3600 hours in three years)!! All of that, so far, is a minimum of 6 years, that does not include how many years it could take for me to pass the three part MPAC test
-the next thing I was thinking about is moving. My boyfriend and I had discussed that after we get married and before we have kids, we would like to live in another state for a little but say that I graduate in 7 years, I would need two years of working on my own license as experience before I apply to live in another state so that puts me at moving out of the state by the time I am maybe 32 years old, which not to mention, he discussed wanting to have children before we both reach 30, which I had no problem with since I thought I would be done with school by the time I am 28.
-the other thing that makes me nervous is that I graduate and get licensed, I get a job as a therapist and hate it, there aren't many other jobs that I could work with that type of master's degree so that is really kind of holding me back too.
Anyway, I just wanted to see if this seems logical or anything to anyone else here. I also wanted to get some input on what other type of jobs there are that I could look into. I think I'm going to defer my acceptance from this school so I can research a little more. I work as a paraprofessional with special needs children now and I love helping people, which is why I really thought therapy would be a good fit. I also am just the kind of person that likes to keep options open, which is why I didn't like the idea of not having many other jobs I could fall back on if I didn't like being a therapist or being stuck in one state because of being licensed. I want to get a good job that will help support me and my future family (and pay off all that student debt, ya know) but money isn't all that I'm about. I have looked into what sociologists and psychologists do, how much money masters degree social workers make and more jobs along that line. So, I'm just looking for advice on maybe a new masters degree to look into and what future jobs I could also look into with a new masters degree that kind of fit what I've described.
Thanks for any help! (link)
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Well, you can try to read additional literature on how to improve your CV like http://www.businesslegions.com/blog/2018/02/12/tips-write-good-cv-dream-job/. That might actually help to find a better and more interesting job. So good luck to you. But I'm sure you're doing everything right.
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