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Future Career Choice
I've been stuck between a few career choices and I finally found something I want to do, but I'm not sure if there is a term for it. If so, can someone lead me to what the name for it would be called and maybe some sites that help to describe the career so I can be sure? Thanks in advance. Anyway, here is what I would like to do. (By the way, I'm 16 and a senior once August rolls around, I also live in NC if that helps)
I have always wanted to work with teaching. Mainly the high school level because I also have always been interested in helping troubled teens. Such as teens that have been through abuse or that are dealing with depression or something that could be traumatizing. I guess although I've always thought of myself as sometime becoming a teacher and just kind of helping students but even though I think I'd make a good teacher, it's mainly because I want to help teens. I've thought about being a child psychiatrist, but here's what I really want to do. (Maybe it would just be considered a councilor?) For example, when kids have been abused I want to be the type of person they come and talk to and I'll be able to help them in some way whether it be informing the proper people (authorities) or if it's something less serious (just got out of a really bad relationship) I could be the perosn that helps them get through it. So kind of a broad subject of what I would help them with. I don't want to have to prescribe medicine or come up with some illness they might have because I would be too afraid of getting it wrong (personal experience is the cause of that fear). I just want to be the type of person to listen and maybe help them get through it... Is there such a thing or would I have to be able to figure out what may or may not be wrong with them.
What about a high school guidance councilor. I know that they help students with what they need to succeed in college and career choices out side of school and that they also are there when students need someone to talk to (which is what I want to do pretty much - be there to listen and talk and give advice I guess when people need someone).
Do you think that a school guidance councilor would be good for something like that? Or is there something else in the field of psychology or psychology that would work. Or because I've always thought I'd end up as a teacher maybe something with teaching I could do that would still allow me to help teens like that?
Sorry for the length, I just have a lot of thoughts jumbled in my head right now and I'm having trouble thinking of what career best suits my interests. Again, thanks in advance!
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Do you see the humor in a teen asking for career advice because she thinks she might want to be a high school guidance counselor? ;)
There are a few ways you could go. First, you could be a school guidance counselor. Second, you could be a school psychologist (they don't diagnose illness or prescribe drugs) or you could be an educational psychologist (though they focus more on the psychology of learning and therapies to help those with learning disabilities), I think.
Probably the best thing to do would be to ask your high school guidance counselor, because it's a good bet that she knows her job and the jobs of related fields and can tell you which jobs seem to fit what you want to do. I know, you'll probably have to wait until at least late Aug, maybe September to speak with her. :( Maybe, though, there's someone you can speak with or maybe you can ask for an appointment during school registration in late summer, etc. You will likely also want to check out education classes at colleges because I believe that in order to be a school guidance counselor, you take a lot of the same courses as teachers. Check into programs for that on the web. Maybe even check out the National Education Association (teacher's union) and see if your parent(s) know anyone in the field you can speak with. It shouldn't be too hard to figure out how to get from where you are to the career point of your choice.
You seem to be a bright young woman, since you're graduating a year early. I think you'll be able to find a lot of information. :)
Good luck,
Sabine
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