m_anth_13

Hi All, I graduated a Tier 1 university with a BA & MA of Cultural Anthropology. Now, about 18 months & a boring desk job later I've decided to re-evaluate my career goals and go back to school for psychology. I am researching PHD programs - I enjoy research and academia yet would also like to work as a clinician. That being said, I've been digging for programs that are friendly towards my anthropology degrees. I would like to study transpersonal psychology and prefer programs that have an interdisciplinary approach, touching on cross-cultural subjects, religion & spirituality and alternative therapies. It seems like there are very few programs that match this criteria and most are at extremely competitive universities. My question is since I lack psychology credits (I think I have 9 or 12, must double check) in what ways do you feel I must compensate for this on my application? I'm taking the GRE late October - I'm shooting for very high scores, but aside from this, I've been told to reach out to professors I'd like to work with personally in the hopes that they may take an interest in me and this may help my application in some way. I am open to any help, insights, and suggestions that you all may have! Thank you in advance