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Bala - Well I wasn't offended at all by your question. I actually thought that might be the case at first too, just listen and tell people what to do. But it is actually so much more than that. You have to be a close listener and be able to read between lines, basically our professor described it as holding up a filter all day, to see what people are actually saying. And then we have to be careful not to divulge too much information as well, because we need to have proper relationships with our clients. The biggest problem facing therapists is emotional burnout, I mean we have to listen to all sorts of emotions from people, all day long. And it's not like a friendship where you can talk back and forth and get out your feelings too, nope, you have to hold yours in. And the schooling is about learning to cope with that and how to handle different clients. Also how to diangose harder disorders. etc. it's 2 years for a masters degree, and then 3000 hours interning, where you are being supervised the whole time. Mostly, the time is so you really know what you are doing. I mean, people's minds are in our hands, we don't want to harm them. Sorry, that was a long answer.
i perfectly understand that i think it going hard not to express your opinion, you have to listen and be able help them but i just wondering if you don't mind because it's very personal and i wouldn't want to make you uncomfortable but what type of mistakes have you made during the course?. have they just minor or have you ever did mess practice diagnosis?.
Also can you tell me how many times you are allowed re-take any of it ,if fail first time and is there limit on how many times you can do same test?. As you said people minds are in your hands?.
i'm glad you weren't offended i did want make it sound like that i could do it but i just better understanding why it takes so long and you provided with it.
