Does a therapist’s age matter? Should frum young adults be venturing into the field of mental health before they have life experience? Readers weigh in on Sarah Rivkah Kohn’s column.
I just graduated three years ago from social work school. I’m in my forties and had a couple of classmates my age, but the rest were in their twenties.
The downside to men and women my age going to school is that they sometimes believe their life experience is everything. Our excellent professors helped me chuck that idea out pretty quickly. I will add though that I don’t think life experience is irrelevant.
I have my own practice, and I’m at a full-capacity load. If I could clone myself, I would. I don’t believe I’m doing better work than my colleagues and classmates. I do believe that I’m less afraid to take on a lot of situations because as a mother and grandmother and former teacher, I’ve seen a lot.
I’d love to encourage more men and women in their thirties, forties, fifties, and sixties to go back to school. Go to an excellent program, don’t cut corners on your internship, and go in full head on. The klal needs more of you!
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