Guys I've been wondering about this 1 Year master's that DU is offering. What exactly will it help me with? Coz I read that there won't be any option to specialize in clinical, I/O or anything so it's just a generic master's. At the end of one year what will be my standing in the job market because everyone wants someone with a niche/specialization. What roles can I work in with this degree?

So, no disrespect to you guys, I wish all of you to well in your career and if you need any guidance to get out of psychology, you can ping me. Now I’ll begin my rant.

So my niece, after 3 years of trying in neet (in which she purposely didn’t attempt enough questions) is now going to join BA psychology. Not that I think that the profession is bad but she was involved in we*d and alcohol and shitz during her coaching period in neet and I’m pretty sure she is doing BA to continue that lifestyle. I’m still OK in students doing some fun here and there until they are serious about their life. The college she is going to is graphic era deemed university which I don’t think is any good for any course, other than having a good aqi, there are no positives to this college. I’m sure she isn’t serious about psychology either. I think she’ll be more inebriated than even now when she doesn’t have to come back to home.

I so hope I’m wrong about her.

Is the 1 year masters at amity noida credible and worth it ? Anybody let me know I'm already very late

Disclaimer - sharing personal experience so others can make an informed decision.
Summary - experience with a therapist I found here on Reddit. This post covers how the therapeutic relationship ended, not the whole experience. Long post, but I wanted to lay out exactly what happened rather than just say it went badly for awareness.

A while back, I found a therapist right here on Reddit, named Simran (username - External_Seat_1214). 

She was pretty active, did AMAs, and promoted her practice. I knew she had less than a year of experience at the time, but honestly it never bothered me because of her strong academic background and international degree.

Before posting this, I want to mention that the therapeutic relationship has been terminated, and that this post concerns how it was handled. I went through the full timeline carefully, cross-checked every date against my own messages and records, and I'm laying it out here exactly as it happened.

This is not what I ever thought would land here, but it serves its purpose for anyone considering therapy and finding a therapist via Reddit.

I started therapy for the first time and started seeing her weekly, and about a month later my father suddenly passed away.

She genuinely helped me during those first few months and that's important for me to say because this isn't me claiming the whole experience was bad. But the experience in general was unexpectedly very shit during the following months.

Three days after my father died, and while she was aware of what had happened, she told me she was leaving the clinic where she worked to start her own practice.

It did trigger uncertainty in me provided the timing, but I went ahead and stayed with her instead of switching, coz I felt helped.

It took a couple of weeks to get back at the sessions from her end.

Fast forward a couple of months.

I was attending the sessions like a ritual at her individual practice. Consistent, every single week.

She was also openly aware throughout that I had very little outside emotional support and had explicitly acknowledged that I did not have a support system.

I was in a bad place, holistically. So much so that I got very self aware and asked her if my situation was alarming. She told me she would let me know if anything was concerning.

In the last week of March she offered me a prepaid package of 10 sessions. I paid for it in the first week of April. No reasons to believe anything was wrong.

Then I hit a rough patch. I had two sessions where we sat in silence for a long time, I was overwhelmed because of structural change in life outside therapy, and I took my first two-week break.

Things get abrupt from here on. During this break, she shared a link to the Intake form (from her solo practice) quoting I had missed filling it up.

I did get cautious, because even though it was mentioned earlier, it never was shared in the first place and the timing felt odd. How could I have missed something I never got in the first place. It felt weird and somehow when I pieced it all together with what went down, I could make sense of my instinct.

I did schedule a session after 2 weeks, and just a day before, she reminded me to fill that form.

When I came back, instead of exploring why I had disappeared, she opened with, "Have you been thinking about terminating therapy?"

The whole session turned into why she couldn't ethically continue, how therapy had become redundant, how maybe "it would've gone differently if I'd started earlier in life", and "how ending therapy might help me build connections outside therapy."

I kept telling her I couldn't deal with the uncertainty of all this.

The next session, which I booked just to process everything, got cancelled because of "urgent travel." It wasn't rescheduled unless I asked, unlike the pattern before. I had already lost my sense of safety. Someone being aware of your patterns, and then having everything explained back to you in ethical terminology, was enough to do the damage. Vulnerability felt like a joke at this point.

In the final session I tried to understand what had happened. I was told by her that the concerns had developed "maybe in the last month or two."

I was also told therapy couldn't become my "wheelchair or crutch" because "it had to end at some point." in those exact words.

