When you mentioned “not caring about getting better at tech”, that’s exactly how I feel… sure the benefits are great but I don’t align with the values and all the work feels so out of touch :/ I just can’t care about improving my ability to make buttons on a website lol

The outfits looks so good in you

I apologize for all of the questions but your story is so interesting to me since people seem to rarely leave a higher paying tech job to do social work. I still have my reservations about getting my masters in mental health counseling. So I am curious, do you so far enjoy this new profession? what challenges do you come across? What demographic do you work with? I also wonder, is everyday emotionally taxing ? Do you ever have fun or enjoy the work? Does the work energize you? If these questions are not fit for a video please let me know if I can reach out directly to you. I have been talking to a wide variety of therapists to help me make an informed decision. I am curious to hear more about yours

This is very interesting! Please keep bringing up book reccs when doing other types as well!

I would love to see more on Gestalt theory/therapy. I'm in my last year of grad school for MHC and I'm having trouble choosing a "guiding theory". During our first semester in our theory class, we were asked to fill out an assessment to see which theory we aligned with and mine was Gestalt, but I instead choose CBT because it is "evidence-based" and accepted by insurance (and coming from a medical background I know how picky insurance companies can be). I am now finding that I do not resonate fully with CBT, and I am trying to find the theory that I "click" with! Thank you for this super helpful video!!

I am in the bay area & in tech. I want to do the same tranistion. Which school did you end up going to and how flexible was it working and doing the graduate program ?

thank you for making these videos!! they're super helpful. I used to work in tech as well (also in the bay area) and transitioned to healthcare (on the system side) 2 years ago. I've been thinking about going back to school to get my masters in social work & be a therapist but I have a lot of financial anxiety about it. Would you be open to chatting 1:1? Would love to learn more about your experience in grad school and as an associate! :) Take care!

This is a wonderful video! I never thought about how this field differs in other cultures and how people from different cultures prefer to do therapy (such as your bilingual friend). I love that you got to learn more about your field while also going further into your personal roots. I hope to see more of these types of videos!

Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I just started watching your videos, and your journey is very inspiring to me. I am currently starting to apply to masters programs in SoCal, so your videos are super fun to watch and helps me prepare for what to expect once I start school. Love your vibes. So excited for you starting your associate marriage and family therapy journey. Looking forward to your next update!!!!!

Yes please make this series!

What an awesome channel to find, I am an MIS grad that’s worked in tech for 2 years and am deciding to go get my masters in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and going for a complete career change. Very scary but very excited. I’ve went to therapy for the past year (provided by my job lol) and realized that the career path will provide fulfillment, interest and hopefully financial success. Also heard you on tech jobs ruining my mental and physical health

What an awesome channel to find, I am an MIS grad that’s worked in tech for 2 years and am deciding to go get my masters in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and going for a complete career change. Very scary but very excited

Thanks for breaking this down! You make therapy seem like a fun and hopeful career. I have interviewed a bunch of therapists and they make it seem like a hard and self-sacrificing career. Which I’m sure it is but it’s been kind of discouraging for someone interested in the field!

Lovely video. What’s the book you were using in the video?

This ended too soon! I want to hear more about the specific kind of way you feel tired in this job, and what your journey looks like for making it work for you, please and thank you 😊

I recently spoke with an LMHC/ Art therapist associate and she opened her own private practice as an associate. I didn’t realize that was an option! But she just has to get the supervision. I wonder if laws are different in California as opposed to Washington

I wish more people who are not fit would start with OLY/weightlifting/powerlifting instead of cardio... it gives you a better feel and its easier to start instead if running for example. And its so addictive once you realize how much stronger you get, especially in the beginning when the gains are bigger... Hope you will have fun with it in the years to come! Cheers!

You can do group therapy to have an impact on more people 😅

Thanks for posting these videos. I am considering the career but I go back and forth between spending the money on school for an underpaid profession or actually going into tech to try to get that tech money. You are making me consider the real reasons I wanted to become a therapist… although pay is still important 😢. What did you do in tech?

Congrats!! did you go to CIIS? i am wondering as a prospective student.. we actually have very similar career changes. Thank you for sharing your experience

Congrdulations! Did you do the counseling route or clinical psychology for your masters?

Wow this is making me heavily question things

Reasonable to expect pay to almost double in private practice with full license but taxes and self funding benefits not to mention overhead and marketing expenses can eat that up too. Best thing about this field is option to soft retire

Hi! I'm also interested in going the LPCC/LMFT route. Do you know any grads who work in the hospital systems? I'm already in the healthcare industry and I see some make low six figures in some of the big healthcare systems in the bay. Are there any people in your cohort thinking of this route?

