I absolutely hate this subject. It is an absurd science that merely explains what we already acknowledge in out subconscious mind and therefore this defeats the purpose for even having the subject. Also, I'd like to point out that psychology is highly unreccomened for those who are looking for a real science to specialize in. Moreover, it is well explained in the job description of clinical psychologists, that in fact all they do is listen to people's dilemna
@TheBadbowman WOW...that's so superficial...you have absolutely no idea what you're talking about...please don't let such prejudices overwhelm your thoughts..
I am now in a bachelors program for a psychology degree and now I am finding that a seperate certification is required for addiction counseling. Why is this so when Psychology covers counseling with it's coures?
Psychologists and Psychiatrists needs Therapy themselves. This Roman Empire stuff is therapy itself. People don't need brain drugs unless they have brain problems. If they have blood problems you give them drugs only relating to the blood. And a blood drug is a blood drug, not a sleep drug that makes you sleepy. They force you to take drugs that you don't even need. The Death Rate after Psychologist Triples. This Roman Empire Stuff needs to quit.
@AnagramISP after completing medical school and receiving their Medical Degrees (M.D.) Medical doctors may choose to further their study at a psychiatric residency for 4 years. Then they may be called psychiatrists. definitely not failed physicians.
Clinical psychology is pseudoscience. It will ruin your life, regardless of how you wish to encounter it. If you wish to seek treatment (which is both statistically and practically insignificant) then it can scar your record and ruin a lot of things from job prospects to custody battles (i.e. it sticks with you). If you become a psychologist and you're not an idiot, you will be forced to accept that your only form of income is through defrauding innocent people.
@Antipsychiatry123 What a cynical mindset you possess. Don't criminalize the entire field of psychology because you happened to have a bad experience with it. Psychology helps countless individuals with problems ranging from drug addiction to poor self-image. You're either a troll or very naive.
That's not why I'm criminalizing clinical psychology and psychiatry. Both are pseudoscience because they do not rigorously explain any natural phenomena. A good example is depression. If you walk into an office and say, "I'm sad" then you're ill. But this isn't true. Sad is an observation - the first step in science. It can be explained via the null hypothesis. Yet psychiatrists ignore the null and call it an illness. You should research how actual science works.
Yeah actual science depends on careful analysis of the same event over and over, and yet it says that no two events are ever exactly alike. Quite a paradox, and yet science STILL works. Amazing!
Yes, quite amazing that science STILL works.
Isn't it amazing how it's a paradox yet it STILL works?
btw, psychology cannot and does not claim to explain everything that goes on in the mind, you should probably read up on it.
I have no idea what you're talking about and neither does any scientist. You're just rambling nonsense. The only remark worth addressing is the one regarding psychology's lack of a claim to explain everything. But if that's the case, they shouldn't be inventing ever more illnesses and drugging kids. But it's a business, not science. It wants customers which is why it's "lack of an explanation" becomes a very severe problem.
@Antipsychiatry123 Let me take you through a quick scenario. John is depressed. John seeks professional help. John spends a few months visiting a trusted psychologist in his area. John comes out of therapy feeling like a new person with a more positive outlook on life.
Where's the problem? I can't find one. You're really going to turn this into a debate of nomenclature? So what if it's not what you refer to as science? If it helps, it helps. That's all it claims to do and all it will ever do.
Well, that's great. But religion also helps people. Should we throw everything we know about science away because, hell, religion is helpful? No of course not. We seek after the truth. And of course, the benefit is something that is actually useful. Of course, apart from being the right thing in and of itself, the fact is that a lot of people have their lives ruined because they walked into a psychiatrists office (or were forced by parents who believed it was science).
You can't find a problem with people making huge sums of money off a scam? Off drugging children to the nth degree because they're being children? If you can't find a problem, then why are you bothering me? It's not my fault you don't see an ethical dilemma. The fact is it's not science. If you want to make an argument that pursuing fairy tales is moral, then that's a much more subjective question and i can't help much. I would assume it would be obvious that it's wrong.
Iv'e seen a psychologist for 7 years and I would be honest and say that half the time therapy hasn't done much for me...but its risk free unlike psychiatry where all these drugs have done is cause me suffering.
