>> To do the work that I do, you need an advanced degree
and some mental health counseling field, and so you need a master's degree in counseling,
social worker, marriage and family therapy, counseling psychology, clinical psychology.
Mental health is really a multidisciplinary field.
So if you want to do one on one ongoing therapy, I would encourage you to get an advanced degree,
a master's or a doctrine in that.
PHD's in counseling psychology is one of the most common degrees for full-time therapist
in university counseling centers.
So, you really need an advanced degree in that.
Most folks will have an undergraduate degree in psychology or sociology or similar field,
though I've gone to school with people who have undergrads in English,
and did some service learning and done some other things,
and they made their way into a master's program.
So, you know, even if you're not an undergrad in psychology,
doesn't mean that you still can't do this.
I know a lot of people who have.
So, you need to do that, and some, you know, right now, we're hiring for a couple positions.
I'm looking for people with that plus somebody who's had experience working
in a university counseling center position.
It's a very unique subfield.
It's unlike any other type of place you could work as a master's level clinician,
understanding what it means to be a department in a university,
where you're serving the university, and that's really the primary mission of the university,
as opposed to mental health is not the primary.
Because you're really in an institution that has an educational product that it's selling.
So I'd encourage you to do a practicum experience, an internship experience,
mentor people, talk with people, to get, find some way to spend some time
in a university counseling center in some way, shape or form.
You know, as a director, I'm responsible for the entire department that I lead.
I'm responsible for the overall services are responsible for.
I'm looking for people to share in that ownership with me.
That's really what I want.
I want people who's not interested in just doing their job.
I'm interesting in somebody who's willing to take responsibility over something.
So, anybody who has something on their cover letter, on their CV,
that shows that they've taken responsibility for something.
I don't care if they were responsible for the Meals on Wheels Program.
If I can look at it and say, this person took responsibility.
They found a way to figure it out, make it happen, get it done.
That's very attractive to me, and whether they've done
that in a university counseling center world, or if they're done that in any other way
in their life, it doesn't really matter to me honestly.
It's a transferrable skill, and so, somebody who's willing to take that initiative
and take responsibility and ownership is very attractive, especially for a director,
who is looking for stuff to help him or her out.