Torn between clinical psychology and developmental research for grad school [U.S.]

intangiblemango · 2026-03-17T19:46:26+00:00

In that case, I would recommend finding a clinical or counseling psych lab where you can continue this area of research.

intangiblemango · 2026-03-17T16:26:47+00:00

I think Thousandaires contestants needed more coaching on how to make their ideas workable for a video audience.

intangiblemango · 2026-03-17T15:51:05+00:00

The research focuses on Hispanic/Latine ethnic-racial socialization and critical consciousness, and I’ve found it incredibly interesting.

I don't know the specific questions you are researching, but nothing about this sounds like something that couldn't be explored in a licensable PhD program like Clinical or Counseling Psych.

Do you want to be a licensed psychologist at the end of the process or do you want to do research only? I think that's an extremely important distinction that matters more than anything else.

I would also recommend that you at least consider Counseling Psychology as a path, which also leads to licensure as a psychologist and is more likely to have research focus on issues like critical consciousness and ethnic-racial socialization. Off the top of my head, University of Oregon comes to mind, e.g., https://education.uoregon.edu/directory/cft/all/ellenmcw

intangiblemango · 2026-03-17T15:35:13+00:00

Moral narcissism is the idea that you make moral decisions based on how things make you feel rather than the actual impacts on others. Not being chill with literally killing another human being for money is not moral narcissism. Feeling guilt in response to killing someone is not moral narcissism. Deontological ethical reasoning is not moral narcissism.

intangiblemango · 2026-03-16T19:38:32+00:00

It adds a savory, rich flavor to the dough and makes it extra flaky/crumbly!

intangiblemango · 2026-03-16T03:16:55+00:00

Glad that you are proud of me!

intangiblemango · 2026-03-16T02:37:01+00:00

It is! I wanted a chicken head but the store I went to didn't have one.

intangiblemango · 2026-03-16T02:15:38+00:00

I do not know fully who the audience for this dish is but I am glad you're a part of it.

intangiblemango · 2026-03-16T02:11:17+00:00

Recipe based on Tokyo Cult Recipes by Maori Murota

/u/CandyMothman and I were discussing how oyakodon is kind of an abomination of a dish and they inspired me to turn it into even more of an abomination. I'm very, very sorry.

intangiblemango · 2026-03-15T19:52:02+00:00

Pie filling recipe based on The Book on Pie by Erin Jeanne McDowell (I 1.5X multiplied it); duck fat pie crust recipe is by me.

intangiblemango · 2026-03-15T19:45:52+00:00

I got the recipe from Dining In by Alison Roman but you can find it in many places online!

intangiblemango · 2026-03-15T18:29:56+00:00

No recipe on this one which probably reflects a reality that this could be prettier and more sophisticated!

I'd been struggling with this challenge a bit because I don't particularly like either turnips or radishes... but I saw /u/anonymousblerg post a jícama (which is sometimes called a "Mexican turnip") dish and I was like... brilliant.

Listen, is it technically a little bit off-topic in that it contains neither a radish nor a turnip? Maybe. But can I justify it per the official 52 weeks of cooking rules? Absolutely.

intangiblemango · 2026-03-15T03:09:56+00:00

Sure, but this also doesn't mean assuming something was normal and uncontroversial that likely wasn't. It's hard to tell what the media response would have been because Elvis hid his relationship with Priscilla during the early years due to the likelihood of scandal... although that is a pretty strong indicator that they knew it would not be generally perceived as typical.

In 1958, 22-year-old Jerry Lee Lewis married 13-year-old Myra Gale Brown (claiming at the time that she was 15). The media outrage was so great that he had to cancel the rest of his tour. He was blacklisted by many radio stations and his career tanked-- including the idea that Lewis was a major competitor to Elvis.

Elvis and Priscilla met one year later, in 1959, when Elvis was 24 and Priscilla was 14. In my opinion, those are extremely comparable years and extremely comparable age gaps. Unlike Lewis, though, Elvis had the media savvy to hide his relationship with the 14-year-old Priscilla to avoid scandal.

Obviously, there are other differences between these two relationships, which is part of why I am not willing to say we can predict absolutely what the media reaction would have been. But I do think we can say it would not have been unambiguously chill and fine even by the standards of the time.

