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Alexia W

Alexia W

I have a curiosity that extends itself to just about everything. I'm currently a college student, so this makes me have almost no time for reading.
  • San Antonio, TX
  • member since March 27 2009

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  • Karrah M

    Karrah M says

    I'm right in the middle of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and I love it. I don't find it to be as serious as the original, but I find the humor to be just like my own. It's dry and kind of situational; things like off-handed comments about the girls' training in China while talking about the upcoming ball, or zombies arriving during most inoppurtune moments and tearing kitchen staff to pieces. It's quite hilarious, at least to me. It should make for a quick and light read if you're interested.

    posted 5 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Laura G

    Laura G says

    Forgot to mention types of patients I saw (hope you don't mind reading my ramblings). I worked briefly for an outpatient center, but my internship and the bulk of my work was at a residential center doing crisis counseling. I worked with many clients with more severe illnesses such as schizophrenia (when I saw them, they were often off their meds or needed a med adjustment so they would be quite delusional or psychotic). We also saw many drug and alcohol dependent people who were expressing suicidal thoughts, or others who were expressing suicidal thoughts--mostly people with severe depression, bipolar disorder or with personality disorders. Often people will find a population that they like working with more than others. Personally, I like variety, but if I had to pick one group it would be kids and teens (if you like working with kids, you'll want to take a good course in play therapy).

    posted 5 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Laura G

    Laura G says

    Hi Alexia! I did major in psychology in college. One thing you should know, if you don't plan on going into graduate school immediately after college, you should consider a double major or even just minoring in psychology. Myself, if I had to do it over again probably would have gotten a bachelor's in social work. You can be a licensed social worker in most states with just a bachelor's degree, and you don't have to be a psych major to get into graduate programs (but you do have to know enough psychology to get a good score on the graduate record exam for most programs, so probably at least minor). I ended up substitute teaching before I started graduate school, because there's really not much you can do with psychology on just a bachelor's level (some people go into human resources for awhile, but that can be a tough job market in some areas).

    For graduate school, you have two routes: you can get a master's in counseling, which is what I did--it's a two to three year program usually. Or you can get a Ph.D in psychology (become a psychologist). Many states now also recognize marriage and family therapists (MFT). There are programs out there that offer master's programs for MFT. MFT is rather a subspecialty--as an LPC (licensed professional counselor) I'm able to work with familes and do marriage counseling, but I also developed a good understanding of individual and group counseling and working specifically with mental disorders of all kinds.

    I love being a counselor (although actually for the moment I'm at home and just maintaining my license). In most states if you practice for around two years (in Ohio you have to register 3000 hours) you can get independent licensure which means you can practice without being clinically supervised by anyone. You can open your own practice--there's a lot of freedom. Many people I know work part time for a hospital or agency and do a private practice the rest of the time. You can work with varied populations. If you work in a residential program or hospital (that's where I started), you'll see much more ill patients obviously than just seeing outpatient. Many people develop expertise or specialty in a few disorders and focus on treating patients with just those disorders. Others keep a general practice and work with most any problem. Generally, the key is find a job where you can get your hours in for independent license--once you have that, the opportunities are usually many.

    Hope that helps. I'm more than happy to answer any other questions. Good luck! Laura

    posted 5 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Katherine

    Katherine says

    Ok, I'll think about it and try to find something interesting ;D

    posted 5 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Moulee B

    Moulee B says

    i remember a raisin in the sun was great to catch on tv..i really thought the actors did a good job because i got caught up in it until the end. if you forget p diddy is sean combs then youre good :)

    i dont have the scarlett letter but i have the entire shakespeare collection, tehehe. i caught shakespeare in love last night on tv and i cant wait to see one of his plays in theaters now!

    posted 6 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Lauren W

    Lauren W says

    Well, I like Mythology. I read the book when I was studying for the competitive Latin Mytology Test and therefore couldn't get enough of myths. I thought it was a great source with a lot of information, but only if you're into that kind of thing because I don't remember it being brilliantly written or anything.

    posted 6 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Nicole R

    Nicole R says

    Hi Alexia, welcome to Play Book Tag! The tag for March is history. Once you read a book, feel free to post a review and rating on March tag: collective reads for our shelf. Starting April 1, the new monthly tag will be friendship. For answers to commonly asked questions, please look over the FAQ for new members which is pinned to the top of our discussions. If you have any questions about PBT please don't hesitate to ask me!

    See you on PBT!

    posted 8 months ago. ( send a note )


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