I know that some psych grad programs require that you have taken some chemistry and/or biology, and calculus to apply to the progam. But, not all are like that. I'm sure it depends on what field in psych you want to study.
i beg to differ psychologist are people who can hedlp people with their everyday problems. People are not always comfortable to talk with their family about their personal issues. psychiatrist give their patients medicine to change their actions. its not always necessary to assign a diagnostic for a disorder. a patient just need someone who willl listen and give good advice.
Psychologists are the most highly trained psychotherapists. Psychiatrists treat with medicine. Not all mental health issues are organic, so medicine is not always appropriate treatment. Psychologists can make as much money as they want. There are countless career opportunites beyond "hanging a shingle." Money is not limted by a degree, but by the degee holder.
i am 16 and i am happy that i have a clue as to what i want to do after high school
but i have one question
i love the job not because of the money but to be able to help people, but do psychologists get enough money to live a good life? like to be able to buy a house a car and still have enough for traveling twise a year????
when you 1st start out you earn about 20-30k then when your more experienced you can earm about 50-60k when your even more experienced you can make 100k or more
yes clinical psychologists do make alot of money for all that to happen. before you gain your phd you will be earing alot of money and will be able to travel and whatever you like their is no rush into getting a phd take ur tym on dat one .. the only dwn side bwt this ur gonna b old when finishing lol but hey its worth it ama do it
Hey...so you say, on the road to becomming a Clinical Psychologist, you can still make alot of money??...How??....
cuz to me, it seems like..intell u fully get it, you have to live PISS POOR....i dunno....tell me what you know tho lol, make sure you respond to this question right away..cuz im VERY curious!!...
psychologists dont control people in any way, patient go to them to get a better understanding of their problems, the therapy is helpful for most people as they talk about whats bothering them.
the psychologists dont control the patients as that is againsts the ethitcs.
they only give them coping techniques ,reasurance and of course self belief.
To me Psychology is about creating a better life for anyone who has been abused or discriminated. However, Dr. Michael's proffession as an addiction therapist is very helpful and I certainly agree with everything he has said.
any psycologist out there I have a question.. Im kind of shy, so do i need to be outgoing to become a psycologist
egyptiantallfreak 1 month ago
I just realized i wanted to be a psychologist s few days ago
byrine 2 months ago
I absolutely hate this subject. It is an absurd science that merely explains what we already acknowledge in out subconscious mind and therefore this defeats the purpose for even having the subject. Also, I'd like to point out that psychology is highly unreccomened for those who are looking for a real science to specialize in. Moreover, it is well explained in the job description of clinical psychologists, that in fact all they do is listen to people's dilemna
TheBadbowman 2 months ago
@TheBadbowman WOW...that's so superficial...you have absolutely no idea what you're talking about...please don't let such prejudices overwhelm your thoughts..
dieghettozz 2 months ago
i m going to study psychology
tianya1382 3 months ago
I am now in a bachelors program for a psychology degree and now I am finding that a seperate certification is required for addiction counseling. Why is this so when Psychology covers counseling with it's coures?
qallen0202 7 months ago
I think I want to become a Clinical Psychologist, do they help people who have personal issues like a teenage girl who's insecure?
cadettipk 7 months ago
@cadettipk yep i think so
Dormaninth14 2 months ago
does being a psychologist have anything to do with body language or reading people?
MrSuperbird13 1 year ago
Psychologists and Psychiatrists needs Therapy themselves. This Roman Empire stuff is therapy itself. People don't need brain drugs unless they have brain problems. If they have blood problems you give them drugs only relating to the blood. And a blood drug is a blood drug, not a sleep drug that makes you sleepy. They force you to take drugs that you don't even need. The Death Rate after Psychologist Triples. This Roman Empire Stuff needs to quit.
heartlessvietboy 1 year ago
@AnagramISP after completing medical school and receiving their Medical Degrees (M.D.) Medical doctors may choose to further their study at a psychiatric residency for 4 years. Then they may be called psychiatrists. definitely not failed physicians.
teazalamode 1 year ago
Clinical psychology is pseudoscience. It will ruin your life, regardless of how you wish to encounter it. If you wish to seek treatment (which is both statistically and practically insignificant) then it can scar your record and ruin a lot of things from job prospects to custody battles (i.e. it sticks with you). If you become a psychologist and you're not an idiot, you will be forced to accept that your only form of income is through defrauding innocent people.
