Lulu

There's one thing missing from your pros list and that's whether you would actually like to BE a psychologist, not whether it makes sense to be one. If it is YOUR dream and you think you would like to practice it, then yes, go for it. But if you're not that passionate about it, take your time, until you think of something else. Going back to study will be difficult, you will need that passion to sustain you.

Perhaps have a chat with your dad and see if he can come up with something similar to psychology that wouldn't require you to go back to uni for so many years - kind of like a dip the toe in the water thing. What about a certificate specifically in counselling. I often see ads in the newspapers which no doubt are dodgy but there must be some decent ones out there too that won't take that long, won't be that expensive and will enable you to get clients relatively quickly after qualifying. Then once you've done that, you could look at doing the full sher-bang.

Interesting question - I'm contemplating a change of career too and am asking myself whether I want to go back to uni too! I've decided I want to be a policy adviser - think I overdosed on watching the West Wing while DD was a newborn.