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I have tons of questions, so bare with me. I just finished my first year of a liberal arts program at Montana Tech where I completed about half of a minor in Substance Abuse Studies before I realized it probably wasn't the focus I wanted. I will be transferring into an Applied Psychology program at Montana State University in about a week. I have been volunteering at an Equine Facilitated Mental Health program for the past summer, and they have gotten me to thinking what exactly would be the best route for what I want to do with my degree.
I would like to continue to work in Equine Facilitated Mental health with a focus on women and children. I have the equine background, and am working on the mental health. I'd like to be on the counseling/therapeutic side of things rather than focusing AS much on the research end (though obviously there would still be research involved). I'd eventually like to go into private practice to begin my own EFMH barn. I would work with the client 1 on 1 in a theraputic setting while pairing it with the horses (probably using the EAGALA model).
So how is the best way to do this? I keep hearing conflicting information on an MSW versus Psychology and I'm not sure what I should be persuing. So what words of advice would you give to a college student with goals like mine?
Any help would be amazing because I am completely lost at the moment
I would like to continue to work in Equine Facilitated Mental health with a focus on women and children. I have the equine background, and am working on the mental health. I'd like to be on the counseling/therapeutic side of things rather than focusing AS much on the research end (though obviously there would still be research involved). I'd eventually like to go into private practice to begin my own EFMH barn. I would work with the client 1 on 1 in a theraputic setting while pairing it with the horses (probably using the EAGALA model).
So how is the best way to do this? I keep hearing conflicting information on an MSW versus Psychology and I'm not sure what I should be persuing. So what words of advice would you give to a college student with goals like mine?
Any help would be amazing because I am completely lost at the moment
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