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It was an accident. But not quite.
When my friend and I were deciding which university to apply to, she spontaneously suggested-let's go to psychology! We applied to two psychological universities, and my friend failed in both, and I passed one of them.
From the very first day of work, I knew very clearly that I wanted to be a consulting psychologist and only one, and from the very beginning this was the job I was aiming for.
In the fourth year, one of the teachers offered us additional training as a consultant (in an academic university, they teach only psychological theory, but not counseling). The courses were a great start, where the teacher gave us a set of simple techniques that were enough to get us started as a therapist.
In the second training module, under his supervision, we already began to take the first clients, and dealt with complex cases with him.
And everything. Thanks to the blog, which I was already actively running at that time, the first clients were found, and then the second and third ones – and it started to spin.
As you may know, INTUITION is a part of the emotional sphere and the unconscious that is never wrong. (As a tip: listen to yourself more often)
I intuitively felt that I would not be able to solve my personal problems without the help of a base on psychology, as the science of the soul, which I can be given at the university.
My father drank when I was little, wanted to help people in such situations when I grew up, went to med, then realized that it was more profitable to help resolve conflicts in the family leading to alcoholism than to treat an alcoholic, the end.
Yes. A few years ago I had a neurosis – my eye twitched, I had insomnia, and some other joys of life. I found a therapist on the Internet and started working with him. After about 8 months, he said to me, ” you understand everything so well, maybe you should go to a gestalt program?”. I said, ” What is it?” He said, ” You'll find out there.”
So I got into the gestalt program and stayed in it for 5 years (at the same time participating in intensive courses, therapeutic and supervisory groups, and other parties). In May of this year, I was certified, but I still don't have enough specialization to complete it, so I still need to study…
However, since in Russia gestalt therapy and psychoanalysis do not have an official status (and a psychotherapist is, you see, “only a doctor!”), I needed additional retraining in a state educational institution. Therefore, I entered the Kuban State University for ” Applied Psychology “and underwent professional retraining in order to have the right” crust ” (because I am a diplomat by my first education).�
By the way, I learned my trademark sarcasm from that very therapist. I have always been closer and clearer to the “male style”, when the therapist banters the client and provokes him to certain actions, awareness and changes. What was my surprise when I got into a girls ' group and saw that it was customary to constantly hug and praise each other…
Yes, bitches, it's hard work. The more packages of paper handkerchiefs a therapist weeps out during their own therapy, the more resources they will have for future work. That is why most practicing psychotherapists are people who have grown out of clients.
This happened somehow according to the cumulative scheme. At first, I read a lot, gained knowledge in chunks at courses and trainings. And then, much later that day, when everyone around him was already calling him a psychologist, he began his official training.
In general, this story is not particularly interesting. Much more interesting were the motives – the desire to manage others, to know more than others, to be exceptional. It's all about power, in short. But I couldn't admit it to myself at the time. It was scary and embarrassing. But now I am quite familiar with myself and others. Now I know that I had the illusion of escaping loneliness in this way.
I don't know how people decide to become psychologists, but I have my own understanding of how it “should be”.�
You either understand other people or you don't. You either have a high level of empathy, or you're self-centered and self-satisfied. Being able to put yourself in the shoes of another is one of the most important features of a psychologist. Understanding of the human essence, nature.�
You can't learn to be a psychologist. You just memorize the theory and that's it. There must be an innate desire to get to know people. Watch them. Study their behavior patterns.�
Ask questions, dig into the hidden corners of their souls. In my opinion, these qualities should be possessed by a psychologist. Without them, it will be a soulless walking encyclopedia that knows the names of terms, definitions, and some psychological practices, but nothing more. He can't help you. Really help, without spreading props and verbiage.