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[quote=Anonymous]I'm in my early 40's and I am in school now for my masters in counseling.  Here's the deal:  you have three choices that are masters' degrees.  One is the MS in Clinical Mental Health Counseling or Community Counseling, one is the MSW, one is the MS in Marriage and Family Therapy.  Each will take between 2-3 years, full-time before graduation.  You will then have a provisional license with which you can practice under supervision (check the laws of state where you would practice to make sure since they vary).  You can't ethically open a private one-person practice until you are fully licensed I think (generally about 3 years of supervision post-masters degree).  You CAN be in a private practice with others during this period under supervision.  Again, look into it for where you will eventually practice.

This is a passion field, meaning you will have low pay for potentially a lot of work.  A yearly 100,000 salary is considered EXTREMELY good and would take several years to build.  There are a lot of variables and to make a high salary, you will most likely need to work in a slightly less traditional way--have evening and/pr weaken hours, work for a large corporate entity, etc.  It's kind of the unicorn job.  Most jobs or practices you might earn between 40-60K.  There are a lot of variations for that.  I have a business background, too, but I'm going into the field knowing I will most likely have a position earning around 45-50K at first.  I'm excited, though, since I feel really strongly about going into counseling.

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