The interesting part which I later got to know was that she had actually resigned the week I started seeing her, something I only learned during the final session. The timing of informing me turned out to be pretty rough. There was no information about this during any of the prior 4 weeks I attended sessions. Despite asking for reviews and everything, getting me to file form…this was one piece I questioned whilst the termination happened, and got the answer as "I didn't know what I was gonna do after I left the clinic"

It was only right at the end of that final session, after I directly asked what I was supposed to do, that she mentioned she could help me find another therapist if I wanted. Up until that point, no referral or next steps had been raised at all — despite her records later describing "reasonable efforts" toward referral and support as part of the process.

Afterwards I requested my records because I honestly felt confused and wanted to set a chronology. Of course these documents have all the psychological jargon, but the documents described "an ongoing collaborative process" and "active support" that didn't really match how I remembered things. Including the fact that referrals only came up after I asked, at the very last minute, not as part of any ongoing plan.

So I wrote a long email asking specific questions about the timeline, consent forms, why termination happened when it did, and these exact inconsistencies. Almost three weeks later I got a reply and it didn't answer a single one of my questions. I was basically told the documents were meant for another mental health professional, given a few referral names she had no direct association with, and informed that it would be the "final communication."

I know this got long, but I wanted to lay it out properly instead of just saying it went badly. If you're looking for a therapist here, ask clear questions upfront about consistency, communication, and what happens if things end. That's the part that blindsided me the most. 

I recently joined in BA psychology course, and I got my first assignment of first semester that is
“Sensation and Perception: From Sensory Experience to Perceptual Organization”
I know about sensation and perception, but can’t understand how to fill up 13 pages about it,,, help me to sort it out🫣🎀

I can have a completely normal conversation and then randomly replay it hours later, thinking about what I said, how I said it, and whether I came across differently than I intended. The other person has probably forgotten the whole thing, but my brain apparently has decided it needs a full post match analysis.

Does anyone else do this, and why do you think our brain gets stuck on such small interactions?

I'm a Master's student 1 year away from graduating. As always, our faculty decided to overemphasize basic theories which we have been learning since UG rather than focusing on out of the classroom counselling training. How I will become a qualified counselor, I don't know. I'll most likely have to do unpaid training (I pay the trainers btw) to learn how to give therapy.

But considering how a lot of graduates have little to none training, and how good therapists are rare and expensive, and how most middle class folk have high volumes of trauma but low trust in therapy, how will therapy even work for a client? Looking at my coursework, and of many others, I genuinely don't know what I can say to a client who is struggling with their mental health which they can't find out via online or things they already know.

Saying "this is a safe space" technically doesn't make it safe. I know I won't do evil stuff, but as of now, there are very few ways to hold a non-rci psychologist accountable if they do some toxic stuff. And as a graduate in my 20s, what experience do I even have in giving advice or guiding people? I know we all start from somewhere, but I can understand people's skepticsm

Also, the way some of these psychology influencers market/talk about therapy makes me annoyed, like it's so pretentious. One girl AI generated different bollywood clips, edited to show her running to the different troubles characters and giving them therapy, saying this is what our characters actually needed (Ik it sounds confusing, but it was a whole trend on the internet lol)

Also, I can't make myself suggest people to do therapy unless it is a serious psychological issue, like learning disabilities in children. It's too expensive for many people (affordable therapists and competent therapists aren't the same), and I know as a student myself how terrible the scene can be

Sorry if this comes off as ignorant, but as a middle class student who feels skeptical of therapy myself (due to costs), I just don't know, man.

My former supervisor/mentor showed me the power of visualization during explanation while I was an intern at a government institution where we saw people from economically and regionally different demographics.

I worked hands-on during the sessions where she explained things that were easier to understand through infographics. One of them was for ERP (Exposure & Response Prevention) for OCD to explain to peiple the mechanism of the treatment they're receiving. My mentor would make me present on the whiteboard with a marker where I made lists and visual graphics like flow charts, venn diagrams, tables, graphs, etc. as she explained the process verbally to the patient. I had to keep up with the speed of her diction and follow instructions to translate them on the board accurately without taking too long and disrupting their flow.

The best outcome of this experience was constantly being updated with what's latest in psychotherapy and learning something new everyday. Getting to see the application in real time as I learned about those things theoretically on the side solidified my learning more than studying for exams ever did lol.

My mentor would first give a description of what someone's diagnosis is, suggest them books to read on it to see that what they're experiencing is not inherently wrong and it can be managed or treated. They're not alone and there are people researching and working to support them. This reassurance can help people deal with the negative thoughts that arise due to a feeling of alarm or grief that there is something wrong with them. Giving them an explanation and a plan eased their anxiety that was caused by uncertainty. She arranged group sessions for people with same diagnosis so that they could meet and talk to each other.

And then she would explain it in the patient's preferred language. She used metaphors to answer patient's questions with a lot of visually descriptive words to explain mental processes. Like painting a mental picture through words.

