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from patient to service provider...?!?! (long)

Posted by Christ_empowered on February 13, 2014, at 19:41:27


So, I'm 29. I've made false starts at going back to school before. Somebody up there (as a Christian, I'd say Jesus) kept that from happening...until now.

I have lots of sociology credits. I was a wake and bake stoner with a Klonopin addiction back then, so I guess sociology *seemed* like a good idea. I'm now thinking undergrad: Psychology with an emphasis on addictions counseling. Get a job as a peon. Minor in Biblical Studies (would add about 15 hours). Go back in a few years for either the master's in counseling or the M.Div. Either way, get the LPC.

So...I'm unemployed, long history of madness, history of Rx upper and downer abuse, etc. I also had 2 rounds of involuntary ect, one at 20 and another at 23. The second one really did me in for a couple years, until God intervened in a big, big way.

One reason I'm interested in maybe eventually possibly getting the M.Div., one way or another (yes, I'll do it online if I must) is because I'd feel more comfortable offering Christian-oriented counseling if I get to the master's level.

But, whatever: let's focus on undergrad. My psychiatrist told me I should get the psychology undergrad and get a public mental health job. Seriously. I'm thinking...good stuff...but what would I do, exactly? Facilitate group therapy?

I used to be the biggest Szasz fan the world has ever seen, in the under-50 age group at least. Now, I'm starting to reconsider. He was a humanist; I'm a born again Christian. He says mental illness is a myth; I say madness is real. He says psychiatry IS a human rights abuse; I say psychiatry CAN be abusive.

Ugh. I just...I just...I just wonder if this is the best way forward for me, that's all. I kind of feel like I'm living out some 1970s dream of recovery and then facilitating the recovery of others, making mental health more humane, something like that. Its 2014, so...ummm...did I miss my decade?

Ugh! Please share your ideas :-)


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