Hi,
So I've been thinking a lot about becoming a counsellor, and it's something I'm interested in doing, but I worry about career prospects and if there are any.
I've got an MSc Psychology conversion course (BPS accredited) and nearly one year of experience volunteering for Shout Crisis Line (similar to Samaritans).
I'm looking into beginning my counselling journey, starting with the Level 2 certificate (I know I'd need to get up to L4, and that's fine).
Ultimately, the plan is to get onto the Counselling Psychology doctorate. That said, I wanted to become a counsellor first (I'd need a counselling certificate anyway to get onto the doctoral programme).
My question is, are there any PAID job opportunities for counsellors nowadays? Because from what I've read on this forum, it seems like everyone is volunteering and not getting any money from this!!! Sure, I want to get into this field for other reasons than money,but the bills need to get paid.