How to become a psychologist or a psychiatrist?

yes. to be a psychiatrist you hafta go to medical school. to be a psychologist, you dont. but I believe you deal with slightly different problems… …theres a lot more to the career then just talking and listening… but dont think you’ll just be going to college for 4 years to get a bachelors degree in psychology… you cant really do much with a bachelors degree in psychology (unless you get lucky.)…expect to be going to grad school for a year or two after that… atleast. you really need a masters degree for anyone to take it seriously…

and those are only the 2 most popular types of therapists… there are occupational therapists (help rehabilitate injured people so they can return to work) speech-language pathologists (deals with sight/hearing/vocal problems/rehab) physical therapists chiropractors respiratory therapists (I believe this ones only a 2 year degree… I may be wrong tho) ,,,check out www.nycareerzone.com (its technically for new york, but you cna still use it… it had really good stats on jobs… like education requirements, average salary, what you do during the job, what subjects you should like… its a really good website for career-selection… it has pretty much every career you could imagine.)

hope this helps : ) and always remember…the ammount of time you spend in school shouldnt be an issue… if it is, you might want to continue your career search. when you find something you love, you will want to learn everything possible about it…not view an extra year of college or two as a burden. you should thirst for more knowledge in that area…

Best wishes