What should I do for grad school?

Question

I'm an undergrad majoring in psychology and public policy. I can't figure out what to do for grad school. I want to work specifically with education, alcohol and substance abuse, and emotional therapy/counseling. I wanna do more with the public policy major, but psychology is pretty much worthless without a ph.d. Some have mentioned getting 2 masters degrees, one in public policy and the other in social work, but social work isn't wuite what I want to do.

Also, I know the things that I want to do, but who does those things. Like the typical question: What do you want to be when you grow up? What kind of people work with policy, wanting to change policy in education, alcohol, and similar areas.

It sure isn't easy trying to figure out what to do with so many options.

Answer 1

My daughter is a career change counselor, and is very happy. She received an honors degree in psychology, detoured to a law degree, but after practicing as a corporate lawyer for a few years went back to school and took a masters in counseling. Her training was in a variety of areas, including those that you are interested in.

The work in this area is "retail", i.e. with individual clients and small groups. However, there are opportunities for larger public policy impacts. At present, my daughter is entering a job competition that could take her into the counseling area of the government's health department (something like the Dept. of Health and Human Services in the U.S.) While she will be working in counseling, if she is offered the position and takes it, she will also be making input to a policy team and knows that as she advanced in her field she will inevitably be more and more involved in policy (which is an area she likes).

Answer 2

I did my masters in educational counseling. I currently work as a college counselor. In the educatioanl setting there are different levels where you can impact policy. You could work in a school as an administrator and impact policy for the school direclty or you could look into the politics of policy and might want to consider law school.

Answer 3

You might really want to look at social work. There are many MSW programs that have very strong public policy focus and open up many doors in that area. DA

Answer 4

I graduated from undergrad and knew i had to get a masters quicker or later. i had to watch for awhile relatively i did not understand what i had to get it in. 5 years later I even have began grad college. i don't think of i could be doing the main i'm if not for how my existence went after graduating. bypass once you recognize. Grad college takes up a good form of time so which you will desire to be waiting to learn.

Answer 5

how about social or forensic psychology?