I’m considering it. I’d like to pursue a career that has dignity and because I studied Arts at University, I have limited options. I will wind up a shop assistant and I am living in a society that looks down on people in certain jobs, I am keenly aware. So, I am thinking about retraining as a counselor.
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Some people on here were training to be nurses or were nurses, so I don’t see why you couldn’t be a counselor. I watched a presentation on youtube by a schizophrenic woman who was also either a psychiatrist or psychologist I can’t remember.
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Why don’t you do something you really like. Forget other people, rarely people are happy with themselves anyway. Who cares? If you love being a therapist it’s great otherwise it will be difficult studying a few years then going to a job you do not like. 
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I believe you can still be a therapist/counselor unless you’ve ever been on court ordered therapy or lost a fought commitment in court.
I’ve failed a mental health tribunal once or twice in hospital. Was quite a while ago though…
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There might be a statute of limitations, but I don’t think so.
Yeah sure. Just don’t let any employers know your mental health history lol. But that’s a given for practically any job.
Personally I think people with mental illness would make better therapists than people who have had no experience with it because we could understand what our patients are going through and thus understand how to help them better. I always get an amusing thought when applying for psych jobs to put under experience “have managed to get a college degree and survive despite lifelong mental illness”. You don’t get much more experience with mental health than that. Jeez.
I want to be a psych nurse practitioner someday. They can make over 100 grand you know.
I would think so. I want to be a psychiatrist myself, which is a couple steps above a therapist but still. I remember watching a TED talk from a woman with schizophrenia who became a professor of Psychiatry
I am schizoaffective and am currently working to earn my MSW in an effort to become a psychotherapist.
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I would never be able to handle the stress of that job.
I just read were 70 percent of people hate there jobs. I really doubt those 30 percent that like there jobs are in the prestigious jobs. Even if they are they are way in the minority. It’s much better to enjoy what you do.
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I am a psychologist with sza. but i dont work
no they don’t… In my country is it between 30,000 to 50,000 euros…
If you are very stable on medications, there is no reason why you can’t go to school and become a professional therapist. Just don’t let the State Board of Counselors know about your diagnosis. Just a warning!!!
When the State Board of Nursing found out about my diagnosis of sza, I lost my nursing license. I didn’t tell them about my diagnosis. They had a suspicion and ordered diagnostic testing and that’s how they found out about it. This is after I had been working as an R.N. for eight years. I was never able to get my license back after that.
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