What you will be exposed to | Clinical Mental Health Counseling Student

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[@aimelovesbeto]

I think there are some crucial factors to consider as well. When you become a counselor, you are there to serve a diverse population. You not only work with people displaying symptoms, but you will also encounter people with different cultural backgrounds. Thus, you have to be competent to understand that symptoms do not manifest the same among all cultures. The DSM is based on Western culture. For example, the U.S. encompasses 5% of the world's population; consequently, this book will not represent the other 95% of the world's population.
Additionally, it is essential to note that once you become a counselor, you will have clients with different religions, morals, sexual orientations, etc. if this is something that you might struggle with, then perhaps counseling is not for you. Nevertheless, the program is long, and if you join a CACREP program, you will receive training in all these topics. But it is something to consider. Good luck!

[@kdcounseling]

Thank you for the great information. I was actually born in Europe so I understand where the different cultural backgrounds come to play. I am in a program that’s CACREP accredited. I am in my second semester so I have not had my multicultural/ other subject classes. I did however gets a lot of education on this in my undergrad program. This video was to shine a light on the different things that may not be so obvious. These are all so important. Thank you for sharing 😊

[@AvuzwaKeei]

These videos are so helpful, I i just started my Master's in Clinical Mental Health Counseling last week so am in my 2nd week now and it's been great and am super excited about it because it's something I have always wanted to do. Dreams do come true😅

[@kdcounseling]

Good luck! How do you like it so far ?

[@AvuzwaKeei]

@@kdcounseling It's great, I really like the professor she's super cool.

[@sjm6140]

Hey! I am thinking about getting my masters in that as well. Do you mind guiding and answering a few questions? I am very confused about certain things.

[@BoilASMR]

I start my MA Clinical Mental Health Counseling in the 🍁🍁🌠

[@kdcounseling]

That’s very exciting

[@smores0505]

Thank you so much for making these videos! I'm in the process of applying for grad school and its alot to take in and a big decision for me to go back to school. As far as the bookwork/homework would you say its alot? its obviously a variety of new information for counseling that we have to learn but would you say its not extremely hard? haha hopefully that makes sense and like you said its always nice to want to learn new information and we enjoy what we are learning!

[@kdcounseling]

Hello Samara,
I think that the information could be perceived as hard if you don’t understand it. If you liked learning about psychology, substance abuse, and related subjects you will want to learn more. I am in my second semester of classes and it’s an average amount of work I would say. I went to the same school for undergrad so I know what to expect. Wherever you go make sure you see how they run their program. I’m sure it would be more time consuming etc if I had to go to campus all the time or something like that.

[@Rockey-3]

Thank you for this video, I found it very informative. I plan on majoring in sociology after I receive my associates this May. Would like a career in counseling or social work.

[@kdcounseling]

Sociology is so interesting. Yeah the counseling field is amazing but a lot to learn

[@its_eli]

I'm going to get my masters, thank you for the concise info! I'm trying to decide between Phd or Psyd long-term.

[@kdcounseling]

I think my question to you would be are you ready to do a lot of research or become extremely proficient in on space in psychology. That’s kind of how I view the different doctoral routes.

[@its_eli]

@@kdcounseling Thanks. Im undecided between clinical and counseling, so just doing my research. Im not really interested in the research aspect, especially if a masters is all you need to get going.

[@kdcounseling]

@@its_eli If I were to do it again I would of done the PsyD route and gotten a doctoral degree in the end and I would be able to do CPU’s eking but also everything a psychologist can do. Masters counseling is great if you want to have your own business, work for someone or be a supervisor I would say. You can also run programs and things like that but it’s more limited than what you can do as a Psychologist. It depends what your looking for. I wouldn’t do a masters than go into PhD I would Try to get into a program like that from the start.

[@melissakamber5566]

Thanks for sharing and making this video !

[@kdcounseling]

Your the best 😊

[@sammydkickinitonaddiction182]

It's a deep cerrer not for the fant on heart ..