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Career project. By Amber Wiederhold. I want to be a p sychologist because …. What is MY passion? My passion is to help people. I like to be there for people I give people good advice My friends always say they feel like they can tell me anything and I’ll listen. I am an ENTP….
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Career project By Amber Wiederhold
I want to be a psychologist because…. What is MY passion?My passion is to help people. • I like to be there for people • I give people good advice • My friends always say they feel like they can tell me anything and I’ll listen
I am an ENTP… My personality and my career • ENTPs deal imaginatively with • social relationships and often have a great number and variety of friends and acquaintances. • They display optimism and tend to be talkative
Psychologists? my job description • Psychologists diagnose and treat people affected by personal problems and psychological illnesses or disorders. • They make appointments with clients, and conduct group therapy sessions
You should … Skills needed to be successful • •Be good with people • •Be emotionally mature and stable • •Be patient and detail-oriented • •Have critical thinking skills • •Be creative
3 activities they spent the most time on… • Making phone calls to clients, • Conducting a group therapy session a few days a week • Therapy sessions
Working conditions • Pros/likes: • The opportunity to work with people • Help people become more effective in their own lives. • Cons/dislikes: • Lots of organization • Lots of paper work • •Some are self-employed • •The work is often stressful • •May travel to conduct research or attend conferences • •Most work regular office hours, but may be on call during the evenings and weekends
Salary • •$40,000 to $110,000 a year for most • •The median is about $68,000 a year • •Highly successful psychologists can earn more • •Earnings depend on education, experience, location, and type of work AVERAGE EARNINGS
Demand for this job in the future • The overall employment of psychologists is expected to grow by 22 percent from 2010 to 2020.
education • Classes I should take in high school: • English • Probability & Statistics • Economics • Psychology • Marriage & Family Studies • Child Care & Development Classes/training
Education • College- University of Michigan–Flint • Location of college- 303 East Kearsley street Flint, MI • Tuition: $8,778 • Rooming: $4,833 College
Sources • http://divavileidy.blogspot.com/ • http://www.crazysoft.gr/news/viewnews.asp?newsID=406 • http://careerplanning.about.com/od/occupations/tp/Careers-By-Field.02.htm • http://www.creativeselector.hu/projektek/kat/civil • http://www.buzzle.com/img/articleImages/522648-3211-1.jpg