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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP I can understand you. I am a PT who did 5 years Bachelor, 2 years Master and plus various specialized certifications. I feel at times ..,, in USA the PT/OT/SLP profession is undervalued .. especially constant payment cuts and changes in Medicare and contracting companies make our lives miserable  . I have friends in UK NZ Canada and Australia and though they have their own struggles , they never feel like they are not called . Atleast you are lucky that you don’t have any assistants. But PTs and OTs have assistants and in job market , they are willing to hire a PT assistant than a PT . I can’t help but feel at times why I made this career choice. [/quote]

Yes, it can make you feel very undervalued. SLPs do have SLPAs, but all of these assistants have to be directly supervised by an SLP or whatever the respective field is.

Oh the contracting companies… nothing in grad school ever prepared me for how awful these companies are. They feel predatory and I wish they would all just go away. I find it so wrong that they can take a chunk of our salaries when we worked so hard to get the education and skill set. They also basically harass via phone, text etc. sometimes they call me and it turns out they don’t even have a job in my area or even know what city I’m in. 
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