how much can a clinical psychology undergraduate student earn?
I'm in Indonesia and almost finishing my undergraduate majoring in Pyschology, (spesifically clinical psychology).. and it's so hard to find a qualified job. So i wanna know how much am i gonna earn? (according to your country)
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7.50 @ Wal-mart. Psychology degree is only one step above gender studies. You have to have a PHD to do anything.
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if you want to make money, you need more schooling. i am going for almost the same thing.
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The boys are right.
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In the United States, there are undergraduate degrees and advanced degrees...here, a "Psychologist" must have a doctoral degree and 3,000 hrs of supervision... I don't know of any undergraduate programs that can lend themselves to being 'part-way' toward being a [Clinical] Psychologist... Another example is Pre Med...a person doesn't study medicine until accepted into that program...biochemistry might be a good class to study undergraduate for those who are going to find it difficult later on, but a person can't be 'party-way' to being an M.D. The doctoral students getting their Psy.D.s (Ph.D.s weren't offered) worked at the same places I worked...psych hospitals - - and we weren't paid very much... Without a masters degree and 3,000 supervision, a person can't be a MFCC or LCSW...some churches allow for counselors who've taken a certain number of specialty counseling classes or, perhaps, a couple classes at a seminary... I'd love to be a counselor...I'm partway through being a Clinical Psychologist, but my undergraduate degree was Mathematics which doesn't make any more difference than studying Phys Ed. I don't know of any jobs where a Bachelors Degree in Psych earned a person more than a Bachelors Degree in anything else... There is a growing trend toward teachers hired to teach whatever they had a Bachelors Degree in...It's doubtful I'd be hired at a university to teach Psych, but I'd hope for junior college and probably get a position teaching algebra in high school... Ten years ago, my earnings were $10.50 per hour. The trouble is that the psych hospitals I worked at as a "Psych Tech" tended to not hire full-time people...i.e., it wasn't a steady job...Even the hospital I thought was giving me a fixed salary didn't pay me if they didn't need me or someone else that day... The best way to make money while studying psycholog is to become an LPT - - Licensed Psych Tech...give injections and pass out medications...the shortest route, say, 10 months, as opposed to an LVN or RN...
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