If you think of becoming a psychologist later in your life, I found an interesting article that can help you make your decision. Personally, psychology is one of my favorite future jobs to do later and I'm sure I can help you make a good decision like me. I am studying social sciences at Cegep, and I am enjoying it. I know I have a lot of years left in school, but I stay motivated and I will keep this dream job in my mind.
Being a psychologist is challenging because of the years in school, but also because people open their life to you, and you have to help them.
Psychologists study all aspects of the mind. They help their patients by giving tips and listening to them.
Normally, the psychologist will see a lot of people who took an appointment with him or her. He will try his best to help the person with what she needs. Sometimes, a person wants tips to help her, or she just wants someone to listen to her.
Psychologists can work in many places, like a hospital, or schools. They can also work in universities for research purposes.
You need to study for around 5 to 7 years in university to get a Ph.D.
They make approximately 93 000$ per year, this is the average salary.
To obtain the master degree, psychologists must do a 2 years full time study and a whole year of intern.
I think there are not a lot of dangers to being a psychologist, but you have to study a lot, this job requires a lot of years of study.
Rare are the chances of being replaced by robots because the patients want to talk to a real person. Talking of our problems to a robot is not the same as a person like us.
Psychologists retire at the age of 60 to 65, like most jobs.
To end this article, I hope I inform you a lot about the job of a psychologist. I'm sure this job is not for everybody, you need to work hard at school, and it's not everyone who can do that.