I am about to start an adult emphasis track in a clinical Psy. D. program.
I have been advised that I am cut out for working with veterans. I was also told that working in a prison would suit me. I am trying to make a decision as to what I should do my dissertation on, as I have been working on a PTSD mediator for over a year now, reviewing the research, which calls for treatments for the mediator, appetitive aggression, as it can be unhealthy despite being a protective agent against PTSD. I am experienced in formulating and testing a psychotherapeutic intervention, as my thesis was on one in regards to mental illness stigma, so I feel like this seems most promising, at a glance.
I did a little homework on working in prisons (correctional) and I just do not feel as if it is for me, while I find veteran affairs to be more potentially fulfilling as a career path, from what I gathered about it. I myself was planning on entering the military and that was ruined by a mental health crisis. I want to serve, and preferably, for the military, and I see that doing so as a psychologist may be possible.
I would like some input form someone who works in a VA about research you did for your degrees, what a typical day is like, and what the general pros and cons of being a VA psychologist are-- I would just like to know how you yourself got there and what being there as a psychologist is like.
I have been advised that I am cut out for working with veterans. I was also told that working in a prison would suit me. I am trying to make a decision as to what I should do my dissertation on, as I have been working on a PTSD mediator for over a year now, reviewing the research, which calls for treatments for the mediator, appetitive aggression, as it can be unhealthy despite being a protective agent against PTSD. I am experienced in formulating and testing a psychotherapeutic intervention, as my thesis was on one in regards to mental illness stigma, so I feel like this seems most promising, at a glance.
I did a little homework on working in prisons (correctional) and I just do not feel as if it is for me, while I find veteran affairs to be more potentially fulfilling as a career path, from what I gathered about it. I myself was planning on entering the military and that was ruined by a mental health crisis. I want to serve, and preferably, for the military, and I see that doing so as a psychologist may be possible.
I would like some input form someone who works in a VA about research you did for your degrees, what a typical day is like, and what the general pros and cons of being a VA psychologist are-- I would just like to know how you yourself got there and what being there as a psychologist is like.