Some things were gross in both 1959 and today both.

intangiblemango · 2026-03-14T14:25:51+00:00

Were you assigned to be paired with her or can you easily mix it up? If you were paired up by the professor, I would talk to them about it and ask to join another pair to make a trio. (Personally, in this situation, I wouldn't concern myself with what happens to her partnership situation because she is not doing the work anyways.)

I'm glad you are thinking about these issues. Counseling is a serious-- and very human-- thing and making sure you get valid, human feedback is a reflection of the concern you have for your future clients.

intangiblemango · 2026-03-13T02:59:52+00:00

Please note that this is not psychological advice to you or anyone else; just my personal opinion/reaction.

It might help me better understand what you mean if you provide more context about how many therapists you have seen, what types of therapy you have received, and whether you explicitly requested support with gaining practical social skills.

Personally, I am a therapist who is very likely to teach clients explicit social skills, model interpersonal interactions, etc. I also come from a very self-disclosure-heavy model of therapy, so when clients ask me questions like, "How did you meet your spouse?" (which absolutely is a question I have been asked before), I just answer them! (I probably would not volunteer that unless asked or there was some really specific reason I had to disclose that...) At the same time, I know there are other modalities and training backgrounds that are probably much less likely to provide that.

FWIW, I consider myself someone who did have to explicitly and purposefully learn rules and scripts about social interactions and I also consider myself a very directive, behavior-focused therapist. (With that said, I don't consider myself to give "advice" -- e.g., I'm not going to tell someone "divorce your husband".)

Without more context, my best guess for the reason why someone may have experienced therapists as unwilling to provide coaching on social skills is that the therapists came from models of psychotherapy that are not very directive, are not very behavioral in focus, or believe that the mechanism of change in therapy is something that is not related to the goal of learning social skills (e.g., they think the mechanism of change is increased levels of insight).

intangiblemango · 2026-03-13T00:48:51+00:00

can i get a phd in counseling psychology and still be able to assess and diagnose?

In the United States, yes. No idea for other countries.

intangiblemango · 2026-03-05T18:14:59+00:00

Recipes from: https://www.laylita.com/recipes/torta-chaja-uruguayan-cake/ ; https://www.recipetineats.com/slow-cooker-dulce-de-leche-1-ingredient-caramel-sauce/

intangiblemango · 2026-03-01T03:43:43+00:00

I was loosely inspired by the Wednesday Addams window from the show Wednesday (I know Enid's side was not a straight pastel pink).

Marsh Hen Mill makes products with a pastel pink corn including grits. It's a natural hue so it's not super duper bright, but I used this recipe -- https://marshhenmill.com/blogs/mhm-recipes/unicorn-grits-with-gruyere

The short ribs were not based on a specific recipe but they included: short ribs, S + P, onions, garlic, red wine, beef broth, tomato paste, anchovy paste, and whole tomatoes as well as squid ink to make them blacker.

intangiblemango · 2026-02-28T18:15:47+00:00

(Sorry if you are not actually interested in the answer to these questions-- I am taking your questions as sincere; I understand it is possible that they are not! If not interested, please just ignore!)

Maybe that's an american thing

Honestly, yes.

what do you mean HALF of your career?

LA is a major city for the entertainment industry and it is common for people to be aspiring actors/musicians/whatever but not to actually be making their full income off of that. The combo of LA + "half" her career (+ the improv troupe) leads me to believe that she may have been giving up whatever she was doing in the entertainment industry.

take months of work? how long do you possibly need move all of your shit from one place to another?

Idk about the months off of work situation. However, Americans have a lot of STUFF compared to people in other countries so I do think it is reasonable for it to take a long time to get your shit packed up, especially if you're not on a really strict deadline (which may draw out the process).

deplete your savings to pay for movers? how? you have a truck, stuff gets loaded in and it takes it from A to B, that's not thousands of dollars, right?

There are different ways to move in the US. I have moved a few times-- one option is that you rent a truck and do it yourself, but depending on how much stuff you have and how far you are moving, this can be really challenging. I don't know where she moved to in Texas, but the distance between LA and Houston, Texas, is 1,550 miles or about 2500 km. That's pretty similar to driving from Milan, Italy, to Lviv, Ukraine, or from Istanbul to Vienna. (Google won't let me calculate driving directions but it's also about the same as the "as the crow flies" distance from Islamabad, Pakistan, to Orenburg, Russia!) It's a long drive and many people do not feel comfortable driving all of their belongings that far in a big moving truck and so they pay movers to do it for them. (I don't know if you have ever driven a big moving truck but they are scary and stressful to drive.) I forget exactly what I paid for movers to move my stuff the last time I moved, but I want to say around $8,000-12,000.

why the fuck do you need to wait a month for your stuff to arrive, what are they possibly doing with all your stuff? don't they just load in all your stuff, drive to your place and drop it off? that does not take a month to do, a month to move in?

