I don't know if it differs from Unis but when i was doing my social work degree you have to complete 2 pracs, each a semester long, full time hours which meant that i couldn't work while doing them. A lot of people found it hard because you can't really live off the student centrelink payments, unless they've gone up a lot since i was studying! (just something to look in to before you start the degree)

I've also done a year of psychology... and comparing the two.... psychology is less person focuseed, more theoretical, more clinical. I found social work more humanistic.

But if you have any issues you haven't dealt with, going in to these feilds is incredibly hard. You need to protect yourself emotionally. I found it so painful, because i couldn't just leave the things i saw behind me, i took it home every day and it made me miserable. You are constantly confronted with the bad in the world, and it brings up your own issues tenfold. Yes its rewarding to help people, but also frustrating because its completely under funded in the government sector and so much red tape. But that being said if you work as a private counsellor (mine has a social work degree) it can be flexible because you can work from home, earn good money.

What about Naturopathy?