Hi everyone, I just recently started thinking about a career as a psychologist but right now my brain can't seem to make sense of all the information that I've found on the internet. That could be because it's almost 1 o'clock in the morning here, but I could really use some help to sort everything out. I'm not really sure what kind of program I should be looking into taking, so here is my situation and then I'll ask a couple questions of you.
I am really interested in working with children and adolescents, in a counseling setting such as a group home or a private practice (OHIP sponsored). I would love to work with children who have emotional or behavioural problems, traumatic experiences, child abuse, etc., and with teenagers who are having emotional crisises, trauma, abuse, gay/lesbian/bi, etc. I'm not really interested in abnormal psychology such as schiznophrenia, Down Syndrome, or other mental health challenges along those lines.
From what I understand, there is a specific part of Psychology that is Counseling Psychology that would relate to this, but I don't know what kind of educational requirements I would need for that. I am not too interested in research, so I think I would be better off taking Psy.D rather than Ph.D. So I guess my question would be, does anyone have any information on Counseling Psychology, the educational requirements, and the length of study for Psy.D? Any advice would help as I'm entirely new to all of this. Thanks a lot.
PSawyer.
PS. I am from Canada (Ontario), so any Canadian specific information would be greatly appreciated!
I am really interested in working with children and adolescents, in a counseling setting such as a group home or a private practice (OHIP sponsored). I would love to work with children who have emotional or behavioural problems, traumatic experiences, child abuse, etc., and with teenagers who are having emotional crisises, trauma, abuse, gay/lesbian/bi, etc. I'm not really interested in abnormal psychology such as schiznophrenia, Down Syndrome, or other mental health challenges along those lines.
From what I understand, there is a specific part of Psychology that is Counseling Psychology that would relate to this, but I don't know what kind of educational requirements I would need for that. I am not too interested in research, so I think I would be better off taking Psy.D rather than Ph.D. So I guess my question would be, does anyone have any information on Counseling Psychology, the educational requirements, and the length of study for Psy.D? Any advice would help as I'm entirely new to all of this. Thanks a lot.
PSawyer.
PS. I am from Canada (Ontario), so any Canadian specific information would be greatly appreciated!
