Congrats on working out your path... Wish I could work out mine!
Please make sure you're fully aware of what the different degree options will actually allow you to do. The B Psych will, as I understand it, require a master's degree afterwards for you to be able to work as a psychologist. There will also be a lot of statistics subjects and a lot of science-oriented ones. It might actually be that what you want to do is more social work. You can also do straight counselling courses but you need to have a full picture of the employment options you would have.
Also check whether the Bach of social science will actually enable you to become a counsellor.
The last thing I want to do is discourage you - I think you will be an incredible counsellor - I just want you to actually be able to do that after years of hard work at uni.
Surprised - thank you, I have actually already spoken with the uni, who had already advised me of what the degrees will let me do. The reasoning for the bachelor of psychology is the option of continuing on to the masters of psychology to become a psychologist if I feel like that afterwards. However the bachelor of social science goes more into the counseling side of things which gives me the option of running my own practice if I choose. The bachelor of psychology is just a higher qualification. I had called the uni, to discuss my options as I do want to have a higher qualification than just the councelling diplomas. I have looked into these. That's why right now I'm leading towards the bachelor of psychology or the bachelor of social science. Probably thinking the higher the qualification to at my age will help, as I am no spring chicken any more. Lol
Yet tbh, at this point in time, I'm not looking at furthering onto a masters degree, but that option will be left open, as I know the targeted people I would like to help. When I was younger, I wanted to become a police officer after my oldest sister was abducted, I ended up meeting my now husband and that turned into raisiing a family, yet after also seeing what my sister went through and how the trauma she faced and our family faced, If i can help these people move forward and hopefully stop these families falling apart, as it did with mine. My sister turned away from our family for many many years, so helping any of these families in any way at staying strong with each other and not falling apart would be an honor.
However I do know this is the path I want to take, scary thought at my age, but I look at it, as though what better way to leave this world than knowing that you did your bit in helping others, something to be proud of.
Anyway, before I commit myself to either course I have time to look further into them and I know it will become more clearer as the time gets closer, so I thank you for your support it means slot.
Thank you everyone, I know this is what I want to do, I know all I have experienced is for a reason, not that it felt like it at the time, but how else can you explain it, I guess I sort of worry to if I don't follow this path now, what next is going to hit me in the face for me to standup and take notice. I think I have experienced enough tbh. I know that if you have experienced these sort of problems that others are facing and need help, then it does make you more in tune and can show more empathy than if you hadn't. So I hope that I can help as many people as I can.
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