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Hi,
I possess a BA in psych but am still undecided on career direction. I know that an MFT or other counseling role is not for me, but I had an interesting idea the other day and was wondering if anyone knew of a program for dating/romance/relationship psychology? MFTs are quite useful for treating broken marriages and what not, but I think where I wanted to go with this was focusing on preventing bad relationships to begin with. With high divorce rates, its quite clear that humans not knowing how to be in relationships (after all, most of us just dive in to them on cultural or hollywood notions and not the actual science) is a real problem.
Its a little vague at this point I know, but surely a subject that is fascinating to me. What would I do with an advanced degree focusing on the science of relationships? I dont know, but researcher or "dating coach" (think will smith in the film "hitch", but using real science and minus the hollywood) are two possibilities. Anyway, I cant seem to find any universities yet with a such a specific focus, but on the other hand, I dont really know much about how one searches for universities by focus. There of course are broader categories like social psychology, but does anyone have any ideas for finding authorities on the subject that may be offering a viable program?
I possess a BA in psych but am still undecided on career direction. I know that an MFT or other counseling role is not for me, but I had an interesting idea the other day and was wondering if anyone knew of a program for dating/romance/relationship psychology? MFTs are quite useful for treating broken marriages and what not, but I think where I wanted to go with this was focusing on preventing bad relationships to begin with. With high divorce rates, its quite clear that humans not knowing how to be in relationships (after all, most of us just dive in to them on cultural or hollywood notions and not the actual science) is a real problem.
Its a little vague at this point I know, but surely a subject that is fascinating to me. What would I do with an advanced degree focusing on the science of relationships? I dont know, but researcher or "dating coach" (think will smith in the film "hitch", but using real science and minus the hollywood) are two possibilities. Anyway, I cant seem to find any universities yet with a such a specific focus, but on the other hand, I dont really know much about how one searches for universities by focus. There of course are broader categories like social psychology, but does anyone have any ideas for finding authorities on the subject that may be offering a viable program?