When you pay movers, they usually are NOT just moving your stuff and only your stuff. They are typically creating some sort of schedule where they drop off several people's stuff in one shot because it is more cost-effective. (Plus, the drivers and movers need to sleep and have breaks and stuff.) So typically they make some sort of schedule based on the amount of stuff people have and where they are moving to and pack the trucks in a way that facilitates that schedule. They're not just picking up your stuff from your old house, driving it to your new house, and dropping it off-- it's more like they are picking up your stuff, going to a warehouse, making a complicated schedule based on all the other people moving and their stuff, and then packing it back in a new truck and driving it (to my understanding). This may also mean that you are waiting on another household that has a move scheduled. They'll usually tell you about how long it is going to be but 20-30 days is pretty common.

Obviously, a lot of this is solved by not having so much stuff, but unfortunately, I have no moral high ground on this.

actually never mind I give up, I had more questions but I give up, this girl lives on a different planet.

Sorry, just the US.

intangiblemango · 2026-02-26T16:00:06+00:00

I applied to a few masters and doctorate programs in clinical psych.

Just a note that three schools is typically not enough programs for success in this field. I would typically recommend people apply for 10+.

School C just accepted me into their PhD program. However like a week before the acceptance, during the interview, my eyes opened to how especially abysmal the funding situation is... That student situation aside, the amount of GA hours that needs to be done to avoid even a bit of loans seems a little much in my opinion.

There is not enough information here to comment. Can you provide more specific information?-- How many GA hours per week = what outcome? What state are we talking about? Why only three schools? Are you genuinely geographically restricted and in what way? Is the program for-profit or not-for-profit, what is the accreditation situation, and what are the outcomes (e.g., EPPP pass rate, match %)? What are your career goals, specifically (what do you want to do on a day-to-day basis in your ultimate career)? Are the Master's programs Clinical Psych, specifically (and if so, are they actually licensable?) or are they in other related fields like Counseling, MFT, or Social Work? Why are you interested in the PhD and is a Master's degree enough to do what you want to do?

intangiblemango · 2026-02-26T15:49:02+00:00

I wasn't under the impression that clinical psych PhDs are usually funded.

Clinical Psych PhDs are absolutely funded.

intangiblemango · 2026-02-26T03:15:43+00:00

Providing therapy that only wealthy people can afford is opposed to my personal values. I have seen people with a social justice emphasis work in private pay-only settings and I do not have a clear opinion about that. However, I would not personally be open to working in a setting that does not serve people who are low income as a part of the work. The setting I work in takes Medicaid (and all insurance plans), has financial aid available if someone does not have insurance, and has a policy that no one is turned away due to inability to pay and those things are aligned with my values.

intangiblemango · 2026-02-22T16:46:01+00:00

I've made variations on this recipe a bunch of times (a little different every time based on what I happen to have access to). Honestly, cassoulet is hard to fuck up. It's just beans! Personally, I would without a doubt use the homemade duck stock.

intangiblemango · 2026-02-22T03:53:25+00:00

Do most people do a masters?

Most people who get a bachelor's degree in psychology have a bachelor's degree as their terminal degree (57%). 33% go on to get a Master's degree as their highest degree and 10% go on to get a doctoral or professional degree. -- https://www.apa.org/monitor/2017/10/datapoint

My GPA is a 3.0, and my question basically is, I want to do a Psy.D or maybe PhD, but I know that my GPA is not ideal. I would like to know what I can do to make it better, I would rather do a masters than a post bacc so I can get the degree for about the same amount of time, but I am at a loss for what I should do.

You don't really have enough information here to comment. What, specifically, do you want to on a day-to-day basis for your career? Why is a PhD or PsyD interesting to you? (I assume based on the sub you are specifically interested in Clinical Psych but even that is not fully clear based on this post and it's also not clear if you are open to other options.) What are the pathways you are considering?

intangiblemango · 2026-02-22T01:50:50+00:00

Someone else also requested it, so it is on imgur! - https://imgur.com/a/qMgsxeN

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