[humanser] preparing for grad school

[JD TOWNSEND]

Hi Sarah:


Apply to the schools that best meets your needs for an education. 
Personally I like the universities in urban areas because they have better 
libraries, transportation and more apartments.


Have you decided which type of counseling program you wish?  Social work 
offers many options, mental health counseling offers a clear, but narrow 
field, and marriage and family offers a slightly different framework.  Each 
one of these provides a state license to do psychiatric counseling.  This 
decision will end up being meaningful in your future.


As for experience, volunteering is the prime option, but it pays poorly.  I 
worked on a telephone hot line for a couple of years.  My wife, also a 
clinical social worker, supported her social work havit waiting tables for 
years.  Any job that puts you in front of people works.  Some other folks I 
know have worked in rape crisis centers, with a head start program, or 
answered the telephones for a blind services office.



Best of luck.

JD Townsend, LCSW
Daytona Beach, Florida, Earth, Sol System
Helping the light dependent to see.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sarah Meyer" <Sarah.meyer55 at gmail.com>
To: "humanser" <humanser at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2011 8:30 AM
Subject: [humanser] preparing for grad school


> Hello!
> First off, thanks to Kathy and Rick for the welcome messages a few weeks 
> ago!
>
> I am wondering how people determined which grad school to attend. What
> factors did you consider in making your decisions? What should one do
> to prepare for grad school? Are there any types of entry-level jobs in
> which I could gain some experience that would help me in preparing for
> a career in counseling psychology, particularly as I am entering a
> phase between undergraduate and graduate education?
>
> Thanks in advance for any insight or suggestions.
>
> Sarah
>
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