Antipsychiatry123 1 year ago
@Antipsychiatry123 What a cynical mindset you possess. Don't criminalize the entire field of psychology because you happened to have a bad experience with it. Psychology helps countless individuals with problems ranging from drug addiction to poor self-image. You're either a troll or very naive.
clichesucks 1 year ago
@clichesucks
That's not why I'm criminalizing clinical psychology and psychiatry. Both are pseudoscience because they do not rigorously explain any natural phenomena. A good example is depression. If you walk into an office and say, "I'm sad" then you're ill. But this isn't true. Sad is an observation - the first step in science. It can be explained via the null hypothesis. Yet psychiatrists ignore the null and call it an illness. You should research how actual science works.
Antipsychiatry123 1 year ago
@Antipsychiatry123
Yeah actual science depends on careful analysis of the same event over and over, and yet it says that no two events are ever exactly alike. Quite a paradox, and yet science STILL works. Amazing!
Yes, quite amazing that science STILL works.
Isn't it amazing how it's a paradox yet it STILL works?
btw, psychology cannot and does not claim to explain everything that goes on in the mind, you should probably read up on it.
ArtistsThatSuck 1 year ago
@ArtistsThatSuck
I have no idea what you're talking about and neither does any scientist. You're just rambling nonsense. The only remark worth addressing is the one regarding psychology's lack of a claim to explain everything. But if that's the case, they shouldn't be inventing ever more illnesses and drugging kids. But it's a business, not science. It wants customers which is why it's "lack of an explanation" becomes a very severe problem.
Antipsychiatry123 1 year ago
@Antipsychiatry123
Hi, excellent work combining psychology with pharmaceutical corporations and shareholders.
A+
ArtistsThatSuck 1 year ago
@Antipsychiatry123 Let me take you through a quick scenario. John is depressed. John seeks professional help. John spends a few months visiting a trusted psychologist in his area. John comes out of therapy feeling like a new person with a more positive outlook on life.
Where's the problem? I can't find one. You're really going to turn this into a debate of nomenclature? So what if it's not what you refer to as science? If it helps, it helps. That's all it claims to do and all it will ever do.
clichesucks 1 year ago
@clichesucks
Well, that's great. But religion also helps people. Should we throw everything we know about science away because, hell, religion is helpful? No of course not. We seek after the truth. And of course, the benefit is something that is actually useful. Of course, apart from being the right thing in and of itself, the fact is that a lot of people have their lives ruined because they walked into a psychiatrists office (or were forced by parents who believed it was science).
Antipsychiatry123 1 year ago
@clichesucks
You can't find a problem with people making huge sums of money off a scam? Off drugging children to the nth degree because they're being children? If you can't find a problem, then why are you bothering me? It's not my fault you don't see an ethical dilemma. The fact is it's not science. If you want to make an argument that pursuing fairy tales is moral, then that's a much more subjective question and i can't help much. I would assume it would be obvious that it's wrong.
Antipsychiatry123 1 year ago
@Antipsychiatry123
Psychologists can prescribe
Bryanhxc 9 months ago
@Antipsychiatry123
psychologists can't* prescribe
Bryanhxc 9 months ago
Iv'e seen a psychologist for 7 years and I would be honest and say that half the time therapy hasn't done much for me...but its risk free unlike psychiatry where all these drugs have done is cause me suffering.
madbandicooot 1 year ago
can an introverted person fits to take up clinical psychology?
21krizchristensen 1 year ago
That is a beautiful thing to actually love what you do and making a difference in a person life for the better...Very Inspiring
LaRubia640 2 years ago
Some of the questions regarding wage are absolutely stupid. Get a grip and do your research.
STRAWBERRYRETRO 2 years ago
are Polish psychologists welcomed in the UK? Is it hard for forigners to get a job in this field?
1980bela 2 years ago
Is anyone studying psychology in the UK at the moment? What's it like?
