Prospective Counseling Student Looking to Speak to Current Counselor/Therapist
Hello,
I am strongly considering grad school for counseling. In that consideration, I have been doing a lot of research on the field and while I largely think that it is still a good fit for me, I have some reservations that have been brought to my attention. These reservations largely concern studies of the efficacy of therapy (especially over the long term), the regulations surrounding therapy, and the pressure to incorporate pharmacotherapy into practice.
By no means do these two resources encompass or reflect all of my thoughts on the subject, but they highlight several of them:
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8751557/
https://youtu.be/f0Fi32LbXHA
I would really appreciate speaking to an established and experience therapist about this (and more)! Feel free to DM me. Thank you!