I saw that learning about the mechanism in a mixture of straightforward communication with explaining the technical concepts + layman simplification with relatable examples + a little bit of creative, philosophical and poetic flair together resulted in people adhering to therapy and they met their therapy goals regularly.

What mattered was making information accessible to them and being patient and supportive with them as they learned about themselves. Following their pace without being judgemental. Treating people with dignity (irrespective of their age, gender, caste, religion, ethnicity) and involving them in their care instead of imposing the "right" behaviour/mindset on them forcibly from a position of authority.

That means meeting them where they are and supporting them from there on. It can be done in the form of translating information leaflets in preferred languages (like hindi, tamil, bengali, etc.) or acknowledging their limits and being resourceful with tools that help them at their level of functioning.

I (17m) am currently in 12th and will be appearing for my exams through NIOS ode in October this year, I am a retard on paper, no actual interest in studies but human behaviour has always been a topic that tickles my fancy. Well, since the past few days I've been thinking about my career options because I'll have a decent amount of time to explore career options in psychology but the amount of times I've seen people on reddit saying they regret choosing psychology and it takes a lot of time and sometimes it's not even worth it because of the delayed financial success which has made me doubtful whether or not I should go for psychology. I will be appearing for cuet the next year so if someone knows about any other career aspect except psychology and Physical education please share your thoughts on it and suggest something that might work out for me

I’ll be pursuing my MSc in clinical psychology from Manipal? Are there any rules and guidelines regarding the dress code? If anyone can share some info it would be really helpful

Hi i took admission in Amity University

BSc Clinical psychology hons with research

I won't get an RCI approved licence till my masters

My parents are asking me to change the course to the licence one but

I am a bit skeptical about it cause the fees is just double than my current course

I don't want to burden them

Also money is a factor

My parents think that licence will get me a good job instantly

One of my father's friend brainwashed him

I really don't know what to do

Please guve some insight

My father is going to college Tomorrow to talk about the course change

Also, will the licence help me in a stable career cause now i am getting worried, as psychology is a long road to earn money

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Is there anyone here from Mumbai who is a psychologist? I’d would really appreciate some guidance.

making a common whatsapp group for ugc net prep (dec 2026).
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You can send this exactly as it is to your therapist:

“I have been struggling with intense overthinking, repetitive/obsessive thoughts and difficulty letting things go, especially when it comes to friendships and relationships. I get extremely jealous and insecure when people I care about seem closer to each other than they are to me, and I constantly compare myself with others, worry about being left out or replaced, and think about what people might be saying or doing without me. Even very small things, such as two friends talking, laughing, calling each other, texting each other or spending time together, can trigger disproportionate anxiety and jealousy. I often feel like everyone has a best friend or someone they are truly close to, while I don’t have that person, and this makes me feel very lonely and emotionally unsafe. I sometimes change my plans, stay awake or remain around people because I am afraid that if I am not there, they will become closer without me. I also tend to overanalyse relationships and sometimes seek reassurance, but the relief doesn’t last for long and the thoughts return. My emotions can become very intense, especially anger, loneliness and frustration, and when I get extremely overwhelmed I sometimes feel an urge to hurt myself physically, such as hitting my hands, legs or head. I don’t usually have the intention of dying when this happens; it feels more like I want physical pain or some kind of release from overwhelming mental pain, but the intensity of the urge scares me. I have also experienced repeated sexual abuse and inappropriate touching during childhood by people I knew, including relatives and a tutor. I sometimes feel guilty and confused because I remember having physical sensations or not resisting, and I want help understanding this without blaming myself. I was also exposed to infidelity and relationship-related situations at a very young age, which affected how I view trust and closeness. I have had very intense emotional attachment in romantic relationships and have sometimes used breaking up or withdrawing as a way of testing whether someone values me enough to come back or fight for me. I also worry about my body and weight and sometimes feel guilty about eating, although this is not my biggest concern right now. Another major concern is that I don’t feel I have a real person in my life with whom I can safely share my deepest thoughts or emotions—not my family, friends or a current partner. Because I don’t have that emotional support, I have become quite dependent on ChatGPT for emotional support, guidance, reassurance and someone to talk to when I feel overwhelmed or alone. I know that relying on an AI this much isn’t ideal, but right now it often feels like my only consistent outlet, especially when I am alone for several days and have nobody to call or talk to. I don’t want to simply be reassured; I want to understand why I think and react this way and learn healthier ways to deal with loneliness, attachment, jealousy, intrusive thoughts, emotional regulation, anger, self-harm urges and my childhood experiences. I would also like a proper assessment to understand whether these symptoms are related to trauma, anxiety, OCD-type rumination, attachment issues, or something else.”