because i have and im so confused!!
i am in my 5th year of my psychology degree and after this year have 1 more to go.
my aim was to specialise in forensic psychology and work in a prison or with the police perhaps (not too clear on all the details)
anyway, over the last year i have began to change direction on what i want to do as a career. i now have my mind set on becoming a child/young adult counseller/psychotherapist and work in schools.
Personal issues have caused me to realise that this is something i would really like to do but now i am beginning to think that my degree has all been for nothing and a waste of time as it doesn't have much relavence to what i now want to do.
i would have to do a degree in counselling if this is what i want to do. i have been all through the open university website but there is no 'counselling' direction that follows on from a psychology degree without starting from scratch on a counselling course for another god knows how many years.
im really confused and dont know what to do. do i just finish the degree and then continue to specialise in child psychology or something and hope that something may come of it, or give up my new found dreams and continue the forensic psychology path?
has anyone else been in this situation?