Your Questions About Marriage And Family Counseling Jobs

AA in psychology & want to be a counseling psychologist?

Im going to be done with my Associate of Arts in Psychology and I’ve been reading around that getting a BA or BS in Psychology wont give me a job but I saw people mentioning Bachelor of Social Work (BSW & MSW) will get you jobs with these degrees BSW, MSW, BA/BS in Psych? I cant decide what I should do but I do want to be a counseling psychologist (help people recognize their strengths and resources to cope with their problems) & concentrate in Marriage & Family Conseling & Im going to do a Child Psychology certificate so I can work with children too. Help me in deciding the right path for me and getting jobs with these degrees. Thanks

Is my marriage a lost cause?

My husband and I have been married for 5 years. We have a 3-year-old and an 18-month-old. After our oldest was born we moved closer to our home town to be close to our parents. My husband hated his job and things became very tense. He’s recently changed jobs which I’d hoped would make things easier but he seems to have regressed even more. He wants to go out drinking with younger guys, he is completely irresponsible with money (and he expects me to balance things out once he’s made a mess of our budget), he comes home and does little more than sit on the couch and watch TV.

We had a big fight last weekend when he blew through a bunch of money and stayed out until 4AM (when he had to go to work at 5AM!). I’m a work-at-home-mom so I take care of all the cooking, cleaning, and so forth; which I don’t mind, but I feel like I’m being walked all over. We’ve had the “divorce talk” more than once now and nothing changes. After our big fight last weekend and another argument last night he went out and spent more money! His solution is that I should take his debit card away (I have no interest in “grounding” him, I want him to grow up!).

I don’t want to split up our family but I want a partner, not another child. Any ideas? I’ve thought about marriage counseling but we don’t really have the money for it right now.

marriage help (long one)?

Like almost every relationship one doesn’t always meet another eye to eye about everything but at least in most cases try to understand one and another to make things work. I love my wife but I get frustrated that many times when i feel upset or down about something, I can’t go towards her because it makes her feel more upset or down, when i see this then i feel like it would be best to overcome whatever i have to quick and now help her feel better as well. Its starting to feel more like weight in my shoulders and i’m getting of it. I have tried talking to her in different forms and methods trying to make her understand more or less what i’m going through and how i feel and if she could make things better rather then making it worse from time. In most cases when i tell her this or anything stating that she could be doing better, she starts acting like a victim, stating that she’s always wrong, that she’s not good for anything and that she only makes things worse. I explain her to she doesn’t, i also try to show even more appreciation and if anything also ratio of compliments and support to telling her how to possibly do things better or try to just talk about it so she could understand what i’m feeling is like 10:1. Now i don’t believe i always think better nor that i’m always right, but i will defend myself and say what i think and how i feel. Now what makes things hard too is that she just stays home, really does do much, no school or work, doesn’t even do house chores and then she complains about being bored and alone while i’m working 2 part time jobs and about to join the coast guard trying to make a better future for us. I just feel sometimes like damn i wish she could also be as ambitious and go out there and make something out of herself. If i touch this topic again it’s like i’m angry and tired of her and stuff, and i keep telling her that i’m not, i am getting tired of the fights though about it and the negativity that she bring among its. Recently my dad passed away and the moment that i needed her the most she wasn’t there to be strong enough to at least be there and support me, it got to the point that she even she left to puerto rico with her mom thinking that most likely she has bad spirits and has to be taken care of over there. Now this time my patience level went down and i decided for a divorce. Now talking to her and everything we are trying to make it work, i suggested we need marriage counseling and that maybe it will make it work, after she has been here a week she thinks we don’t need it, but again same problems are arising. I believe she loves me to death but doesn’t know how to deal with things the best way. Now her family hates me and also it’s like i get no help from her to do anything about it. any suggestions how more or less i should take this? Thanks for reading
She is 21 years old and she is used to her mom providing for her in almost every way, in which in the terms of me, i have been living on my own for like 5 years now and my dad have thought me how to take care of myself. so this doesn’t really also helps and make things easier.

Trying to pick a major that will be in demand.?

Here are my options. I like all of them but i want to see what will be in demand after i graduate and makes a decent living.

Counseling/Therapist- like marriage, family, drug and alcohol abuse.

Banking and Finance-Its a good desk job with benefits basically.

Nutritionist/Health- kinda like a health inspector or a dietic for kids.

Also if you would recommend something else maybe relating to these fields thank you!