CrazyMan:

Get a degree in theology and join any denomination and you're good to go. Anything outside that will be a total waste of time.

Foolishness

OcholaKings:
Happy Sunday fellow NL, am just enquiring on the career path of counselling and therapy in Nigeria.

Is it really a good career path?

yes . So many Nigerians are mentally sick and depressed without knowing who to talk to. Be neutral, don’t go religious and you will make it .

OcholaKings:


Thanks man, are u in the field?

aren't we all?...

I'm not professionally

But I am by my faith

Stay well

Yes

Yes, it is.

omoharry:
yes . So many Nigerians are mentally sick and depressed without knowing who to talk to. Be neutral, don’t go religious and you will make it .

Thanks man, to be sincere this is one of the best replies i have gotten from this post

Mindlog:

Did you purposely choose the course?

Sure, have the mind of making it a full time career

OcholaKings:


Sure, have the mind of making it a full time career

Not bad but Psychology tends to widen one's options. My undergraduate degree happens to be in Counselling Psychology, I covered career counselling, Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT) in my final year.

Mindlog:


Not bad but Psychology tends to widen one's options. My undergraduate degree happens to be in Counselling Psychology, I covered career counselling, Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT) in my final year.

i intend taking some online classes also, but how has the journey been

OcholaKings:


i intend taking some online classes also, but how has the journey been

It is has been fulfilling though outside Nigeria. When it comes to practicing as a therapist, it requires investing in postgraduate studies for your intended specialization.

Justice505:
I study guidance and counselling.

It's a good course, but here in Nigeria is a waste of time. Unless you intent to practice outside or go into pastoring.

Me too, I read guidance and counselling

Mindlog:


It is has been fulfilling though outside Nigeria. When it comes to practicing as a therapist, it requires investing in postgraduate studies for your intended specialization.

That means you pratice outside Nigeria right

OcholaKings:


That means you pratice outside Nigeria right

Yes and heading back to school for a specialty in Clinical Child Psychology.

granely:

Me too, I read guidance and counselling

What do you do now?

Mindlog:


Yes and heading back to school for a specialty in Clinical Child Psychology.

Ok, can we talk better maybe on whatsapp

granely:

Me too, I read guidance and counselling

Wow! from which University?

OcholaKings:


Ok, can we talk better maybe on whatsapp

Send me a DM