CdotBabess 2 years ago
its beautiful.
tu4eva 2 years ago
psychology A levels reallllly goood (Y) interesting and not particulaly hard =)
nicebumdarlin 2 years ago
naa hun you need a degree in psychology then a masters then in your own time go or your PHD
yasminbaby15 2 years ago
ok thanks!
livvy123456789 2 years ago
if you want to study to become a psychologist ( as in with a phd), would you need to study chemistry??????
please help !
livvy123456789 2 years ago
yes and no... depending on your specialty. There are many different types of psychology (i.e. sports psych, clinical, ...)
jaeshim1 2 years ago
no chemistry is more psychiatry related i think because you have to go to medical school, psychologists study psychology and maybe even sociology
y0utube1legand 2 years ago
no you wouldn't. bio would be the best are you in the UK or USA?
yasminbaby15 2 years ago
I know that some psych grad programs require that you have taken some chemistry and/or biology, and calculus to apply to the progam. But, not all are like that. I'm sure it depends on what field in psych you want to study.
GalliumGnu 2 years ago
i beg to differ psychologist are people who can hedlp people with their everyday problems. People are not always comfortable to talk with their family about their personal issues. psychiatrist give their patients medicine to change their actions. its not always necessary to assign a diagnostic for a disorder. a patient just need someone who willl listen and give good advice.
croweziec 2 years ago
Psychologists are the most highly trained psychotherapists. Psychiatrists treat with medicine. Not all mental health issues are organic, so medicine is not always appropriate treatment. Psychologists can make as much money as they want. There are countless career opportunites beyond "hanging a shingle." Money is not limted by a degree, but by the degee holder.
pbunting 2 years ago 26
@pbunting Well said!
TheEditor80 10 months ago
@pbunting hmmmm i like that
Dormaninth14 2 months ago
What a nice man.
Lizbethbike 2 years ago
psychiatrists must have an MD, clinical psychologists must have a Psy D. Psychiatrists make more money; it takes a lot of drive though.
qwertyuiop911 2 years ago
i love this job
i am 16 and i am happy that i have a clue as to what i want to do after high school
but i have one question
i love the job not because of the money but to be able to help people, but do psychologists get enough money to live a good life? like to be able to buy a house a car and still have enough for traveling twise a year????
thedeadparadeLR 3 years ago
Yes! My parents have friends that are psychologists and they make lots of money and are very rich.
funkyearings7 3 years ago 2
Psychologists in my experience do not make a lot of money. Clinical Psychologist earn around 50k-60k a year.
Ketski 3 years ago
Really 50K-60K? I thought their being in private practice or working for clinics etc. that they would be clocking at least 100k
bmaj7 3 years ago
when you 1st start out you earn about 20-30k then when your more experienced you can earm about 50-60k when your even more experienced you can make 100k or more
yasminbaby15 2 years ago
yes clinical psychologists do make alot of money for all that to happen. before you gain your phd you will be earing alot of money and will be able to travel and whatever you like their is no rush into getting a phd take ur tym on dat one .. the only dwn side bwt this ur gonna b old when finishing lol but hey its worth it ama do it
yasminbaby15 2 years ago
Hey...so you say, on the road to becomming a Clinical Psychologist, you can still make alot of money??...How??....
cuz to me, it seems like..intell u fully get it, you have to live PISS POOR....i dunno....tell me what you know tho lol, make sure you respond to this question right away..cuz im VERY curious!!...
SurreallTV 2 years ago
i feel the same way that u do.... so do they earn a lot of money or not?
yhoyy 2 years ago
psychologists dont control people in any way, patient go to them to get a better understanding of their problems, the therapy is helpful for most people as they talk about whats bothering them.
the psychologists dont control the patients as that is againsts the ethitcs.
they only give them coping techniques ,reasurance and of course self belief.
shombata 3 years ago
Very nice info, and very inspiring.
I want to become a Psychologist, because seeing and knowing you truly helped someone is something that money cant buy.
Vspro 3 years ago
To me Psychology is about creating a better life for anyone who has been abused or discriminated. However, Dr. Michael's proffession as an addiction therapist is very helpful and I certainly agree with everything he has said.
sensualsunday 3 years ago
i still got 4 more years to become a clinical psychologist, i'm on my first year at the university of Malta, i hope i'll do it hehe.
It's such a wonderful thing to know that you made a difference in some person's life.
MoonXxXprincess 3 years ago 14
:) I am proud
clinicalpsychologist 4 years ago 2