Should I Become a Psychologist, Psychiatrist, Social Worker, or Counselor?

In this episode of Navigating Academia, Dr. Singh discusses 7 key questions to ask yourself before deciding on a career as a psychologist, psychiatrist, social worker, or counselor.

If you are interested in a career in the field of behavioral health, there are so many different career options that aren't limited to the 4 (psychologist, psychiatrist, social worker, counselor) that you usually hear about.

👉Navigating Academia is your leading source for professional guidance on how to advance your career in academia. Hosted by internationally-renowned Cambridge and UPenn faculty member, Dr. Jay Phoenix Singh, this series provides practical advice for tackling the field’s biggest challenges.

Here are 7 key questions to ask yourself when choosing your career in behavioral health:

Psychologist vs Social Worker vs Psychiatrist vs Social Worker vs Counselor

1. How long do you want to be in school?
2. How much money and debt tolerance do you have?
3. Do you want to do research?
4. Do you want to be addressed as Dr?
5. Do you want prescription privileges?
6. What kind of setting do you want to work in?
7. How much money do you expect to make?
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Jay Phoenix Singh, PhD, PhD is a Fulbright Scholar, faculty at both UPenn as well as Cambridge, and the internationally award-winning Founder of the Global Institute of Forensic Research (successful 2017 exit as CEO).

Author of over 75 peer-reviewed articles and books, he completed his graduate doctoral studies in psychiatry at the University of Oxford and clinical psychology at Universitat Konstanz. He was named the youngest tenured Full Professor in Norway in 2014 and, since this time, has become the only psychology professor to have lectured for all eight Ivy League universities (Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Cornell, Brown, Dartmouth, UPenn) as well as both Oxford and Cambridge. Dr. Singh is a charismatic academic mentor and coach who uses evidence-based practices to improve the lives of academics of all levels. #phdlife

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