I agree with jodie. My mum was the same and thought going in MH nursing may send me in the other direction- back rather then forward but my cpn said i just have to be careful. My friends are all supportive anyway :)
Hi everyone :) I never noticed this thread before but it's great to see so many people with the same/similar goals!
I've wanted to work in the MH field for a while. I was going to go into art therapy but after looking up the grades and qualifications needed it frightened me that I wouldn't be qualified till I was about 30! I was accepted into a psychiatric nurse degree this year but turned it down once I found a degree in Glasgow that is both English literature (I adore english lol) and psychology. So I'm starting a HNC (I don't think they have them in England, it's the equivilant of a first year of a degree in Scotland) in Social care so I can apply for the beloved english lit/psychology degree next year :)
My parent's aren't happy I didn't take the first degree I was offered but I'm super psyched about next years one.
Dream job? I don't know. As you can see I've played about with many ideas so whatever I find that I love and feel fullfilled by.
So yeah, there's a huge gumpf about me and hi everyone! =D
You see a mouse trap
I see free cheese
And a ****ing challenge
Yes, I am still under a mental health team. They are trying to steer me away from working in or studying mental health but I am determined to study an msc in psychology and mental health this year. I just need some time to work on my own recovery. I hope that with time I will be more well.
Yeah you go for it, I hope my post didn't seem critical Im not good at explaining myself I think you should do it ifits what your heart is set on, just be careful and guard yourself x
“There is no sun without shadow, and it is essential to know the night.”
How funny would it be if in like 5 years we're all sat round a table having a meeting... we'd be like, 'wait, you're... ' 'ohhh hi...' * embarrassed hat* :P
How funny would it be if in like 5 years we're all sat round a table having a meeting... we'd be like, 'wait, you're... ' 'ohhh hi...' * embarrassed hat* :P
Ha ha that would be fabulous.
Although I'm still panicking that if I ever get ill again in this profession I'll lose my uni place/job as well as everything else *flaps*
'Never forget what you are. The rest of the world will not. Wear it like armor, and it can never be used to hurt you.'
['There is only one thing we say to death. Not today'.']
'We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell.’ – Oscar Wilde
‘It’s hard to dance with the devil on your back.’ Sydney Carter
A friend in my class got really ill with her bipolar, they kept her place but she had to resit a year because she missed so much, but she seemed happy with it!
But if i still believe you love me, maybe i'll survive.
So i tell myself you're coming home, like you've done a million times.
I'm taking this first year at uni to see how I get on... it's basically a level psych all over again so I won't have to do that much work on top of lectures to get a first (from speaking to people in my psych class who have done the BSC). So I can see about getting healthier slowly... I've been afforded that luxury.
HI this thread looks amazing. I used to work on an adolescent support worker on a mental health unit It was great but extremely draining. Now Im doing an animal based course in Applied Behaviour Science and Welfare. I love it and eventually want to train in Equine assisted Psychotherapy to work with people.Just dont lose sight of your health being the most important thing. Im sorry to crash the threadx
I personally have found that when Im doing things to help other people, my health improves. I eat better, I don't self harm, I have inner strength to say 'no i won't purge'. It's great. The two times I have considered myself 99% recovered since I got ill were when I was volunteering in Kenya, and when I was doing children's nursing. I hope I can be as healthy at the end of this degree.
Jodie thats amazing get as much support as you can where are you hoping to go?Inside my head where are you studying your animal behaviour degree I am doing an Fdsc at hadlow college in animal behaviour. Only just going into year two though.xx
I'm off to the University of Westminster to study a degree in psychology - then, either my masters/phd in clinical or working as an AP while I do clinical training.
I'm debating right now, as it's my final undergraduate year, between postgrad diploma of psychology, or diploma of counselling. SOO many things to consider - like accreditation, job prospects, work load etc etc. Anyone have any opinions about the differences of these two fields?
Counselling give you a focus... which can be good if that's what you want to do, but bad if you're thinking more broadly. Once you have your diploma in psych, you'd then have to look at specialising if you had an area you wanted to go in to. If you're not bothered, then i'd say do psych... if you are, I'd think about the specifics.
I've always wanted to be "a psychologist". But third year is draining me and I imagine it's only go to get worse. I'm pretty academic so I can do it, maybe it's just the middle of the year (it's the middle of the academic year here!) slump.
When I thought I might not get into post graduate psych courses, I investigated counselling courses. They are really hands on which I like.
But if I can nut out a year of post grad (like a graduate dipolma or honours) in psych, I'd be a probationary psychologist, and that'd be sweet, too.
I'm on summer break right now, but I start back at school again in about 3 weeks now. I'm looking forward to it, I'm taking some good classes.. Adolescent alcohol and substance abuse, Human Services: Resources, Skills and Theories (level 2), English, Biology, and Human Sexuality. I'm looking forward to them, and I hope it helps to get me back on track, recovery-wise.
I'm planning on becoming an art therapist eventually. I'd love to go back to the adolescent psych ward I was in and try to help teenagers in the same dark place I was in 3 years ago.
