Great input and advice, thank you!

Glad it’s helpful best of luck on your journey!

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That's great!

I feel the same way. I have worked in mental health hospitals and homeless shelters for the last 5 years. They respect and listen to me way more than they would have at 25. Hell at 25 I wouldn’t talk to a 25 year old.

Soo you want to be broke till you're 35 lmao

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Love it! Best of luck!

Yes, absolutely. I'm sure there may be schools that would take some of the credits that you have, it's def worth asking. Since PsyD programs focus on a lot of assessment courses that could possibly shorten the requirements for a program. You also would be able to build on your prior knowledge of assessments and do way more with a psyd. Hope that helps!

Great question! Several schools in the U.S. also have scholarships for international students. If you know what program you'd like to apply to in the U.S., you could reach out via email and ask them about any scholarships or funding for international applicants. I hope that's helpful, best of luck to you!

Great question! It depends on the program some schools will accept transfer credits and the program doctorate might be shorter but not in every case. Typically it’s good to check with the programs before applying to make sure credits will transfer and the doctorate can be finished sooner. Hope that helps!

Hi, great question! A therapist is a counselor that might have a LPC, LCMHC, or LCSW license. They have a college degree as well as a 2 year masters degree. They are allowed to do therapy with clients that may range from CBT, DBT, Psychodynamic, etc. They cannot prescribe medication, and they are also not trained to do psychological testing or assessment like testing for ADHD or testing for severe mental health disorders like bipolar or borderline. However, counseling psychologists are very similar to clinical psychologists. Counseling psychologists have a college degree as well as a doctorate (so they go to school for 4-6years after a college degree). They can do everything a clinical psychologist can do which means they can do therapy, they can do psychological testing/assessment. Some counseling psychology programs may not have as much training when it comes to psych testing like clinical psychologists and that may be the biggest difference between them and clinical psychologists. Otherwise they can do all the same things a clinical psychologist can do as well do way more things than a therapist. Hope that helps!

Thank you so much for taking the time to explain it in detail. That makes so much more sense! Thanks a tonne! ❤

@@philsguidetopsyd Thanks for this, Phil! I've been reading so much about the differences between Counseling and Clinical Psychology, but mostly everything says that they're similar without much reference to specific differences. I've been leaning towards Counseling PhD and this helps my thought process. :)

Hello, 1. Yes most internships are payed, as well as post doc. 2. If you wanted to get a part time job outside of grad school you could earn and make some money while studying and some programs like PhD are funded and provide stipends.

I'm not sure, but you might be able to ask/email the school about specific rankings or what they are known for

good question, it's hard to answer because expensive is relative for the person. What I mean by that is really to take into consideration other additional costs for living. If a graduate program is in a big city, and it's a lot of money to find an apt, gas is way more, food costs more, and it's a lot longer of a program....just because it might be a great program doesn't mean you should take out more student loans than you need if you get accepted into another program that is accredited or just as good and way more affordable (tuition, costs of living, etc). At the end of the day regardless of where you graduate from, licensed psychologists will be paid the same amount at a community center, or in a VA or in academic medical center. Most employers are really only going to care about the licensure, experience, and the fit rather than what school you attended.

Yes, they can, as long as they have the appropriate training/supervision or practicum experience from their PsyD program to perform those assessments, and most PsyD programs will offer those opportunities. It's possible though that someone can go through their program and not learn too much related to assessment of Autism disorders, in which case they would refer out.

Hello, great question! It depends on what programs you apply to. In the U.S. you do not need a masters to apply for a psyd program you just need to fulfill the pre-requistie courses, which are usually found on a program's website in their application process. Usually its intro to psych, abnormal psych, cognitive psych, and maybe a few others like stats, etc. If those courses are taken then it usually doesn't matter what your major is, schools accepts students from a wide range of backgrounds. I would double check in your area and with the schools that you'd like to apply to before getting a masters, you may not need it. International schools outside the U.S. tend to require a masters so location is a big part of that decision.

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Hi, great question. Since medical school and clinical psychology school are different fields it would take a really long time. Med school is 4 years and then maybe another 3-5 year residency while clinical psychology is 4-6 years and then a 1-2 year internship/post doc. That might be 16 years of school if you decide to do both which is a lot of time and money. If you are looking to do both you might try and look into becoming a psychiatrist. 4 years of medschool and then 3 years of psychiatry residency. Psychiatrists can do everything a clinical psychologist can (therapy and a little assessment) as well as prescribe medication so that might be a good option. Or even looking into becoming a neuropsychologist which is also similar to being a doctor, it's a lot more assessment and in some states with additional certification you could get training in prescribing medication. Hope that helps. Best of luck!

All honesty you should pick one or the other you realistically cant do both jobs if you wanna do both just to call yourself both thats not a good reason to be a good doctor or psychologist you can’t be putting half your effort in being a psychologist if you wanna be a medical doctor. and if you wanna be a medical doctor you cant put half your effort into being a psychologist you wont have time for both and patients for both careers will need the best attentive care they can from their doctor and u cant do that attempting both careers and you’ll rack in tons of debt bc both paths are expensive you will need to pick one career and if u go this route you wont be fully done with skull till approaching your 40’s bc both paths take a long time and money choose which one speaks more to your heart which one you will gain better finance from

@@philsguidetopsyd Thanks!!

@@Derekdach344 Thank you, I appreciate it.

@@xirblade4757 no problem im sure you’ll be a great doctor whether it be medical doctor or mental health doctor

Great question. You have a lot of options. Depending on the school that you go to (most schools have a clause that either permits already licensed therapists to be able to do therapy as a part-time job) but some may have restrictions so it's good to check first with the schools that you apply to whether phd/psyd. There are also plenty of psyd programs that are very adequate at research, although I would say if you love research and want to go to a funded program, phd is a good option as well. I have other videos on my channel that you can look into for more details. Plenty of people who are licensed as therapists can still make money throughout graduate school especially in private practice but there may be restrictions depending on the state and the program. The second-fouth/fifth year of the program does get significantly busier so the hours that you can do so will probably change from year to year. I hope this helps, best of luck!