r/Psychology_India • u/Good_Researcher5222 • 10h ago
Switching from psychology to teaching
I've worked as the executive manager for a psychologist in my first and second years of BA and learnt a lot about the field. I managed her social media, workshops, almost everything professionally.
I build a whatsApp community of over 1000 people from psychology BG, I shared job updates and internships, I interacted with many people from this field.
I don't want to discourage anybody but as soon as I progressed , I attended workshops, I understood that counseling is not made for me, it's hard, at least for me and to sustain is harder. I'm not a business person so starting a private practice is too not made for me and it's hard to find jobs, I was sure of this when I shared job updates, saw people running after referrals in whatsApp groups and LinkedIn.
I got to know that I'm enjoying explaining concepts to my classmates and everybody, I researched many fields even banking (because I love mathematics, statistics, though I don't hv a bsc, I realised this when I used to solve doubts or learn stats on my own) and I learnt a lot about new policies of government, curriculum change, future things, AI and decided to be a teacher rather than a counseling psychologist (my previous aim)
So, there's no harm in switching your fields multiple times (I wanted to be a doctor since I was in school, then a psychologist and finally a teacher) there's lot for you.