Ive started my masters degree then moving to phD in psychology to become a CHRISTIAN conservative psychologist. These poor children are going to need a lot of help coming out of this. Pray i get scholarships, because grad is expensive. Im going to start a family psychologist practice with christian values. When everything hits the fan, theyre going to need help from a professional. Especially the ones that have been asleep too long.
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One way or the other, it's definitely a field with job security for the foreseeable future.
It's worth noting, though, that graduate school is going to be both an expensive and work-intensive method to get where you're going, and from what you've described, I'm not certain there aren't easier and cheaper ways to get there.
For instance, many religious people tend to prefer their pastors and priests to formal psychologists for psychological and spiritual wellbeing. That makes sense.
Becoming an ordained religious leader usually requires a graduate education, but some also allow for a bachelors. You'll have to do your own research into what your religious institutions would want for their ministers.
In fact, there's even formal education you can get in pastoral counseling, which is applying therapeutic techniques as a religious leader. This is a Masters degree, if you're still set on going to grad school.
https://www.goodtherapy.org/learn-about-therapy/modes/pastoral-counseling
Certainly not trying to turn you off from going into psychology if that's what you want. The field always needs help from diverse perspectives. But given your apparent misgivings about the financial side of things and your desire to serve as a religious mental health professional, it might be worth considering whether something else might fit your dream more closely.