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Pfuzylogic I studied counselling and psychotherapy at college for a few years. Did alot of personal reading out of interest due to having my own issues. Was wrongly diagnosed with many things including shitzo effective disorder.
I said to the doctor can't I just be neurotic but apparently it doesn't work like that lol.
Anyway due to lots of research and therapy and a very good psychiatrist I have been medication free for many years. I decided that a helping profession could be detrimental to my own mental wellbeing even though I found it very interesting and was told I could be very good at it. I have to put my children first so I couldn't risk that listening and facilitating people working through their own trauma could cause me break down. That's why I discovered things I find relaxing like cleaning and mechanics.
My aim is to work as a mechanic in a local garage that offers work placement to people who have had difficult times because then I get to help in a small way be teaching them a bit of mechanics but without having to listen to their trauma or difficulties. If that doesn't work out I will go for building up my cleaning business. But the problem is whenever I think about doing anything I always try to work in a way that I get to help people because that's what I most want to do. So I dream about a cleaning business but where I mostly help other women who are struggling in some way set up their own cleaning business lol. I just can't get that money motivated. I see being in a direct helping profession as not feasible given that I have had my own issues because I must put maintaining my own mental stability first especially because of my children.
Anyway the answer to your question is yes and no. Yes i have had some formal training and qualification in the area of psychology but alot of it was just personal studies so I could help myself.