Am I the only one who thinks $52K is a good salary for only seeing 15 clients a week? I'm assuming that the clients are only coming 1x per week. If you see 30 clients, you can double that salary. IMO, 30 clients per week would be doable. Am I just deluding myself to make me feel better about the student loans that I'm about to have to pay back? 😬 I will edit to add that I'm from a southern state and that PLPC's usually charge less than what is listed here, but the cost of living is lower than CA.

Girl 💯 hear you on ALL this. I’m also ready to say ✌️ to tech. After 16 years of tech sales I’m feeling hella burnt out and ready to find my next adventure outside of tech and I love listening to people, helping people, and supporting people so yes. To all you said!

Hi i'm a BA psychology student from japan! i can really relate to you. i also switched tech industry to psychology because i didn't find meaning in my job and i didn't feel like i wanted to be better at it:( it took me a while to make the decision and i had doubt if it was the right decision but "if i didn't try i would regret it" that's so true! we never know what good or bad is gonna happen in the future no matter which path we take, so what's important is doing what we find valuable, rather than doing what looks good and safe. wish you good luck on your therapist journey✨

Do you think this is as stressful as being in the medical field? Maybe just stressful in a different way? What do you enjoy the most about it?

I've been a software developer for 6 years, recently I changed jobs, I'm still working in IT but in a different area. Software development wolrd is turning into a shithole. The managers, the clients, the constant client interviews for projects, the fact that nobody cares about making quality software and the only thing they want is to do stuff fast and for yesterday. It's a monkey job.

Wow...I guess I must move to San Francisco because I am a licensed therapist working at a private practice and definitely do not make $180 per session. I wonder where are you getting this information from. I just want to make sure that if people decide to become therapists make sure your expectations are real. I absolutely believe I will eventually make $180 per session since I had only been licensed for one year but never did I make anything close to that right after I finished my Master's degree and if anyone has...kudos to you.

Wow, totally me right now

Binging your videos because I'm looking to make more of an impact with the work I do. (Marketing & Communications)

Thank you for making this! I am looking to transition from the communications field and become a therapist.

Congrats to almost completing Grad school!

Will be graduating with my CS degree next year and currently deciding if tech is for me. I have been considering this exact shift so thank you for sharing your experience!

What college did you decide to go to? I’m currently looking for the best choice for me. I live and work in Monterey. And definitely would prefer not to travel too much. I teach at DLI.

I’m having a bad mixed race day, so came across your channel. Very helpful. I’m not acquainted with the literature, but it seems like you’re a pioneer of authentic mixed race research, not mixed race through a homogenous lens, or even binocular lens - which as you imply is still a form of mono-ethic colonization.

If you’re mixed race then don’t live in Asian countries, especially China. The discrimination and micro aggressions over there are unbearable. What hurts most is seeing white people and black people in asian countries being treated quite well (despite their complaints), but I get treated like an actual criminal; guilty until proven innocent, but never accepted. I have also experienced on multiple occasions complete strangers come up to me in the street and tell me I’m ugly. White people don’t believe when I tell them. What also hurts is westerners not accepting me abroad because they consider me local, and even though they profess to be more open minded, reality proves otherwise. Like a stray dog wandering from group to group. There is also a lot of strangers smirking ridiculing etc. for absolutely no reason. But again I have watched how they treat monoethnic people completely different. By contrast, I do get some women who are very interested, but I daren’t take them outside lest the date is quickly ruined by discrimination from strangers imposing themselves into my private affairs. It’s like the Truman Show but nobody believes you. My own theory is that people subconsciously choose who to trust based on how similar they look to themselves, like animals skeptical of other species. If you judge people by their actions not their words, it seems that racism is the rule, not the exception to it. It took me until middle age to work this out, since I was never racist myself. Despite everything I would rather be enlightened than live in the perpetual child like ignorance and security of mono-ethnic cultishness.

Can I ask which school you went to? I am currently in the process of trying to find a program that fits my needs and have also realized how difficult it is to find!

Hi! I'm in the same boat completely, currently still in tech. What steps did you take to get into peer to peer counseling, and what other pre-grad experiences would you recommend to be sure counseling is the career for you?

Feel this. Leaving as well.

How much it will cost for international students for MS psychology and how many years?

Hey😊, how is the job morket?

I'm from india, planning to come us for MS psychology, how much it will cost for international students?

I start my MS in counseling psych this Sept! Can you make a video on tips for studying in grad school?

good video

My company went thru 2 mass layoffs in 1 year and I was always baffled how people just kept operating as usual! I work in tech and also thinking about making the switch. Thank you for making your vids!!! So relatable

Do you have the link to hotlines?

What was the university 😅

Hey! Me too, at the start of family therapy, I am happy for you :)