Can you still be a <span title="phyciatrist/phycologist/counciler">phyciatrist/phycologist/c...</span> when you have Asperger Syndrome?

Question

I have a VERY mild form of Asperger Syndrome - but my dream job would be something like a phycologist. Can I still be a phycologist or will I have to look into something else?

Answer 1

i think you still can and this may even help you.

Answer 2

Of course you can.  There are actually quite a few Aspies who are psychologists.  I could only wish that my psychologist would be an Aspie as well, but she doesn&#039;t come across that way to me, though I have yet to meet her in person.  

Anyway, do whatever you want to do - you know Aspies have special interests, and if this is one of your special interests, you could probably become a superior psychologist.

Good luck.

Answer 3

I have a mild form of Asperger&#039;s Syndrome myself and have become a successful Software Engineer. i see no reason why you couldn&#039;t apply it to any other professional qualification, regardless of our social constraints. You can develop a level of understanding for someones emotions and actions when they are telling you straight about them, despite not being able to empathise or relate socially with them

Answer 4

Most of them have some psychological condition. My psychiatrist was in therapy for a while. Just go for it.

Answer 5

you might struggle if you can&#039;t learn to spell.

Answer 6

i don&#039;t see why not.  you seem to be high functioning and i have always believed that with the propper amount of discipline, you can accomplish anything.

Answer 7

d**n, woman - if you only have a mild form of it (like myself) then you can go on to do whatever you want - you&#039;ll just have to work a wee bit harder at it.

In saying that, I suppose it depends on what you symptoms are. I know some folk out there are unable to really decipher others&#039; emotions/feelings; - doubt that would be very good for being a shrink.

...I got a thumbs down for saying what is true?

Answer 8

A pyschologist in session is a professional and acts in a way independent of personal biases and constraints (or at least as much as is humanly possible). Out of work, a pyschologist is just as suspectible to pyschological factors as one of their patients.

As long as you can take this outward professional perspective then you shouldnt have a problem.