| A Bachelors Degree in Psychology may not allow you | | | | any special licensing apart from your 4 year |
| to start your own private practice, but it certainly does | | | | Psychology Degree. For example, you can work with |
| offer a lot of career options. Read on to find out the | | | | your State or Local government as a Human Services |
| different career options that you can pursue with your | | | | Associate. You can also work with mental health |
| Bachelors degree in Psychology. | | | | providers as a Case Manager. You can also find work |
| If you want to pursue a Bachelor's Degree in | | | | opportunities as a Residential Staff person at several |
| Psychology, then at the undergraduate level you will | | | | inpatient and outpatient facilities at different facilities for |
| have to take up psychology as your subject. The 4 | | | | developmental disabilities, youth detention, or mental |
| year psychology degree won't qualify you to start | | | | health. |
| your own private practice. In order to do so, you will | | | | If you want to pursue a career option in areas not |
| have to get a Master's Degree and then a Doctorate | | | | dealing with health per se, but requiring adequate |
| Degree. | | | | people management skills, then you can even consider |
| However, while you pursue all these options, there is a | | | | working in fields such as human resources, |
| way for you to get your career in psychology started | | | | administration and advertising. You can work in areas |
| on the right footing. With a Bachelors Degree in | | | | dealing with sales, labor relations, real estate and |
| Psychology, there are a number of career options | | | | business services marketing. These are specific |
| available for you. | | | | professions where the knowledge of how the human |
| As a student graduating with a Bachelor's Degree in | | | | mind works becomes the essential key to success. |
| Psychology, you may prefer to work in fields where | | | | And if you want to go ahead and pursue your |
| you deal with people on a daily basis. Typically, you | | | | Master's Degree in Psychology, the experience you |
| can work in areas like Case Management, as a | | | | gain while working in these different careers and jobs |
| Career Counselor, as a Psychiatric Technician, or as a | | | | will be extremely invaluable to you. The key learning |
| Rehabilitation Specialist. You may also find work | | | | you will gain during your work experience is the wealth |
| opportunities with large agencies as a Case Worker or | | | | of interpersonal skills - which will no doubt become |
| as a Client Advocate. | | | | more and more useful to you as you go up the career |
| You can work at places where you do not require | | | | ladder in Psychology. |