Shiorin

I'm volunteering at a place where there's a lot of people who are studying social work and that's not really my interest. I like counseling psych but from what I know, it's pretty non-existent in California and I'm not willing to move out of state >_> I prefer doing PsyD since I really don't want my main focus to be on research. Your suggestion of working under a PsyD at a clinic is a great idea and I'll definitely look into it!!! What can you realistically do with a masters in MFT? If I got in, got my MA/MS and passed the MFT credential, what kind of jobs would be possible for me to do? Just doing some basic job searches, I haven't found any position that requires anything below a doctorate level and that scares me...

Hello all! 

I’m new to the psychology field and I need some help figuring things out…I have no background in psychology at all, and got my BA in a foreign language (not the greatest decision ). I saw a post similar to this, but I’m interested in going towards a therapy / counseling route. My dream job would be a gender therapist, and I’m really interested in working with the LGBT population. I was thinking of doing my masters then a possibly Psy.D but recently a friend told me I could just skip to a doctorate level. In theory this might be possible but since I lack a lot of experience, is this realistic? What kind of programs do you guys suggest? I was looking into MFT masters programs so I could get MFT licensing. I’ve been taking a few classes so I’d have some background, but it’s only the basics (Intro, Developmental, and Abnormal Psych, and a helping strategy class). I really don’t know what to do so any help would be appreciated! Thanks!!!