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Degree in Psychology
I want to be a psychologist as a career. I really enjoy learning about how the human mind works, it's just really fascinating.
I was wondering if someone could explain to me how much schooling I would actually need to become a counseling psychologist.
I have researched different careers a person can have if they have a Psychology degree, but I just don't know how many years of college I need to get the degree. A few websites mentioned something about a doctorate? If I wanted to be a counselor of some kind, like a psychotherapist, would I need to go to medical school?
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Counselor is masters. 6 years.
Psychologist or psychiatrist is doctorate. 8 years +
Don't major in psychology unless you're committed to grad school. A psyche degree is as worthless as an arts degree if you don't take it at least to a masters.
Heres how you figure it out.
Are you interested in helping people with relationship problems? Talking to people about life problems, empathizing with them, etc? Or do you want to talk to and work with people who have genuine disorders?
A counselor could do things like marriage counseling, school counseling, and similar pursuits.
A psychiatrist is going to be someone with an office and a practice who helps people with genuine disorders and with personality problems that can be solved a variety of ways, including medically.
I'm going for the second, because I want to have some work with actual psychiatry. I'm interested in how the human mind works and how it sometimes doesnt work, but I also plan to do alot of marriage/family counseling along the way.
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There are psychologists and psychiatrist (doctors).
To be a psychologist is to be a therapist that does not prescribe medications. They listen and try to help without drugs, or if drugs are needed then they work with your regular physician and get the medication you need.
Psychiatrists go to med school so they can prescribe medication and do less counseling.
I currently go to one of both.
A Psychologist needs 4-5 years of school.
A psychiatrist takes that as well as going through med school (which puts them at 8 years of school I think).
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