Hi guys and welcome to a new episode of Unine Therapy podcast. My name is Kat. I'm your host and you are listening to

couch talks. If you are unfamiliar with what couch talks is, it is the

special bonus episode of Unite Therapy where I answer questions that you guys send to me,

and you can send those to Catherine at Unitherepepodcast.com. Now, if you want to send a message in

or a question and you're feeling a little nervous because maybe it's personal and maybe you have friends that listen to the podcast or something like that,

I want you guys to know that I always keep them anonymous. So you can send them in knowing that

I'll never read your email address. I will never read your name where you're from.

The only thing I'll read is the information you put in the email where you ask your question.

Also, a quick reminder before we get into today's question that this podcast does not serve as a replacement or

substitute for any actual mental health services. However, we always hope that it can help you

guys wherever you are on whenever journey you are on. And the last thing I'll say is we usually do one

question a week. So try to keep it short for a fun little extra during the week outside of the

normal Monday episodes. And today we're going to do just that. We're going to answer one question

and I'm excited about it because it is not so much different, but a fun one for me to answer.

So let's get into it. Here's the question. Hey, Kat, I am currently a junior in college majoring in

psychology. I am now contemplating what I want to do after I graduate. I have thought about going to

grad school for counseling, but I'm not sure if I

would actually like being a therapist. Other than my own therapist, I don't actually know anyone

personally who is a therapist, so I was wondering if you could maybe talk about the best and worst

parts of your job, or maybe you could share what you wish you would have known when you were

making a decision to go to

school yourself. I really like this question because this is one that I can really answer versus a lot of

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