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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So be a speech pathologist during the school year and train dogs during the summer. That way you still get all the health benefits and retirement etc. of being a school employees.

By the way, that's what my mom did.  Speech pathologist who worked with show dogs during the summer.[/quote]

I get what you’re saying but it’s not quite the same. I want to help injured or sick animals, not show dogs for profit.  I’m an introvert and I will inevitably burnout from being an SLP. I always wanted to work with animals but I have an ethical dilemma that I feel when it comes to profiting off of helping animals… which is why I didn’t choose to go into that and I chose to foster instead.

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For an introvert the basically one-on-one work of a SLP is great. You need to reframe your thinking OP. You seem to have crap-colored glasses.[/quote]

It’s not always one on one. That’s what I thought too before i began my clinical rotations. Schools are over flooded with kids needing and qualifying for services. The SLP will often have to see kids in small group or push-in to the classroom in order to support the student. In other settings (nursing homes and private practice), small groups are also common. And it’s becoming more necessary because so many people need services and in order to serve them all, they can’t always be seen one on one. [/quote]

Crap-colored glasses is a harsh way to put it, but it's kind of true. You are in a downward spiral, OP. Everything seems hopeless. You are getting some good suggestions here, even if they are not your ideal, but you have an excuse or reason to dislike everything. Yeah, it can be tiring if you're an introvert working with people all day. That's me, and I have to find ways to recharge at night and on weekends. But lately, people are using the term "introvert" to describe social anxiety. They are two different things and need to be approached differently.

You need to work on fixing yourself (depression? anxiety? baggage that manifests in self loathing?) before you can fix your career. Don't shoot yourself in the foot now because you're depressed. You worked hard and got your degree. You have many options. But you are already looking for the next thing that will make your life feel right (spoiler - it won't) just like you thought your degree would make everything right. [/quote]

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