Hey people, I used to come to this forum to post or more often than not browse around when I was deep in the depressive stages of my life. I'm much better nowadays, however I've decided to go back to therapy. I use the phrase "Go back" loosely because I only ever attended one session, but I feel the time is right now to do it on my own terms. I'm not going to ask "What do I have?" or any such questions though as a Psychology undergrad I do have my own suspicions (over-sensitive anxiety response). Whether that's due to past experience or biological predisposition I have no idea, but that is what i'd like to explore in therapy.
That's not the only reason though - don't get me wrong, my current issues with Anxiety alone are enough to spur me to seek therapy. But as a Psychology undergrad I plan on, in the future, becoming a Clinical Psychologist. So I think it'd also be useful to go to these sessions to get a feel of how the job works - behaviour of the therapist, style of interaction, working environment and such. My main curiosity, I guess, is the extent to which I disclose aspects of my life to my therapist.
For example, I recreationally take drugs. Not often, and certainly not long-term dangerous or physically addictive substances (I'd rather not get into any kind of drug-related right-or-wrong discussion here). i.e When i'm back home during summer I smoke weed quite abit - mainly due to boredom. It doesn't affect me negatively other than make me lazy for the duration of the holidays. When I come back to university i'm not nearly as comfortable with my group of friends here so the weed multiplies my anxiety tenfold. I don't mind not smoking it, I was going to anyway as i'd like to be mentally sharp while I need to complete acedemic work and socialise more. But that's obviously a factor that affects my anxiety and as such it's something a therapist should probably know about.
Considering my aspirations to be a psychologist / therapist in the future, i'm wary about revealing that kind of a thing to someone who is a registered member of the BPS / NHS. I'm going to need to gain work experience related to the profession to stand a chance of getting such a job and i'm unsure of if saying such things would affect my chances.
Also, i'd just like to check that having a record of mental health issues wouldn't negatively impact my job prospects in the area?
Thanks for your time
That's not the only reason though - don't get me wrong, my current issues with Anxiety alone are enough to spur me to seek therapy. But as a Psychology undergrad I plan on, in the future, becoming a Clinical Psychologist. So I think it'd also be useful to go to these sessions to get a feel of how the job works - behaviour of the therapist, style of interaction, working environment and such. My main curiosity, I guess, is the extent to which I disclose aspects of my life to my therapist.
For example, I recreationally take drugs. Not often, and certainly not long-term dangerous or physically addictive substances (I'd rather not get into any kind of drug-related right-or-wrong discussion here). i.e When i'm back home during summer I smoke weed quite abit - mainly due to boredom. It doesn't affect me negatively other than make me lazy for the duration of the holidays. When I come back to university i'm not nearly as comfortable with my group of friends here so the weed multiplies my anxiety tenfold. I don't mind not smoking it, I was going to anyway as i'd like to be mentally sharp while I need to complete acedemic work and socialise more. But that's obviously a factor that affects my anxiety and as such it's something a therapist should probably know about.
Considering my aspirations to be a psychologist / therapist in the future, i'm wary about revealing that kind of a thing to someone who is a registered member of the BPS / NHS. I'm going to need to gain work experience related to the profession to stand a chance of getting such a job and i'm unsure of if saying such things would affect my chances.
Also, i'd just like to check that having a record of mental health issues wouldn't negatively impact my job prospects in the area?
Thanks for your time
