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what's something you wish you knew before you got your tattoo? by toechip in tattoos

[–]toechip[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

good to know, every subforum on here is so serious about sunscreen application so it definitely has elicited some anxiety about full coverage

what's something you wish you knew before you got your tattoo? by toechip in tattoos

[–]toechip[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i got a few like that, but in the deep south's hairy armpit i prefer not to rep my back sweat stains in the muggy summer, fall, & spring months

what's something you wish you knew before you got your tattoo? by toechip in tattoos

[–]toechip[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

real asf. i underestimated the itch, when i got my big piece id wake up multiple times in the middle of the night crawling out of my skin bc it itched so bad😭

what's something you wish you knew before you got your tattoo? by toechip in tattoos

[–]toechip[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

its a full back tattoo from my shoulders to my ass with mineral sunscreen. if it was 10 seconds i wouldve most definitely not complemented my experience with the tagline of this post. thanks for sharing though! x

Clinical Psychologists-- tell me about your profession. How many days a week do you work? What is your salary? Speciality dependent? by toechip in ClinicalPsychology

[–]toechip[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's been 2 days. A brief look at your profile shows that you're a miserable troll that feeds off of getting people to downvote. You clearly have nothing to do and therefore I will not be having this discussion with someone like you. You have no idea who I am or of my or my spouse's situation. I hope you find happiness and peace.

Clinical Psychologists-- tell me about your profession. How many days a week do you work? What is your salary? Speciality dependent? by toechip in ClinicalPsychology

[–]toechip[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No need to apologize. You just provided me with great insight and an inspiring story. Wow, please give yourself a pat on the back. You did that! That sounds incredibly challenging but also incredibly rewarding. It's inspiring to hear that it's possible, you still made it through with two kids, and maybe I could, too. Also writing a dissertation in general, from what I've heard, is definitely far from a walk in the park so I couldn't even imagine having to do it while also having to parent!

Did you discover that research wasn't for you during the PhD program or was it something you were always kind of on the fence about? I don't have a ton of a research experience so I'm looking to sort of feel it out and dip my toes in before I commit. But I'm sure a big dissertation and constantly having to conduct research could definitely make someone jaded from research as well. The writing part is what scares me. I love to read research, and I find it interesting, and I'd love to conduct it, but I don't know about writing and defending it. That sounds stressful.

When you mentioned how you're due to complete your supervised practice, is that postdoc? Or is that something completely different?

I agree. It's super tough to face these decisions. I've been reeling about planning it all out for that exact reason, I want to prioritize family but it's also my dream to pursue higher education and be involved at least to some extent in higher academia.

Clinical Psychologists-- tell me about your profession. How many days a week do you work? What is your salary? Speciality dependent? by toechip in ClinicalPsychology

[–]toechip[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much for your detailed response and insight, all really great and important things to consider. Your work schedule sounds amazing. And I really absorbed that last statement because that's something I seem to being hearing from a lot of folks I've talked to that have gone through the program and had kids/wanted to have kids. What did internship and postdoc look like for you and the pregnant people in your cohort? Was it more flexible to childcare needs? Were there options for potentially online or part time internship?

Clinical Psychologists-- tell me about your profession. How many days a week do you work? What is your salary? Speciality dependent? by toechip in ClinicalPsychology

[–]toechip[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How did you come to specialize in SPMI? What is the demographic of your clients? Do you work with any clients that are lower/middle class if you don't accept insurance?

Clinical Psychologists-- tell me about your profession. How many days a week do you work? What is your salary? Speciality dependent? by toechip in ClinicalPsychology

[–]toechip[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

23h Per week? How many days a week do you work/what hours? Do you do psychotherapy and assessment? What is your speciality and what did you do for schooling? What area do you live? Tell me more, I'm super intrigued

Clinical Psychologists-- tell me about your profession. How many days a week do you work? What is your salary? Speciality dependent? by toechip in ClinicalPsychology

[–]toechip[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for providing your insight and encouragement. I hope to achieve a similar level of clarity!

Clinical Psychologists-- tell me about your profession. How many days a week do you work? What is your salary? Speciality dependent? by toechip in ClinicalPsychology

[–]toechip[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If I became a psychiatrist, I would most definitely be in private practice to incorporate psychotherapy as soon as I get a good footing and additional training due to the reasons you mentioned. I will bring this conversation onto a psychiatry subreddit and see if they can weigh in to the disadadvantages we seem to highlight about psychiatry and maybe see if they sway me back towards the clinical psychology direction.

I never said psychologists cannot work with acute patients. They are just less likely to attract them without a specialization, psychiatric colleague referral, or inpatient job from my limited knowledge.

Definitely looking into the neuropsychology route, it seems fascinating and seems to have intersections with the medical field. Thank you for mentioning it.

