Thanks so much for replying Spiceoflife! Sorry its taken me so long to get back. I cold called a couple of private speech paths on Friday and quizzed them a bit. They both worked in paediatrics which I think is an area I'd be interested in. One thing one of them said was that she didn't find it "intellectually challenging" but "emotionally challenging" since you're dealing with issues that can make people feel very vulnerable I guess. Would you agree? I love interacting with people and helping people with problems but another side of me loves an intellectual challenge so I'm worried I might get frustrated if that's the case. I don't have a background in biological sciences. I did do two years of pysch at uni (a long time ago). Do you think you could cover what's needed in a two year masters to be a good clinician?