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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Maybe not exactly a "prestige job" but highly respected:

Staff Psychologist within the counseling center of an elite University. The work is very rewarding. Everyone has an advanced level degree, in most cases a doctorate. Looks great on a resume. Pay is crap, though. Salaries start at 40-60k and rarely climb above $80k.The saving grace is that the hours typically aren't bad so many of us supplement with private practice.[/quote]

How is this highly respected, exactly? I work at a university and I don't even have a clue how many/who the counselors are.

I think it may be respected in your circle, but that's not at all a "prestige" job. [/quote]

Um, okay. I didn't say it was a prestige job. I guess I naively assumed that a job requiring a PhD that entails years of clinical training would be highly respected. Guess you told me otherwise. Good to know.[/quote]

[b]I'm a psychologist (PhD), too, and thanks to the APA, respect for the profession has really eroded.  And it's hard to argue with that when anyone can become a "psychologist." [/b] [/quote]

Okay, you've piqued my curiosity!  What has the APA done?[/quote]

I'm sure there are people who will disagree, but I think the APA has done psychologists an enormous disservice by accrediting lousy diploma mills (schools of "professional psychology") that have very little quality control for faculty or students.  So, they churn out people who are ill-qualified for the profession, which gives us all a bad name.  Don't get me wrong, I think there are excellent psychologists out there, and I'm proud to be a psychologist.  It's just that decent clinical psych programs are highly selective for a reason, i.e., it takes more than intellectual ability to be a good psychologist, at least those of us who provide psychotherapy.

That, and the APA has consistently refused to repudiate the use of torture in prisoner interrogations.  That's a worse sin, but not one that's gotten much attention.  So, yeah, not a fan of the APA here.[/quote]

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