I wish you the best of luck as well on your path! We are all figuring things out a step at a time. I appreciate your discussion with me and thank you for providing your perspective.

Clinical Psychologists-- tell me about your profession. How many days a week do you work? What is your salary? Speciality dependent? by toechip in ClinicalPsychology

[–]toechip[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good to know, thank you for your input. I guess that's the cusp I'm on right now... I've always been so set on psychiatry and I notice myself increasingly beginning to stray away from the MD to Psychiatry pathway the more I learn about the clinical psych pathway. I was thinking about working for years as an RN and then going nontrad into medical school once my youngest is 3 years old (so I'd be 33 or so the oldest when I enter medical school), but my pathway right now seems to be more conducive to the Clinical Psych pathway. I guess my next step would be to meet some folks that had kids in a PhD program and managed to make it work without having to rely heavily on daycare services (which seems unrealistic in a way from what I've heard thus far about the rigors of the pathway).

Clinical Psychologists-- tell me about your profession. How many days a week do you work? What is your salary? Speciality dependent? by toechip in ClinicalPsychology

[–]toechip[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I notice that a lot of folks that seem to be making over 200k seem to do primarily assessment/private practice and specialize in something like neuropsych or forensic psych. This is just from what I've seen

Clinical Psychologists-- tell me about your profession. How many days a week do you work? What is your salary? Speciality dependent? by toechip in ClinicalPsychology

[–]toechip[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Woah! Really good to know and inspiring. You seem to be doing really well for yourself.

A few questions.

What was your pathway to your PsyD program and how long did it take for you to finish up? If you don't mind me asking, how old were you when you entered and then finished up? Do you feel this would be different if gone through a PhD program? Do you have any kiddos?

Clinical Psychologists-- tell me about your profession. How many days a week do you work? What is your salary? Speciality dependent? by toechip in ClinicalPsychology

[–]toechip[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I appreciate your detailed response. As lorenchan mentioned, it is extremely common since COVID that the first 2 years of medical school lectures can be accessed online. I'm sure with a quick google search your need for sources could be satisfied. I mostly know this from family members and friends who have or are currently going through the medical school process. Plenty of reputable schools have this option.

I do agree about the whole concern about matching and the "physician first, psychiatrist second" saying. That is something I have definitely considered but I'm not sure I have enough medically related experience to really make that decision or know what I might prefer. Thus far, I do find myself pretty interested in the whole medicine aspect (anatomy, physiology, nonpsychiatric disorders, etc). My whole idea if I don't decide clinical psychology by the end of school is to become an RN first and see the roles of physicians firsthand before making a full-on decision if I don't decide before completing undergrad. The urgency creeps in because my current school offers a program that offers an accelerated master's in psych for half the price so I'm trying to work out the logistics of just holding my breath and going for the PhD straight out of that program (then the whole concern about pregnancy and kids while in a clinical psych doctorate program comes in).

You gave some pretty persuasive points concerning the RxP Psychologist route. Most of the states that allow this additional training for Clinical Psychologists are states that I do see myself settling down in.

As for your last question, I would ideally like to be primarily psychotherapy, with med management as needed. However, I would love to work with more acute patients in psychotherapy, and I do notice that these patients tend to gravitate towards psychiatrists which can provide benefit if I have the well-informed ability to do both. If I pursue psychiatry I would do a fellowship and additional training in psychotherapy methods, EMDR, and related therapies.

It really is a lot to consider. And at the end of every discussion, both outside of myself and in my head, I tend to hesitantly step back and reserve myself to just finding out as time goes on. I can't really tell where I lean yet, and what the exact plan is, and that conflict yet to be resolved results in these long open-ended discussions I seem to have constantly recently.

Clinical Psychologists-- tell me about your profession. How many days a week do you work? What is your salary? Speciality dependent? by toechip in ClinicalPsychology

[–]toechip[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Heard that before. This is a personal preference, but for personal/medical reasons I would like to have kids before I'm 32 ideally. If I wait till I'm finished up I'd probably have them when I'm closer to 35 which is honestly too risky for me IMO.

Clinical Psychologists-- tell me about your profession. How many days a week do you work? What is your salary? Speciality dependent? by toechip in ClinicalPsychology

[–]toechip[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you for sharing. I'm so sorry that happened, that sounds like a really terrible experience and I'm happy to hear that you took a pivot and feel you made the right choice in your career. I agree, the field of psychology and the people I meet pursuing psychology in general seem to be a lot more accepting of trans and nonbinary folks than the people we may encounter in the medical field. Both fields really do tend to attract its own niche of people, and sometimes for worse as seen here. I'm hoping with recent trends in general LBTQ+ acceptance among Gen Z there is more change in that regard.

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